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Inspector Martin Murray, the recently appointed Detachment Commander of the Grey County OPP, made his first visit to Meaford council on Monday, July 24 to present the quarterly update on policing activity in the municipality.
Inspector Murray assumed command of the detachment on July 10 from retired OPP Inspector Michael Guilfoyle. He began his policing career in 1988 in West Region at the Forest detachment in Lambton County.
During his presentation to council, Inspector Murray was questioned about the reduction seen in foot patrol hours for officers in Meaford.
"If I could ask about the foot patrol hours and the fairly major decrease: not quite half, but getting close to half. Is that because you feel it's not needed as much in Meaford as it was, or is it a staffing issue, or can we expect to see more foot patrol hours in the future? I just think it's a great opportunity for the officers to get to know our youth in particular," asked Councillor Shirley Keaveney.
Inspector Murray assured council that foot patrol for his officers is a priority, and he explained that the reduction seen in foot patrol hours is part of the ebb and flow of police work.
"Foot patrol gets done when there's an opportunity to do foot patrol," he explained. "It's the calls for service and the follow up to calls for service (that can result in reduced foot patrol hours). I am also a big fan of foot patrol, and it's still very much a priority."
Council also asked the new detachment commander if he will continue to support the provision of a school liaison officer in the community, which was a top priority of the previous detachment commander.
"The outgoing Inspector had an agreement that he made with the municipality about the in-school officer," noted Councillor Tony Bell. "I'd like to hear you reaffirm that that is something that is important to yourself to carry on with that agreement that we have this officer liaison with our youth."
Inspector Murray told council that he believes that school liaison officers are an important aspect of policing, and he assured council that it would continue.
"I'm a big fan of that program and always have been, so yes, you will have my support for that," the Inspector replied.
After his presentation to council, Inspector Murray told reporters that he's pleased with his transition into his new position.
"It's good. It's a great community with great people, and engaged officers, and I'm really lucky to be here," he said.
Inspector Murray most recently served at General Headquarters in Orillia, where he was a Commander of the Provincial Operations Centre, managing assets and deployments across the province. He also has experience working other police disciplines such as intelligence, Professional Standards Branch, and OPP Anti-Rackets Branch.


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It's been a while since my last update. It's been very difficult to get enough free time to engage in my new design.
Anyway, with the little free time I had, I was eventually able to make progress.
Here's where I'm at right now:
You can see it's almost done. :)
But I will still create and share my work log, starting with this new entry.
What is the Bachem Ba-349 'Natter' anyway?
Unlike my previous work, this one is technically not a Luft'46 plane. This one was actually built, tested (unmanned), and flown (manned). Unfortunately, the first manned flight also resulted in the death of its pilot, Lothar Sieber.
The plane never went operational.
The Natter was designed to be a manned missile. It would have been launched vertically from a launch platform with the help of four solid fuel rocket packs and its main engine - a Walter HWK 109 rocket. This is the same engine that powers the ME163 'Komet'.
Initial launch was handled by a crude guidance system that was meant to bring the Natter in the flight path of the approaching Allied bombers. Once there, the pilot takes manual control and directs the Natter to the bombers.
When within range, the pilot fires the Natter's payload -- an array of 24 Henschel Hs297 Fohn rockets -- stored in the nose section.
Anyway, enough of that. This is a design blog and not a history blog.
You'll find more about the Natter just by googling.
Creating the framework
In the past, I've always relied using the 4 window panel system of Metaseq: top, front, side, free.
I'd take an image from the 3-view diagram and use it as the background image for the top, side, and front panels.
But though it gets the job done, it gets a bit difficult to get the exact shape of the model.
This time around, I took the 3-view, and then I created a new flat shape by tracing the outline of the plane like so:
I then 'traced' the other parts - the wings, rudders, tail fins, and fuselage side views.
Once done, I rearranged the parts to create a crude skeleton of the Natter:
Skinning the framework
With the framework completed, I proceeded to "skin" the skeleton by creating a subd surface, using the "skeleton" as the guide.
I started skinning the fuselage:
And after that, I worked on the wings and rudders:
Okay, based on the image above, you'll notice the canopy is wrong. :)
I tried as hard as I can but I just can't seem to get the boxy canopy correct using subd surfaces.
So instead, I did the canopy manually after converting the subd surface into an actual wireframe:
I'll have to stop at this point for now.

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Network Infrastructure Security: Intrusion Detection Systems – Part IV
As suggested in the aforementioned paragraph, depending on the developer, an entity deployed IDS can have a variety of components and features. However, IDS functionality commonly includes sensors for detecting data, analyzers for evaluating data, panels for monitoring activities as well as user-interfaces for manipulating configuration settings. Collected IDS items can be in the form of packets, system audit records, computed hash values as well as other data formats. Procedurally, analyzers receive input from sensors and determine intrusive activity.
The misuse detection model is based on the hypothesis that known exploits of vulnerabilities can be described by attack signatures or patterns, therefore IT attacks can be revealed through identifiable patterns. Malicious misuse encompasses reading, modification, and destruction of data. Misuse detection systems normally compare gathered information to large databases of attack signatures for internal perpetrator identification. There is typically a high-degree of certainty that signature-based intrusion detection models will recognize exact attack pattern replications; however slight variations in a data-based attack pattern may escape discovery.
Davis, Robert E. IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection. Raleigh: Lulu.com, 2010.


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Your Voice, Your Vote: Allen Hill, Angelina Co. Sheriff candidate
Candidate's Name: Allen Hill
Date of Birth: July 21, 1966
Education: High School education and currently working on degree in criminal justice.
Family: Wife, Monica Hill who is a police officer at SFA Police Dept.
Daughter, Mikayla, 7 yrs old.
Religion: Christian, I attend Clawson Assembly of God.
Contact Information:
Phone: 936-634-3331
Website: http://www.hillforsheriff.net/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HillforSheriff
I am a 17 year veteran of the Angelina County Sheriff's office.
I have worked as patrolman, investigator, patrol supervisor, narcotics supervisor and currently Captain over all law enforcement divisions at the Sheriff's office.
