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Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) Price Target Raised to $65.00
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Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) had its target price increased by UBS Group from $61.00 to $65.00 in a report published on Wednesday, Stock Target Advisor reports. UBS Group currently has a buy rating on the insurance provider's stock.
HIG has been the topic of several other research reports. Barclays set a $34.00 target price on DCP Midstream and gave the company a hold rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 22nd. TheStreet raised ExOne from a d rating to a c rating in a research note on Thursday, March 14th. Wells Fargo & Co reiterated a hold rating and set a $70.00 price target on shares of Church & Dwight in a report on Thursday, May 2nd. B. Riley set a $20.00 price target on AMC Entertainment and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Wednesday, June 26th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research lowered GreenTree Hospitality Group from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Monday, May 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of Buy and an average target price of $59.46.
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NYSE:HIG opened at $57.49 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.32 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27. Hartford Financial Services Group has a fifty-two week low of $40.54 and a fifty-two week high of $57.54. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $55.03. The stock has a market cap of $20.78 billion, a PE ratio of 13.28, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 0.68.
Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE:HIG) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 1st. The insurance provider reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.15. Hartford Financial Services Group had a return on equity of 12.46% and a net margin of 9.58%. The company had revenue of $4.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.84 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.27 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Hartford Financial Services Group will post 5.08 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 3rd were issued a $0.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 31st. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.09%. Hartford Financial Services Group's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.71%.
In related news, Director Trevor Fetter bought 10,000 shares of Hartford Financial Services Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 9th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $52.19 per share, for a total transaction of $521,900.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 50,945 shares in the company, valued at $2,658,819.55. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Brion S. Johnson sold 32,094 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $55.72, for a total value of $1,788,277.68. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 51,499 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,869,524.28. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 92,326 shares of company stock valued at $5,076,750. Corporate insiders own 1.70% of the company's stock.
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Harvest Group Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Hartford Financial Services Group in the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Icon Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Hartford Financial Services Group during the first quarter worth approximately $33,000. Pinnacle Bank acquired a new position in shares of Hartford Financial Services Group during the fourth quarter worth approximately $35,000. Horan Capital Advisors LLC. acquired a new position in shares of Hartford Financial Services Group during the first quarter worth approximately $37,000. Finally, Riverview Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of Hartford Financial Services Group by 55.8% during the first quarter. Riverview Trust Co now owns 849 shares of the insurance provider's stock worth $42,000 after buying an additional 304 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.86% of the company's stock.
Hartford Financial Services Group Company Profile
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance and financial services to individual and business customers in the United States. Its Commercial Lines segment offers workers' compensation, property, automobile, marine, livestock, liability, and umbrella coverages; and customized insurance products and risk management services, including professional liability, bond, surety, and specialty casualty coverages.
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Opinioni senza volto: il ruolo dell'autore nel genere del commento giornalistico in Cina
Emma Lupano Università degli Studi di Milano http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2125-0514
China, media, news commentary, freelance journalists, opinions
In China, the genre (Bhatia 1993) of news commentary has had a key role in the evolution of the country's politics since the end of the 19th century, when modern journalism started to develop under the late Qing dynasty (De Giorgi 2001). In contemporary press, news commentaries (xinwen pinglun) can be divided into two main sub-genres: commentary on current affairs (shiping) and editorial (shelun ??). While their structure and communicative purposes are similar, the main difference lies in the (in)visibility of the author. Shiping are signed by the commentator and include a brief profile to qualify them as an expert. Shelun are anonymous, since the opinions presented are the paper's voice (Cheng 2008, Ding 2009, Du 2013). Starting from the late 90s, as a consequence of the commercialisation of the sector and a growing demand for original views in the press, papers have increasingly relied on independent contributors (ziyou zhuangaoren) for commentaries on current affairs and editorials (Shen 2003, Gongyang 2008, Lupano 2017). Drawing on a series of interviews made to Chinese independent commentators between 2008 and 2015, this contribution aims to discuss the effects that the (in)visibility of the author has on the commentary's authoritativeness and political influence, and the degree of independence with which opinions can be expressed, in a media environment that is still attentively controlled by the political authority (Qian and Bandurski 2011, Young 2013).