I worked overseas in Afghanistan for the U.S. State dept. and was the regional supervisor for the southern region of Afghanistan in charge of all police training operations in that region.
Currently, I work for the FBI as a gang task force officer assigned to the Lufkin office.
I also have a close working relationship with the DEA air wing out of Houston who brings state of the art aircraft to our county to assist with law enforcement related activities at no cost to the taxpayers of Angelina County.
I am a TCLEOSE instructor, as well as, a firearms instructor, less lethal instructor, SFST instructor and defensive tactics instructor.
In addition, I am SWAT certified. I've been a member of the SWAT team for almost 10 years and currently I serve as one of the team commanders.
Other Career Highlights:
Three years ago I was assigned to head the Narcotics Division. During that time I have been responsible for the seizure of more illegal drugs and drug labs than any other officer in Angelina County. I currently work with troubled youth in an effort to give them a positive role model and change the direction of their lives.
What qualifies you for this office?
I am a 17 year veteran of the Sheriff's office. I know how it operates and the issues and challenges that face the office. I have worked in and been a supervisor in every division of the Sheriff's office. I am currently the Captain and oversee patrol, Investigations, civil process and dispatch. I have many years of supervisory and budgeting experience and have supervised large groups of people and have exceptional supervisory skills.
I lead from the front by setting the example for my employees to follow. There is no job that I am not willing to perform myself. Leading by example is the key to true leadership.
What are your plans if elected (re-elected)?
I will change the hiring policy at the Sheriff's department so that everyone has an equal opportunity for employment. The policy will be written in a manner to get the most qualified individual for the position and I will stay out of the hiring process other than to make sure it is done fairly. Department personnel will be held accountable for their actions. I will expand narcotics operations within Angelina County by reassigning current personnel, as well as, reinstate the DARE program in our schools to educate our children about the dangers of drugs and alcohol.
I will cut cost by changing the meal plan the inmates currently get and by giving inmates the absolute minimum allowed by law.
I will ensure that all employees conduct themselves in a profession and courteous manner and will address all citizen complaints.
I will be a working Sheriff accessible to the public and will be in the field as much as possible to see the issues first hand instead of listening to what I am told. When I am told something I research it for myself and gather the facts before I act on any given issue.
I have a good relationship with the commissioners and will work with them to address issues facing the county and will make concessions when possible but will never compromise on an issue that effects public safety in a negative manner.
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How to bet Gulfstream Park's Pick 4 - March 30, 2013
Here's my race-by-race rundown of Saturday's pick four at Gulfstream Park on March 30, 2013. I'm building my wager with TicketMaker, found exclusively on DRF.com. I am betting in increments of $0.50 with a budget of $100.00.
Race 10 (Skip Away Stakes)
TAKE CHARGE INDY (#8) was a superb 2nd in the Grade 1 Clark and then ran into freakish Graydar in the Grade 1 Donn. He drops and faces no one like that here. CIGAR STREET (#9) has blossomed this meet after a layoff and may be this good. GOLDEN TICKET (#3) won last year's Grade 1 Travers (in a DH) and has come back sharp. PANTS ON FIRE (#10) was a fine 3rd in the Grade 3 Hal's Hope and romped over some nice foes here Feb. 15 so he's on top of his game.
Race 11 (Appleton Stakes)
OMAYAD (#11) was a monster in Chile and flashed talent last spring. He's been freshened and can be scary with a return to top form. SILVER MAX (#7) makes his first start of the year after a super 3yo season. They have to go get him. JOES BLAZING AARON (#4) comes off a sharp 2nd in the Grade 3 Canadian Turf and has the speed to give 'MAX a fight. ZA APPROVAL (#3) was troubled late in the Canadian Turf and it may have cost him 2nd. BEAU CHOIX (#9) looks good as ever at age 6 as he rallied well in the Canadian Turf.
Race 12 (Florida Derby)
ITSMYLUCKYDAY (#3) has blossomed. It may be because he adores this place, that he's emerged as a top 3yo, or a bit of both. Regardless, he figures tough. SHANGHAI BOBBY (#1) ran splendidly when 2nd to ITSMYLUCKYDAY in the Grade 3 Holy Bull, finishing far clear of 3rd while also breaking the track mark. While some wonder about his distance capabilities regarding the Ky. Derby he should be just fine for this distance and should get a great trip stalking speedster MERIT MAN (#8). ORB (#6) looked super powering home to win the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth here last month. That being said, he got a dream set-up pace-wise. He may not get such a gift here.
Race 13 (Allowance Race)
CELESTIAL KITTEN (#11) finished strongly to just miss by a nose here Feb. 24. She has ample back-class and looks back on her game. TRANSGRESSION (#1) made a bold wide run but couldn't sustain it. She had a brutal post that day (12) but goes to the rail. SWEAR ME IN (#2) comes here sharp as a tack with tactical speed and versatility. TOWN FLIRT (#9) has done much of her best work here.
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Australia's peak science agency, the CSIRO, has backed away from attributing a decade of drought in Tasmania to climate change, claiming "the jury is still out" on the science.
The comments follow the issuing of a CSIRO report yesterday, revealing drought has cut water availability in northern Tasmania's premier wine growing region by 24 per cent, with riverflows reaching record lows. One of the report's co-authors, hydrologist David Post, told The Canberra Times there was "no evidence" linking drought to climate change in eastern Australia, including the Murray-Darling Basin.
"At this stage, we'd prefer to say we're talking about natural variability. The science is not sufficiently advanced to say it's climate change, one way or the other. The jury is still out on that," Dr Post said.
Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown has accused CSIRO of "caving in to political pressure" to soften its stance on climate change in the lead-up to this year's federal election.
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Public open house set for Commissioner Ed Norden's retirement
A public open house for Commissioner Ed Norden's retirement will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 5 in the Atrium of the County Administration Building, 615 Macon Ave. Light refreshments will be provided. The public at large is invited to stop in and wish him well in his retirement.
Consider the weight of the recession, add in months of talks about the permitting process for the "Over The River" project and don't forget the years-long dealings with legalization of medical and recreational marijuana — add those to the day-to-day county business and service on several boards and committees — and you basically have the main ingredients of Fremont County Commissioner Ed Norden's last 12 years in office.
Norden, 66, is in the final days of his third and final term as commissioner. He was the first commissioner elected to a third term since the late Roy Canterbury, who served from 1973-1984.
While the though of leaving office is bittersweet, the consternation about marijuana the last couple years has made it easier to walk away from some of the daily headaches, Norden admitted.
"Not only did we as public officials not see what was coming, I don't think the voters of Colorado saw what was on the horizon," he said. "If we could set the clock back, it would be nice to do things over."
He said the passage of marijuana has created burdens on the Department of Human Services and other public resources. It also blew up his email and voicemail.
"Even to this day, some of the complaints we hear simply deal with neighbors who are legally growing their own marijuana, but the neighbors don't like it and expect government to stop it, but yet the voters of Colorado said you can grow your own, to a limit," he said. "It's so big, it's gotten to the point of how can you enforce it? It's literally out of control."
Thinking back on the last 12 years, Norden said he is most proud that the Board of Commissioners was able to keep the county fiscally sound during the recession.
"That was a huge challenge because we had to cut budgets, we were making very hard decisions around 2010, but we've survived," he said. "We've now grown our reserves, but maintaining the General Fund reserves is going to be a constant challenge."
In an effort to save money, the county moved to a four-day work week in 2010.
"I had concern about going to a four-day work week at the time, but we were of such situation that we needed savings at any possible corner," Norden said. "I still believe that we are saving, particularly energy costs, but we get feedback from both sides, people who love the four-day work week and people who wish that we would go back to five days."
He said the county is seeing revenues improve, but it is drawing down on reserves in 2016 and 2017 to fund operations. Since 2017 is a reassessment year, Norden said, based on commercial and residential values, revenues could be improved for all governmental issues that rely on property taxes for operations. However, those effects won't be felt until 2018.
The most significant restructuring effort in the county during the last few years was the consolidation of Road & Bridge Department into a single entity with one department head instead of operating with more personnel and equipment in different districts of the county. Crews now operate from one central core and operate where needed, resulting in leaner operations and more efficient delivery of services, Norden said.
Also on his watch, the commissioners in 2009 rolled the position of Human Resources Director into a new county manager role. George Sugars was the first to work as county manager until he retired in 2015, then Finance Director Sunny Bryant transitioned into the county manager role, while also continuing to oversee the Finance Department.
"Even though we created a new title, we did not expand the cost that much," Norden said. "I will gladly point to one of the best decisions that we ever made as a board while I have been in office was to hire Sunny Bryant as Finance Director to take over as county manager — she's doing a great job, and she started to see some real inefficiencies of day-to-day operations that she has begun addressing just in the few months that she's been county manager."
During Norden's last three terms, a new logo was adopted that gives the county an identity of who it is and where it has been; in an effort to improve communications, Norden has added the "News Now" section to the county's website, where YouTube videos from the commissioners' meetings also are linked; and in 2015, after nearly 20 years in the works, the combined communications center opened at the Fremont County Judicial Building, improving the efficiency of emergency 911 services.
Two years ago, the board also purchased the Garden Park Building 201 N. Sixth St., making room for the Fremont County Department of Public Health and Environment and the Fremont County Sheriff's Investigations Unit, relieving space at the Department of Human Services and the FCSO.
Norden said through the years, what he values most is being able to have open communication with people whom he once did not see eye to eye.
"We found common ground on how to talk and respect one another, and those are the things I think I value most," he said. "I've made new friends and acquaintances because of that."
Norden previously contemplated running for office at the state level, and while he's not completely dismissing the idea, he plans to sit back and take a deep breath and take a measure of where he's been and if there is something more in which he'd like to get involved.
"Even politics at this level can wear on you," he said. "I think it's time that I take a break just to refresh; at least in the near future, I plan on being on the outside looking in."
Norden's last board meeting will be Dec. 27. Dwayne McFall will be sworn in as the District 3 Commissioner on Jan. 10.
"Sometimes you get bothered by the accusations of people accusing you of things you do and the decisions you make, that you are doing it for personal gain, but when I walk away, I know, being honest with myself, that I was true to myself, that I did not abuse the office or take advantage of the taxpayers in anyway," Norden said. "At the end of the day, people can say what they want, but I can walk away knowing that I did my best and that I performed it in as honest way as I could attempt to do."
In retirement, Norden plans to continue his part-time work at KRLN Radio and as the official weather observer for Fremont County. He also will continue riding his bicycle as much as possible and he and his wife, Janice, will spend more time with their children and grandchildren.
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I wholly agree with the comments coming from the good doctors. As Physicians, we do not give our private numbers to patients. I too encountered a problem when a patient who called me at 1 am in the morning and asked me for a clinical evaluation for his daughter's medical problem and i gave him s solution. Since then, he never stops calling me, Now the whole family has my private number and I have become their telemedicine doctor. So, I had to politely tell the patient that he need to physic...
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Let me share my first hand experience as a resident. Since majority of my consultants do not give their phone numbers, they give my phone number instead. I usually give a warning that I may not answer or reply to messages promptly because I might be in the operating room or attending to a patient. This actually helped me establish a good working relationship with a lot of relatives and patients. However, this works for me for the moment because I am on-call 24/7 and I've been used to it for ...
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This is a BIG NO for me too! Personal numbers are meant to be used for personal contacts only. Giving a number that can be accessible through clinic hours is the best bargain we can give to patients. I firmly believe that patients should not be doing over the phone consults because it runs the risk of misdiagnosis and inadequate management. A good example would be my encounter with a patient who underwent wound debridement a day ago. She was instructed by her surgeon not to touch the wound for 5...
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Giving the work phone number to patient is acceptable, and is a norm for most of the healthcare system. Patient can contact the specific work phone number during day time if they do have any specific question. Depending on the specialty, some specialty do have a clinical specialist nurse in that particular specialty, that the patients can contact in case of any question. Then, the clinical specialist nurse can liaise with doctor in charged. Sometime, those work phone will be passed on the team ...