Emma Lupano, Università degli Studi di Milano
Emma Lupano is research assistant at the University of Milan, where she teaches Chinese language and culture. Her interests lie in the relationship between the institutional and the media discourses in China, and professional practice and genres in Chinese journalism. She previously worked at Peking University and has been a fellow at the China Media Project (University of Hong Kong). She is the author of two books on Chinese media (Ho servito il popolo cinese. Media e potere nella Cina di oggi, 2012, and Giornalisti cinesi, 2016).
Lupano, Emma. 2018. «Opinioni Senza Volto: Il Ruolo dell'autore Nel Genere Del Commento Giornalistico in Cina». Altre Modernità, n. 19 (maggio):129-43. https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/10112.
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Cynthia Pasquarello, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E., an educator in the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Program, has seen a lot of diabetes history. She started at the Joslin Diabetes Center in 1972, surrounded by the pioneers of diabetes research and care—including Priscilla White and Alexander Marble. Today, she is being honored at Joslin's Length of Service Ceremony for her 40 years of dedication to patients with diabetes.
So what was the path that brought you here to Joslin?
Long ago, well, 40+ years ago, I was working at Boston College in the student health infirmary when they did not have a year-round health infirmary. And so the nursing staff was all "laid off" during the summer. I needed a short-term summer job to cover three months' worth of rent and bills.
So I applied for a position as a teaching nurse—providing education for all ages, youth to elders. It was a broad spectrum position; there were no pediatric educators because there was no pediatric department.
I was very fortunate in the sense that under Dr. Charles Graham, Dr. Donald Barnett, Dr. Donna Younger, and Dr. Priscilla White I got a pediatric education like you can't believe. It was par excellence.
There were a few of us who attached ourselves to the pediatric patient and families experience consistently. The pediatric department evolved from a very tiny group to our current team of seven nurse practitioners, two diabetes nurse educators, two registered dieticians, two mental health specialists, nine M.D.s, two Child Life Specialists, and a phlebotomist.
What's the biggest improvement you've seen in pediatric care after the creation of the creation of the pediatric unit?
The recognition that children are not small adults. That they are children who happen to have diabetes, and that the management of diabetes should not supersede the importance and relevance of being a child first.
And the importance of an interdisciplinary team—we have a mental health group specifically tuned in to kid needs, dieticians dedicated to helping families with healthy eating, a dedicated phlebotomist, and a Child Life department that makes coming to the Pediatric department something to be looked forward to rather than something to be feared. I think these are the important highlights of what help to make the Joslin Pediatric Department so unique.
And what about improvements in pediatric care in general?
Well certainly the evolution of newer insulins and newer delivery systems, and newer monitoring techniques making the management of diabetes less cumbersome than it was.
Families get discouraged with how slowly they think technology is moving forward. Insulin delivery systems of 40 years ago consisted of glass syringes sterilized by boiling on a stove. We used tricks to teach people how to boil the syringes in ways that the plunger would not bang up against the glass syringe and shatter the syringe.
You can't appreciate how much work it is to boil syringes when you can go to your box of disposable syringes and you pull one out, you're not assembling it, you're not sterilizing it, you never have to worry about cloudiness of the syringe itself because of mineral deposits in the water. You don't have to worry about the plunger falling out of the syringe because it's slippery. You're not sharpening steel needles on a pumice stone. You just take one out the package and you use it!
The only way families could monitor insulin dosing effect was by checking urine for sugar. They were using CliniTest Tablets—you would actually get urine in a cup. You would then, with a medicine dropper, take two drops of urine and put it in a test tube. You would then add 10 drops of water to that, then add one of these CliniTest tablets to it, being careful where you held the test tube because the tube got hot, easily burning fingers. The contents of the test tube would change color from blue, which was sugar-free, to orange, which signified a lot of sugar in the urine. And no way to interpret blood glucose values was available.
And how many times a day did you have to do that?
The recommendation was four times a day.
And at camp, urine was boiled using Benedict's Solution on the stove.
And teaching nurses were the ones who taught a class called "Teaching Table." We would put on plastic gloves and, with people who needed to learn how to identify portion sizes, we would sit at a table and cut meat off of bones and weigh it on a gram scale. So if you had 90g of meat for lunch, we would sit there and we would cut meat, take off fat and gristle, and weigh out 90g of meat.
A tomato was the freebie?
One free tomato per day.
How do you think pediatric care and diabetes care in general could be improved?
One of the things that every family is looking for is the ability to off-load decision making. The idea of having a closed-loop system, for example, using a medical device would check the blood sugar and make a decision about medication, a sort of artificial pancreas.
Families are bowed under by the amount of decision making that goes into successfully managing pediatric diabetes. There is no simple recipe or formula. 1+1 in diabetes often doesn't equal 2. Families want things to be black or white. And often they are not.
Access to an interdisciplinary health care team should be made available to all children and families to allow for state of the art medical management education and support.