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There are pros and cons. Some would say 'yes' and some would say 'no'. I do not have a extreme answer for this question but I must say the answer is 'no' for about 60-70%. Because privacy is privacy. No one needs to take the duties to his or her home and to the personal life. Any one should have a time allocated for the loved ones even for a doctor. But in some cases a patient might meet an emergency question that has to be answered anyway. Anyway I would say 'No. You...
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I would say no as well to personal numbers. It not only saves us from potential law suits and from having a life outside of being a doctor but it really is in the patient's best interest as well. If we do not have a clinic the patient can contact the patient could easily go to the hospital for consult (especially if it is an emergency) and the staff there such the resident on duty could get in touch with us. If for simple queries like not understanding instructions a telemedicine platform wo...
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I understand why some doctors doesn't give out their numbers to their patients. It is because some patients doesn't respect the rest day of their doctors. Doctors have their needs too and sometimes, some patients abused that. I just hope that here in our country (Philippines), system like in UK will be adapted here. But i'm pretty sure that it will take time to have that advance technology. :( For my opinion, it is ok to give out your working number or your clinics number, however i...
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I may not be a doctor, but I think its important for a patient to have someone to contact or ask questions from, even if its not a personal number. I agree with
Tarah Cadiz
that a number with which to get in touch would be useful, especially to patients with high-risk conditions. It's great that in the UK,there are systems in place for patients who need medical advice and for urgent prescriptions or medical assi...
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I'd say yes. Not a personal number per se, but a number that patients can call for queries. I have told this story a couple of times here in the MIMS community, but here it goes again. My mentor provides a number that her patients can call when they have any inquiries. At times it saved a physician from a potential lawsuit. Turned out, one patient (not her patient and did not really happen to her) complained of a certain "accident" that happened as a result of a procedure. Well.. t...
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Even if I am not a doctor, I would say NO too. Doctors are human beings as well, they have life outside the medical world. For out of hours advice (normally 6pm-8am, and weekends), UK has got a number (111) to contact for people needing medical advice. Where advices are given over the phone, urgent prescriptions done or emergency assistance provided (999). If patients have their doctors phone numbers, it would be very inconvenient for the doctor especially when contacted in the wee hours of the ...
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I would say it is a BIG NO to give patients our private number !! We should not be in contact with patient after working hours. There will always be the medical team or general practice on-call that the patients can seek for medical advice out of hour. In some super sub-specialist service, in which having the service of clinical nurse specialist, giving the work phone number to patients will be feasible, as the work phone will be passed on from doctor/clinical nurse specialist to other team memb...
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2011 Buick Regal: Cabin After Dark
July 12, 2011
The Regal lights up in a turquoise-and-robin-egg-blue color scheme when night sets in. Another look at the cabin after nightfall follows after the jump.
Interestingly (or not), the name "robin egg blue" has been trademarked by jewelry maker Tiffany and Co. -- it's the shade used in the company's packaging.
Maybe automakers who use this hue do so hoping it will bring images of expensive Tiffany's baubles to mind and make their cabins feel upscale by association.
What do you think? Is the whole turquoise-and-blue thing working for you?
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|From kingdom to republic to empire, the ancient Romans have transfixed the imagination of the ages, inspiring bestselling novels, plays, poems, movies, and TV productions (not to mention several nations and more than a few dictatorships). Throughout 2009, we trace their pomp and circumstance in "A Year with the Romans."
In his 50th year, the poet Publius Ovidius Naso was much concerned with change. For two decades, he had been the toast of Roman society, a friend to half its most famous poets, a guest of great patrons like Maecenas and Messalla but not their creature, a sardonic commentator on hypocrisies of his society, but an enthusiastic supporter of the peace that made decadence possible. He was born in 43 B.C. to a prosperous middle-rank family ninety miles from Rome, and he was given an expensive, first-rate education in Athens and abroad, the idea being that he would enter into public service in the City and bring his family honor. But he'd been adept with language from an early age, and the drudgery of serving on Rome's various committees wearied him. We can assume he either won his family's blessing to change his life's course or inherited money even without that blessing, because he abandoned the civic cursus honorum and devoted himself to writing, womanizing, and the sweet life.
This was the period when sniveling young Octavian, the improbable victor of the civil wars that had erupted at the death of his nominal kinsman Julius Caesar, was taking for himself the name Augustus and, as sanctimonious little prigs throughout history have been wont to do, trying to create by legislation an entire society of sanctimonious little prigs. After the spectacle of his revered ancestor parading Cleopatra through the streets of Rome and installing her in a lavish villa, after the disgrace of Marc Antony deserting his wife and duty to dally with that same woman in the sybaritic excesses of Egypt, Augustus wanted Rome to return to the austere morality of its Republican past. Never mind that his ruthless possession of sole dictatorial power was the greatest contradiction of that morality (and never mind that he himself, until rectitude befell him, was no tuliped saint) – Augustus wanted Romans to hark back to the heroic days of chaste virgins, fecund families, hard work, and public responsibility. And he forced the spineless Senate to pass prescriptive laws, to help that process along.
So the time was ripe for satire, and Ovid was ready. From his stylus flew a succession of dancing, twinkling, scandalous, titillating works of sexual provocation and moral laxity – and stunning, sustained poetic brilliance. In his Heroides, famous figures from history and mythology write letters to their lovers; in the Amores, the poet describes every ripe detail of his extended affair with the beautiful Corinna; his Ars Amatoria winkingly presents itself as a definitive manual on how to find, seduce, and keep a lover in the City (whether or not she – or he – happens to be married); his Remedia Amoris gives worldly advice to cads who've had the bad form to get their hearts broken; there was even a little treatise on cosmetics whose subject and tone was meant to mock the very concept of the heroic ideal. The humor in all of these works is sly and conspiratorial, and the verses glow and flow like honey. Here was a first-rank poet who scorned the very idea of writing patriotic epics in the style of Virgil's Aeneid, preferring instead to court the laughter of the smart set by writing quite a lot about quite a little. In other words, if ever there was a poet virtually guaranteed to cause a long, slow burn of resentment in the heart of somebody like Augustus, it was Ovid.
The poet's mind appears not to have been darkened by such a concern, but other changes beckoned. The ribald subject matter and rascally irony of his body of work had served him well, but successful authors often choose the pinnacle of their careers to try something new, to go seeking other, more elusive kinds of approval. Ovid sought to work this transformation on himself. Propertius, Tibullus, Virgil, Horace – all the titans of the literary scene were dead; Ovid was de facto laureate, and it's possible he surveyed his life's work of bawdy sketches and yearned to make something more. He conceived the Fasti, an epic series of poems on the events of the Roman calendar, and he began creating his incredible anti-epic, The Metamorphoses, an immense breviary of mythological changes, beginning with the world forming out of chaos and ending with Julius Caesar being transformed into a god – all of it rendered not in the frolicking elegiac lyrics of his love poems but in epic's more stately hexameters. But where previous epics had concentrated on the telling of one central story, Ovid's great book would shimmer from story to story, an endless gallery of protagonists and tale-tellers, one change leading to the next, one change embedded in the next, spinning the reader round and round in a whirlwind of glittering verse. "Ovid's fancy is of the moonlight," the classicist H. J. Rose so aptly wrote, "and all crude colours and oversharp outlines are softened by it into a half-real harmony of fantastic beauty."
When his own metamorphosis came upon him, it was as unforeseen and violent – as sad and unwanted – as all those he'd been chronicling, and the irony wasn't lost on him. More than anybody, he knew there was no safety in mythology, and now he had a brutal demonstration of that fact: an angry god banished him from one world to another, transformed him from a household name to a wretched exile. In A.D. 8, Augustus sentenced him to spend the rest of his life in Tomis, present day Romania, and never to return to the City he so loved. As A. M. Duff put it, "Dr. Johnson despatched to Ultima Thule, or Victor Hugo to Spitzbergen, could not have suffered more."
There is throughout the Metamorphoses a wonderful indifference displayed toward the justice or injustice of why transformations happen – the innocent become trees, shrubs, crabs, stags, flowers, and spiders as often as the guilty do – and the fact that this, too, is mirrored in his own horrible change is an irony Ovid can neither have missed nor have enjoyed. Romania can be rough on poets, and he spent the rest of his life sending one bitter, defensive, imploring poem after another back to Rome, to his friends, to Augustus, to Augustus' successor Tiberius – begging to be recalled, loudly protesting that his punishment far exceeded his sin.
He doesn't elaborate what that sin was, and to this day we don't know. The ostensible cause was the emperor's outrage over the Ars Amatoria, but that poem was ten years old when the ruling came down – there had to be more to it than that. Ovid makes passing reference to "a poem and an error," mentions that he saw something he shouldn't have seen, darkly implicates certain unnamed slaves, but there are no specifics – an omission which has prompted classicists and historians throughout the ages to speculate on what offense could have been so bad that its punishment would be so vigilant. The front-running theory connects Ovid with some scandal involving Julia, the granddaughter of Augustus, who was banished at the same time as Ovid – but much odder theories have also been floated, by historians and novelists alike, and the truth is likely to be silent forever.
Ovid among the Scythians – Eugene Delacroix, 1859. National Gallery, London.
Banishment and public erasure (Augustus, that great patron of the arts, had all his books pulled from public libraries and burned) must have made Ovid worry that his fame would also fall silent – his protestations to the contrary seem as desperate as they are defiant. The most famous of these protestations comes at the end of the Metamorphoses, in a passage the author almost certainly reworked during the long years of his exile (upon news of his banishment, he theatrically burned his own copy of his epic, but it and many other of his works show distinct hints of having been tinkered with long after he left Rome). In Book XV right after the goddess Venus has transformed the assassinated Julius Caesar into a bright shining star, there's a little epilogue in which the poet invokes one final change. Here it is in the calm, measured English of Horace Gregory's celebrated 1959 translation:
And now the measure of my song is done:
The work has reached its end; the book is mine,
None shall unwrite these words: nor angry Jove,
Nor war, nor fire, nor flood,
Nor venomous time that eats our lives away.
Then let that morning come, as come it will,
When this disguise I carry shall be no more,
And all the treacherous years of life undone,
And yet my name shall rise to heavenly music,
The deathless music of the circling stars.
As long as Rome is the Eternal City
These lines shall echo from the lips of men,
As long as poetry speaks truth on earth,
That immortality is mine to wear.
Charles Martin's idiosyncratic 2004 translation has that same epilogue this way:
My work is finished now: no wrath of Jove
nor sword nor fire nor futurity
is capable of laying waste to it.
Let that day come then, when it wishes to,
which only has my body in its power,
and put an end to my uncertain years;
no matter, for in spirit I will be
borne up to soar beyond the distant stars,
immortal in the name I leave behind;
wherever Roman governance extends
over the subject nations of the world,
my words will be upon the people's lips,
and if there is truth in poets' prophesies,
then in my fame forever will I live.
The stubborn finality of this pronouncement must have warmed Ovid when the future seemed very dark, but part of it is untrue: his fame has flickered and wavered with the fashions of the centuries, and the amazing compacted beauty of his verses has attracted readers who invariably express their devotion by changing the very object of it. Ovid lives on in Shakespeare, for instance, only as grapes live on in wine – a necessary foundation, but almost unrecognizably altered. As those two English translations amply show, those alterations extend even to the renderings of Ovid's own work; here's the same epilogue from Arthur Golding's swaggering 1567 translation:
Now have I brought a woork to end which neither Joves feerce wrath,
Nor swoord, nor fyre, nor freating age with all the force it hath
Are able to abolish quyght. Let comme that fatall howre
Which (saving of this brittle flesh) hath over mee no power,
And at his pleasure make an end of myne uncerteyne tyme.
Yit shall the better part of mee assured bee to clime
Aloft above the starry skye. And all the world shall never
Be able to quench my name. For looke how farre so ever
The Roman Empyre by the ryght of conquest shall extend,
So farre shall all folke reade this woork. And tyme without all end
(If Poets as by prophesie about the truth may ame)
My life shall everlastingly bee lengthened still by fame.