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Oodles of noodles -- St. Wenceslaus makes homemade noodles for spring fundraiser
There's no shortage of noodles being made at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Dickinson. This year, like every year, St Wenceslaus is marrying fundraising with a seasonal celebration of spring, and that means that well over a dozen volunteers to...
Cheryl Ridl has been helping make noodles for the St. Wenceslaus Spring Festival for over 30 years. (Iain Woessner / The Dickinson Press)
By Iain Woessner
There's no shortage of noodles being made at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Dickinson. This year, like every year, St Wenceslaus is marrying fundraising with a seasonal celebration of spring, and that means that well over a dozen volunteers took to work on a crisp clear Saturday morning, carrying on a pasta tradition that's spanned the decades.
"Every year we do a (Welcome Back) Spring Festival as a fundraiser for the church. The meal will be right here in the gym. We make homemade noodles for our chicken noodle soup," Cheryl Ridl, who was in charge of organizing the event this year. "We make the broth from scratch and we make the noodles from scratch. We start the meal with soup and then we have deep-fried turkey, roast beef, scalloped potatoes."
This sumptuous spread has been a tradition for many years, Ridl said. She's been involved for around 30 years-she got started when her children were still in school.
"My kids went to school here and I started when my third child was a sixth-grader," Ridl said. "She's 39 years -old now, so it's been quite awhile."
There's a strong family spirit at work in the lower levels of Trinity Elementary East, where the volunteers set to task of rolling flat thick balls of dough, and flattening them further still so they can get the dough thin enough to cut. Volunteers used tools and pasta makers to ensure that by day's end, the fat chunks of dough were made into thousands of fine noodles.
"When we were raised they were called "soup noodles," but you can use 'em for other things," Ridl said. "They're basically eggs, flour and that's the basics, eggs and flour. They're going to be very fine."
Diane Hoyt is another longtime volunteer with the spring festival, and this year she roped a lot of her own family in to join in the fun.
"We made noodles for Mardis Gras back in the early '70s. I love it," Hoyt said. "It's such a great way to visit with everybody ... it's a great gift. Once you learn it's a great gift. This is my granddaughter and husband and my daughter, so we're three generations making noodles."
There were groups of siblings, married couples, parents and children-many working hands coming together to make sure this spring festival is as good as all the others.
"Everybody is welcome. They'll have bingo and they'll have little games for the kids. St. Anne's will have a craft booth and ... they'll sell extra noodles at the craft booth," Ridl said. "The day before-the spring festival will be on a Saturday-the day before or the Friday before we have a big group that will make kolache. That's a roll, from the Chech heritage, and it's just a dough with filling. We'll have three different kinds. We'll have poppyseed, apricot and prune."
The festival will be held on April 13 from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meal tickets will be $12 for adults, $5 for kids 6-10 and $3 for children under 5 years old.
1/2: Diane Hoyt loves making noodles -- she roped in three generations of her family this year to help make noodles for Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church's annual spring festival. (Iain Woessner / The Dickinson Press)
2/2: Mary Fitterer, Jo Hayden, Laverne Diede and Ninetta Wandler are sisters as well as skilled noodle makers, volunteering to help make pasta for St. Wenceslaus' upcoming Spring Festival. (Iain Woessner / The Dickinson Press)
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Resolution on Jan. 6 rally struck down unanimously by South Dakota House's top legislators
Testimony to the top House committee from a convicted attendee of the Jan. 6 rally focused on the "inhumane" treatment of Jan. 6 defendants. The committee rejected a resolution on the matter 12-0.
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__int8* ptrInt8 = (__int8*)ptrInt64