He was treated well by the awestruck inhabitants of Tomis, and he tried to treat them well in return. But he yearned for the undoing of his transformation – his clutching at the consolation of fame cannot have brought him much comfort. He knew as well as anybody how fickle the world can be; he would rather have been returned to his own library than hope his works would feature in someone else's, even two or three hundred years hence. That we might still be reading him two thousand years later – well, that might have softened the sorrows of exile, but he wouldn't have believed it. And yet here he is still among us, always changing.
Steve Donoghue is a writer and reader living in Boston with his dogs. He's recently reviewed books for The Columbia Journal of American Studies, Historical Novel Review Online, and The Quarterly Conversation. He hosts the literary blog Stevereads and is the Managing Editor of Open Letters Monthly.
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text: PCG:When you have a series with long roots like Splinter Cell, it must be tough to make a trailer. Either you stay true to your existing fans, and show a man smearing himself against a bunch of walls and crates in the rain, or you try to capture the attention of the wider gaming public. That's why we get man-with-gun Bioshock box art, sexualised nun-punching for Agent 47, and in Sam Fisher's case, running across a rooftop, effortlessly shivving folks in the neck. Eyebrows were raised. "That's not Splinter Cell, is it?" was muttered.


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There is much to be said for painting, or drawing, from a live set up. In today's digital age photography couldn't be much easier, making it very convenient for artists to work directly from their computer monitors. And why not? It's a tremendously useful tool for doing all sorts of things. It's great if you need to zoom way in for a closer look at some detail. You can also edit and manipulate your reference photos to make them into anything you can imagine.
However, cameras do not see the way your eyes do. They only record a limited range of values, far less than what you and I are able to perceive from life. That's not to say that cameras don't take amazing images; they certainly do! But your eyes are better at seeing color and value and subtle nuances that the camera just isn't able to.
Here you can see my shadow box with a simple still life. It allows me to do small set ups which are great for doing studys and small oil sketches. If you are an artist who only works from photos I would suggest that you take a little time and make your own little set up area. It doesn't have to be a shadow box or anything elaborate. It can be as simple as a an end table by a window or a shelf next to a lamp.
However you choose to work is up to you. I like using both methods and find they each have their pros and cons. I'd love to hear from you and get your thoughts on the matter. Send me some pics and maybe help me improve my own studio! Thanks for reading!


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Saturday, 24 March 2012
Craft Fair Haul (and a little rant, just a little one)
A wooden letter rack and a tray. I'm going to paint/decopatch/mod podge these (or something). The letter rack is to contain the many piles of paperwork Mr CA leaves lying around and the little tray is to go next to me on the sofa to stop my needles, pincushion, scissors, threads and / or crochet hooks from falling down between the sofa cushions.
A few necessities and some tiny embroidery hoops. I stopped at a stall to buy the 5" and 2 4" ones where I was told that 4" is the smallest they do. A few stalls later I picked up a couple of 3" hoops... seems someone was lying!
A little iron-on bunny for no reason other than she reminds me of my bunny Ellis, and my first ever attempt at pyrography! The image was pre-stamped so I only had to go over it with the tool. It's quite tricky to get right and I burnt it in a few places, but it was really good fun. I added the titles to the books. Luckily my mum had invested in one of these tools a few weeks ago (she's a compulsive craft-horder like me), so I can go over and have a go on some more items.
A lucet with a spindle/bobbin type thing, and a gizmo. Yep, that's its name. It's for making coils from wire which you can then make into jewellery.
A needle-punch kit. Yes, that's right, another new craft for me to try. There was a lady demonstrating this and it looked so easy... bet it isn't!
Beads, beads, beads and more beads, a necklace kit, findings, spacers, connecters etc.
A little gift from my mum - a seam iron. It can be plugged in and left turned on for hours without the handle getting hot, so it's got to be easier than plugging in and unplugging my big iron every five minutes.
Hand-dyed merino tops and a variety of hand died threads, heart trims, button-type things, cutters that I'm hoping I can use to needle-felt and some hand-dyed crewel thread that matches the threads in the DMC kit I bought that hasn't got enough thread in it... DMC rudely ignored my constant emails asking for help in identifying the pre-sorted threads so I had to buy them elsewhere. Unfortunately, there are still 3 threads I've run out of that I couldn't match. There was only one stall selling crewel wool in the whole exhibition.
Even-weave, I think that's pretty self-explanatory.
Fabric! 2 metres of Kate Spain Fandango and a few unidentified pieces.
I don't think I did too badly. I love the exhibitions at the NEC, they're a great way to find new suppliers as well as stock up and see things demonstrated. The one thing that really gets my goat is how rude some people are. The vast majority of crafters that I've met on the internet are kind, generous, giving folk. The vast majority of people visiting the craft exhibitions are rude, self-centred and agressive. Loads of them have trolleys on wheels which they'll park in your way and whack you on the legs with. Other people will push and shove you. I was told to "move, I need to look at this stall" by a horrible woman whilst I was actually waiting for the stall-holder to bag up my purchase and another lady had a go at me as I accidentally caught her little boy with my bag - not my fault that she'd let him run free and he was crawling around by one of the stalls!
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- Kandi said...
And breathe :0)
Yeah I was at NEC on Thursday and the rudeness is always apparent there and at similar fairs. Pushing, shoving, those bloody trolleys and the motorised scooters, arghhhh! It's rather frustrating but I bet you took some comfort in your fab haul! I had my eye on that mini iron too, I've wanted one for ages now!
Kandi x
- 24 March 2012 at 14:01
- Celtic Thistle said...
Looks like you will be busy in the coming months! I saw some projects with that coiling gizmo in a jewellery making magazine a couple of months ago (forget which one)and it looked fairly simple for really good results, so I will be really interested in what you do with it.
It is a shame that some people lose all semblance of manners when faced with a bargain! I have never been to the big show at the NEC, but can say that it has always been much more civilized when I have visited the Scottish show at Edinburgh. To be fair I have only ever gone on a Friday, so it may be the same there too on Saturdays and Sundays!
Enjoy a well-deserved rest after such serious shopping :)
- 24 March 2012 at 14:10
- Sandra :) said...