Thank you for help!!!

A: Edit, fixed for correct 8 byte conversion, also not terribly efficient when converting back to byte array.
    public static List<Int64> ToList(byte[] bytes)
    {
        var list = new List<Int64>();
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i += sizeof(Int64))
            list.Add(BitConverter.ToInt64(bytes, i));

        return list;
    }

    public static byte[] ToBytes(List<Int64> list)
    {
      var byteList = list.ConvertAll(new Converter<Int64, byte[]>(Int64Converter));
      List<byte> resultList = new List<byte>();

      byteList.ForEach(x => { resultList.AddRange(x); });
      return resultList.ToArray();
    }

    public static byte[] Int64Converter(Int64 x)
    {
        return BitConverter.GetBytes(x);
    }

A: Use Mono.DataConvert.  This library has converters to/from most primitive types, for big-endian, little-endian, and host-order byte ordering.

A: CLR arrays know their types and sizes so you can't just cast an array of one type to another. However, it is possible to do unsafe casting of value types. For example, here's the source to BitConverter.GetBytes(long):
public static unsafe byte[] GetBytes(long value)
{
    byte[] buffer = new byte[8];
    fixed (byte* numRef = buffer)
    {
        *((long*) numRef) = value;
    }
    return buffer;
}

You could write this for a list of longs, like this:
public static unsafe byte[] GetBytes(IList<long> value)
{
    byte[] buffer = new byte[8 * value.Count];
    fixed (byte* numRef = buffer)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < value.Count; i++)
            *((long*) (numRef + i * 8)) = value[i];
    }
    return buffer;
}

And of course it would be easy to go in the opposite direction if this was how you wanted to go.

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Are you sometimes being held back by wanting to do something perfectly? If so, let me share a story with you that might inspire you to do it imperfectly.
Last week, I did a spiritual retreat where I was searching for a new vision and direction. And I'm pretty sure it was one the most imperfect retreats in the history of all retreats.
The ideal scenario would be to spend a few days by myself and without any electronics in the wilderness, fasting, and asking for guidance.
The reality? It's 2021 so it was all virtual. The only wilderness I was in was urban. I signed up late so I was running half a day behind. The calls were in the middle of my day so I couldn't stay until the end. And I was doing this in the middle of everything else… coaching current clients, connecting with potential new clients, publishing articles (here's my latest one about how to make your business stand out from the competition), reviewing an old interview for a book project, spending time with family over dinner, etc.
I was probably breaking every rule in the book on how to do this.
But you know what? My retreat may have been imperfect but it was perfectly imperfect. Despite (or maybe even because of these limitations), I got a ton out of it. I'm glad I did it. And something about doing it so imperfectly but still doing it felt very appropriate for 2021.
I think there's a lesson in there for all of us. Forget perfectionism. Done is better than perfect. If I wanted to do this retreat right, I wouldn't have done it at all — and missed out on something wonderful.
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We started the year dusting ourselves down from a national defeat in the General Election. I'm pleased to note that locally we fought one of our strongest campaigns of recent years; doubling our vote for Nick Perry with the help of some generous donations and a lot of leg work from our volunteers across the constituency. We had a highly successful leafleting campaign in the outlying villages, as well as in Hastings and Rye.
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In the early months of this pandemic, the Government's messaging was clear. 'Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.' And so it is once again. Monday's lockdown announcement, although belated, was absolutely right.
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Gear designed for dedicated DH runs or laps at the bike park tends to be bombproof and overbuilt. On hot days it can be a bit much. For riders overheating on sweltering summer days, the new Uprising Short from Zoic offers relief. Packing moto-styling in a lightweight, versatile short, it's a capable alternative intended for enduro, park and gravity riding.
Summers in the Rogue Valley. Riding the new Mountain of the Rogue Trail.