I'm always surprised at how many people forget plain common courtesy - so many are so focused on their own wants and needs that they don't spare half a second to be polite. It's very sad. Parents who let their younglings run around practically unsupervised deserve a swift kick in the a$$ - just because they're YOUR precious snowflakes doesn't mean we'll find their poor behaviour cute!
You found all kinds of goodies, eh? I have a lucet as well - I use it to make cord! Love the orange and pink fabric - that combo has become one of my favourites - Nancy even found me a 70's sheet @ the thrift store last week, with orange and pink flowers! :)
- 24 March 2012 at 16:58
- Allie said...
What a haul! I love it! I'm drooling over everything. Too bad about the rude people though - you need to carry an umbrella with a pointy tip to poke people with, lol!
- 25 March 2012 at 05:00
- Nancy Lee said...
Lovely shopping, there, Wendy. Punch needle is dead easy as long as you thread the needle properly. It's great because there is no counting involved, and the even weave holds the threads nicely. Are you going to do the wood burning on the trays? People are getting increasingly self absorbed. It's not that they are rude as much as they are oblivious.
- 25 March 2012 at 05:40
- Hester said...
I love bunnies too and I'll let you in on a little secret, I saw some fluffy bunny ears on an aliceband in the shops yesterday and I nearly bought them for myself if it wasn't for my husband stopping me. I would wear them at a dinner party especially at my house or when I do the 10km saturday morning walks where you can dress a little crazy, I'm an arty, young at heart 48 year old lady.
I'm busy sewing quilted felt animal cell phone pouches for my kids Tracfone LG800G smart phones to protect their touch screens as they cost me $50ea. (must say $6/month for 40 min for the kids ea. is a bargain).
These little animal pouches are such fun to make and they're easy for the kids to tackle them over the weekends. I just take 2 layers of felt with stuffing in the middle and sew round the edges by hand with blanket stitching. You can use plain stitching to sew on the features and limbs of the animals. I can't believe what cute animals you can make from felt not to mention cut Christmas ornaments for your loved ones. Creatures such as owls, penguins, fish, foxes and ducks are easy animals to make.
- 25 March 2012 at 06:45
- Fleur Cotton said...
You did very well didn't you! Lots of good buys.
I have to admit that I'm put off alot of the big shows purely because of the crowds, I would much rather go to smaller and local craft fairs.
Happy Crafting
Fleur xx
- 26 March 2012 at 12:32
- The Dotty One said...
I haven't been to that show at the NEC but I have to say that the Stitch and Craft in Olympia a week or so ago was similar. People just barging past and jumping queues. It is so annoying becuase it makes what should be a really fun day quite stressful - grrrr!
On the plus side - excellent shopping! Good work soldier!
- 27 March 2012 at 21:56


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EA Feels GT5 is the Bar for Racing Simulation But Has Too Many Cars
While racing simulation hasn't been a genre watered down by dozens of franchises, a new contender recently entered the ring. Slightly Mad Studios and EA recently joined the racing scene with the new IP Need for Speed: Shift, which was the first in the classic series to move toward simulation. Although the Shift series is a newcomer, EA feels it has enough to offer stiff competition in the next iteration.
Marcus Nilssen, an executive producer at EA, shared his sentiments about how Gran Turismo 5 has done too much to convolute the experience. Nilssen stated the following:
"I think it's ridiculous, I do, how many of the millions of people who will buy GT5 are going experience all those cars? None!"
Later, he admitted the Polyphony Digital has built a "beast" with Gran Turismo 5, and that it's the main competition for the upcoming Need for Speed: Shift 2:
I would be foolish not to be concerned about GT5. GT5 is a beast. It's hard to understand what you should be worried about – it's so big and they have so many features. I fundamentally think that if you look at Forza 3 and you look at Shift 2, they're not in the same division. Shift 2 is just so far ahead."
It's interesting to hear him mention that Gran Turismo 5 is the bar to reach and Forza 3 isn't. The GT series has certainly been around a while longer, and it's hard to compare to something with such a long history of evolution. While the over 1000 cars present in GT5 might be more than most will handle, it's certainly nice to be able to find a car that you like.


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ColorWare is doing a good thing for iPad users. If given the choice to enshrine my iPad in a strong, light, and barely noticeable aircraft-grade aluminum wireframe briefcase handle, I would do it in a heartbeat.
And that's the thing, now I can do it, and ColorWare's site for their Grip offers a lot of customization options. The Grip looks good on the iPad, and their online 'design studio' gets it right with a slew of color possibilities and finishes like "gloss", "softtouch" and "chrome".
Let me say this again, I'm excited about this little gadget just looking at the photos, it looks gloriously easy to set up, makes it easier to carry your iPod, and seems to protect it from bumps and bruises from quite a few angles.
The only downside is that it costs a whopping $300!


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London: Hollywood superstar Bradley Cooper and model girlfriend Irina Shayk's relationship has reportedly got "stronger" after their holiday in Capri, Italy.
Cooper, 40, and Shayk, 29, who started dating in May post his split from long-term girlfriend Suki Waterhouse could not be "happier" after their recent trip, reported Female First.
A source close to the couple said, "Bradley and Irina couldn't be in a happier place in their relationship. They have gotten to know all of the little things about each other during this trip to Italy.
"Their attraction for each other just keeps on getting stronger and they always want to be in each other's corner."
The "American Sniper" star and the Russian beauty quietly checked out of the island's luxurious JK Place hotel on August 23 but made no attempt their affection while soaking up the sun in recent days.
An eyewitness told, "They were always together. They were all smiles and kisses. They were living life to the fullest. There was that end of summer, end of holiday look on their faces. Not exactly sadness, but a realisation that the carefree last few days were over and that it was time to go back home, back to work - that sort of thing."
Despite preparing to resume their hectic careers, friends close to the couple believe they will not have a problem making time to see each other.
"Communication is key with them. So even when busy season hits for them, they plan on making sure their relationship just keeps building and staying connected as much as they can," the insider said.


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U.S. ill-prepared to defend and engage in new world of asymmetrical cyber threats.
For the better part of the last 10 years, we have been unwillingly engaged in a developing set of battles on several cyber-fronts, including business, healthcare, industry, education and government.