Zoic is based in San Diego where it's easy to get overheated on scorching summer rides, so it's not surprising their gear works under these conditions. The new Uprising short features a relaxed fit and longer length designed to play well with protective gear. There are plenty of moto inspired heavy duty DH kits being offered by BMX and MTB companies, but Uprising is a different animal, with lighter weight fabrics and the addition of pockets.
A zipper on the thigh opens to allow additional ventilation via mesh panels.
Pockets in a freeride short are a given, but you rarely see them in a short designed to rally gravity runs. You don't have to worry about hiding or losing keys with the Uprising either, as there are multiple storage options that are each secured with fasteners.
In addition to the side hand pockets, there are two pockets placed in the top of the thighs. The right pocket includes a key clip/ pass holder. I'm not enamored with the placement for long term ride storage, as stuff tends to bounce around with thigh pockets, but they work great for temporarily stashing gloves and gels while shuttling or sitting on the lift. The top of the thigh placement makes access easily accomplished while seated. The pass holder is pretty sweet too, for those lucky enough to get that much park time.
There are also two mesh panels on the outside of the thigh that can be accessed through a zipper for ventilation.
The detachable IPL Essential Liner with a chamois pad is included with the short which adds significant value at this price point. I've been rocking the ZO-Tech chamois on rides up to 4-5 hours without any complaints. I generally don't pay attention to it, and find that to be a personal benchmark for a good chamois.
The new Uprising short is a departure from the casual look of the Ether we reviewed in March. With a relaxed fit and longer inseam, it plays well with knee pads.
Rallying down a local East Bay trail.
The Uprising features a relaxed, but thankfully not too baggy fit. The fit is inline with the intended use, and they're comfortable without being loose enough to snag on the saddle. We're generally not a fan of elastic back waistbands, (we find they send to slide down when we load stuff in the pockets) but didn't have any issues with slipping, and the Velcro side-adjusters allow a customized fit. At the front, the dual snap and hidden velcro fastener help keep them up.
The relaxed fit also makes the Uprising a good choice for trail riders with enhanced/ oversized quads. I'm a size 32 waist and the medium fit true to size.
I'm usually a black or gray kind of guy when it comes to color but elected to go with the lime green/ meadow color to have something to match my Smith Forefront helmet, and have something that pops in photos. The obvious downside to bright colors is they do show dirt easier, as well as the eventual wear and tear. The Uprising Shorts are are available in 5 different colors, include a detachable liner and list for $110.00.
The Zoic Uprising Shorts paired with the Uprising Tee in Shadow, and the meadow Contra Sock.
What's the difference between a performance tech tee and a jersey? According to the dictionary, a jersey is a close-fitting sweater or shirt, or a plain knit, machine-made fabric that is soft and elastic.
Regardless of the label, the Uprising tee isn't just a tee made from performance fabrics. The Uprising is feature packed, and calling it a technical t-shirt is an insult. Not only does it feature two pack friendly side pockets with zipper closures, but it has additional vents in the back.
I'm calling it a jersey.
Zoic Uprising Tee/ Jersey – super breathable.
Whatever you want to call it, it's constructed with 100% sweat wicking polyester with a major emphasis on comfort. The fabric is extremely soft against the skin with a knit that lets wind blow through it. It obviously pairs well with the shorts in helping with temperature control on balmy summer days.
The fit of the Uprising top runs a bit large. I'm 5'10", weigh about 165, and wear a size 38 jacket. That puts me on the upper end of the small size on the Zoic chart, so I went with that to avoid having it look oversized. It was the right call, as I'd be swimming in the size medium. Even sizing down a bit, the top fits well and is comfortable without that form-fitting roadie look.
I generally pair it with a light sleeveless base layer, and will remove the base when it gets really warm. As you can see in the image above, air can get through easily and the fabric wicks extremely well, but can get cold quickly once the sun goes down. It makes for a solid layer and with a base layer and nylon vest I'm set for a wide range of conditions.
Available in four colors, the Zoic Uprising tee – ahem, jersey, lists for $60.00.