These have been largely a disorganized set of skirmishes that usually result in the attackers making off with valuable personal information, ransom attacks where money is extorted in exchange for abducted information or computing assets, the co-opting of business processes that have led to outright financial theft, and hacktivism that delivers havoc to political processes.
Lacking a unity of purpose, we compound our imbalances. We have no idea who the enemy is, and we possess only a vague notion of why we should be engaged.
Each industry sector has tried to defend against these attacks in a variety of ways from upgrading cybersecurity technologies to increased training and staffing to the hardening of assets and the adoption of new policies and strategies. Yet, in spite of sometimes extravagant efforts, the bad guys keep winning.
Why? It's because we are fighting an asymmetrical war with expanding attack surfaces and we lack a unifying purpose.
The lack of symmetry plays out on a variety of separate fronts. Economic asymmetry pits a simple malware exploit kit available for $50 on the dark web and a self-taught teenage assailant with a PC and an Internet connection against a bank with a $250 million annual cybersecurity budget, and the teenager wins.
Informational asymmetry sets our siloed and segmented defenses up against masquerading attackers about whom we have almost no information who require very little of their own to be successful. A brute force attack is simple and easy to launch, turns almost all connected devices into an army of network bots and can result in the complete takedown of Internet access across much of the US for an extended period as we saw in the DDoS attack on October 21st, 2016.
Informational asymmetry results in our continuing failure to identify the exploitation of legitimacy or ability to correctly attribute the source or nature of our attackers. We are never sure whether Russia or Iran or China or young Harry White living in his Mom's basement down on B Street is the actual attacker and it of course dramatically affects our ability to respond or even develop a policy for response protocols.
Resource asymmetry stacks up our small contingent of trained defenders protecting millions of applications and systems located in fixed positions against tens of thousands of unknown global cyber attackers examining tens of millions of dispersed targets. In terms of military tactics, state armies like ours generally fight in an orderly framework while non-state and individual terrorist organizations successfully use guerrilla cyber-methods designed to overcome the disparities in power.
Since we don't know who we are fighting and we must defend fixed positions without specific rules of engagement, it makes it quite difficult to successfully engage.
Infrastructural asymmetry highlights the actual nexus of our physical vulnerability as the imbalance offers our attackers fixed and aging targets upon which all of us depend for the most basic of functions like heat, light, communication and power and water, food, health and transportation. Assuming we actually have technological superiority, it will be quickly cancelled by the destruction of the electric grid, roads, ports, food and water supply systems in highly populated areas, which will dramatically impact the economy and affect our national morale, while our attackers neither require nor depend on any infrastructure beyond the Internet and the dark web.
Lacking a unity of purpose, we compound our imbalances. We have no idea who the enemy is, and we possess only a vague notion of why we should be engaged.
The last time this happened, we lost a brutal war in a little country called Vietnam.
If asymmetric warfare doesn't give us enough to worry about, we are also surging ahead with IoT (Internet of Things) device integration in all aspects of our daily lives. We are adopting increasingly complex mobilized access via our smartphones, our clothing is now connected, and we will soon be adopting driverless vehicles.
All of this technological advancement creates scads of new attack surfaces that we are not sufficiently addressing as we rush new products out the door. With the billions of objects that are expected to be networked within the next few years, issues of identity and trust, data protection, access control, and device control should all be areas of grave concern, not just for business, but for public sector agencies and personal safely as well.
Our failure rate in combating ransomware is a small example of how poorly we have been coping with the onslaught thus far. Imagine the terrifying convergence of ransomware and the expanding IoT raising questions like how much you would be willing to pay to regain access to your TV programming, or your refrigerator, you baby monitor, your car, or your defibrillator?
Today, over 75 percent of hospital network traffic goes unmonitored, putting connected devices with access to sensitive patient information at risk. Think about that number the next time you are being wheeled into surgery.
Do you think the future of cybersecurity defense will be [a] harder or [b] easier? And, given that in spite of increased spending of 15 percent per year on cybersecurity to the tune of $85 billion in 2016, our current success rate diminishes steadily year over year (16% more successful breaches in 2016 than in 2015), do you think we will be [a] more successful in the future, or [b] less successful?
So much is at stake now that if the incoming Trump administration does not make cybersecurity its number one priority, and fails to create a shared-vision, Cybersecurity-Moonshot to immediately address the gathering storm, I fear the only momentum we will gain will continue to be in the direction we are now headed.
Steve King is the COO and CTO of Netswitch Technology Management.


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Croquet at Ryde Lawn
The Club has four full sized croquet lawns maintained to a high standard with the help of a lot of volunteer labour.
Between April and October, there are three Club "Mix-ins" for Golf croquet on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. which include a break for afternoon tea.
Association Croquet "Mix-ins" are held Monday and Saturday from 2 p.m. and Wednesday evening from 6 p.m.
Beginners are welcome and coaching is available for both Association or Golf Croquet, for those wishing to improve their game.
Tournaments are usually run annually; a Festival of Croquet in May, a Golf Croquet tournament in July and also both Handicap and Advanced Association tournaments.
The Club runs several internal tournaments during the year and teams are entered in the Southern Federation Croquet League and the Inter-Counties League.
In recent years we have hosted a number of high profile CA tournaments, including the Ascot Cup, The Spencer Ell, The Treasurer's Tankard and The President's Cup, giving members the opportunity to observe, and sometimes take part in, matches with high ranking players.
In the autumn of 2009 an automatic irrigation system was installed by Watermation, which is invaluable during any dry summer episodes.
The Croquet Lawns and Clubhouse are also available for private hire and members can be available to explain the rules of the game. Afternoon teas or evening meals can be provided.
Contact the Croquet Secretary for more information.
- Croquet Association – This site gives an enormous amount of information about the game, rules, history, technical articles and an online shop.
- Southern Croquet Federation – This is the site of the local croquet federation for croquet in our area and it has a lot of useful information with regard to leagues, tournaments, croquet news, coaching links etc.
- Oxford Croquet – Another site covering all aspects of the game, including refereeing and lawn care.