A very important part of most craft show displays is your table. Some art displays do not use tables at all, relying instead in free-standing pedestals, but most beginning artists use tables for at least a part of their display. Tables are relatively inexpensive, and very available. But isn't a table, just a table? Not really.
Consider the options that you have for your table: height, length, width, weight, and breakdown size. Tables really do come in an amazing selection of sizes and options. I have some old eight foot tables that are made of some sort of chipboard with a steel substructure and weigh almost as much as I do. I took those to a show once – just once. I was just starting up and I really needed to make do with what I owned. Aside from weighing way too much the old chip board tables will not survive any major contact with water – remember those discussions about protecting your products? Well, if you are doing outside shows you also need to consider whether rain, or even high humidity, will damage your displays, too. The large tables were also hard to pack because of their size.
So what do I use now? Folding plastic tables. They are impervious to water, relatively light, easy to carry and pack, and they come in a variety of styles. Most of them have a carrying handle to make moving them easier, and some of them even allow you to adjust how tall they are.
Many years ago I was fortunate enough to take a class on booth design from a very experienced business man. He understood how important the customer's comfort was to keeping them interested in your booth; and a big part of comfort is table height. My original heavy tables were 28 1/2 inches tall, my card table is 28 inches tall, and my kitchen counter is almost 36 inches tall. Most tables were originally designed to sit at, but will your customers be sitting? Not usually. At most craft and art fairs the customers simply walk through your booth. So what height should your tables be? Generally between 32 and 38 inches tall. This makes it easy for the average person to view your items that are on the table without bending over. An added benefit is that the smallest children will have more difficulty reaching your items. While I would like to think that all parents are carefully monitoring their children, I know from experience that this is not the case. Taller tables keep the toddlers from getting into trouble quite as easily. Having to "instruct" someone's child usually means that they will leave your booth in a huff, and taller tables help.
So what do we do if our tables do not have height adjustments? We raise them on risers! Whether you choose to use the furniture risers that are available at discount stores or something of your own construction, the tables need to be higher.
What do I use? Pipes! My original teacher did only indoor shows, so he recommended the use of pvc pipe risers to lift your tables. But exactly how do we do that? We'll discuss that next time!
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Join us for our biggest summer ever!
The gold rush is happening all over again this summer as part of our Sovereign Hill school holiday program.
This summer, Sovereign Hill is busier than it's been since the 1850s gold rush. With NEW activities every day and the chance to win a $400 gold nugget every week, it feels like the gold rush is happening all over again.
Each day of the week, for six weeks, a different adventure awaits. View the full program here
Join us at the Gold Museum for the following fun activities:
Make It! Space
Make your own gold-themed kaleidoscope to take home after you have explored the museum in a 'new light'.
Time: Every Friday, 2pm-4pm
Treasure Trail
Spot the ten hidden treasures in our galleries. Follow the nuggets to meet the interesting 'heroes' of the collection. Download your self-guided trail here
Time: Everyday, 9.30am-5.30pm
Touch Trolley
Are you brave enough to put your hand in the mystery box and guess the object hidden inside? Visit our touch trolley to discover and interact with items from our collection.
Time: Everyday, 3pm-4pm
Golden Treasures Tour
Join a guided tour of the Gold Museum to hear the fascinating stories behind our collections.
Time: Everyday, 4.30pm
Special Exhibition – Pose: Portraits from the Gold Museum Collection
Pose highlights the work of Ballarat's talented photographers, and images of the people and moments they captured. Displays also include extensive selection of cameras, allowing visitors to explore the development of photographic equipment from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Strike your best pose and take your own photo with a portrait from the collection.
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Ballarat, History, photography
Step inside Ballarat's famous photography studios
Ballarat has a rich history of photography. By the early 1890s, the city boasted over a dozen photographic studios capturing the city's landscape, events and people.
The Gold Museum's photographic collection represents a variety of photographic studios which operated in Ballarat from the 1870s onwards. State-of-the-art studios sprang up across the city centre, and photography was embraced immediately by Ballarat locals who flocked to have their portraits taken. Each image represented their aspirations and status within the community, as well as a desire to capture a special moment for posterity.
While some portraits feature prominent Ballarat figures whose stories are etched in local history, other people are less well known.
Many of the portraits came into the collection with little information about their subjects, but are still significant for the stories they tell about Ballarat society including popular tastes, fashion choices, and the development of photographic technology.
An array of photographic objects are also featured in the exhibition including montages, carte-de-vistes, daguerreotypes, cabinet cards and ambrotypes. An extensive collection of cameras are also on display from the early 19th century box brownie to the modern-day smartphone.
Pose captures the people of Ballarat through the lens of its talented studio photographers. Find out about celebrated studios such as Richards & Co, Thomas Foster Chuck, Yeoman & Co, amongst others.
The exhibition is on until 8 March 2020.
A Victorian Silhouette
Fashion, Victorian Fashion, Victorian history
Step inside the world of 1850s fashion
Fashionistas will love A Victorian Silhouette, the fascinating new exhibition highlighting Victorian-era fashion trends and what they can tell us about the place of women in society during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
Fashion Print, Young Ladies Journal, 1889 (Gold Museum collection, 82.1368)
By displaying items from our extensive collection of original Victorian garments and accessories beside reproductions made by Sovereign Hill's Costume Department, the exhibition highlights the craftsmanship required to re-create the period costume which is perhaps the most engaging aspect of Sovereign Hill's goldrush world.
Exhibition highlights include a behind-the-scenes glimpse into life within Sovereign Hill's Costume Department – an on-site, made-to-measure workroom where up to 2,000 historical costumes are researched, produced and repaired annually. Discover how costume brings Sovereign Hill's goldfields characters to life, and see how you look in an 1850s-style bonnet created by the Friends of Sovereign Hill.
Costume department creating a toile from an original 1850s day dress (Photography: Chris Faithill)
The exhibition also features an extended version of the short film, A Victorian Silhouette, a winner in the Australian Category of the 2018 Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival Fashion Film Awards. Peek behind the door of a Victorian boudoir to discover the secrets of the 1850s silhouette.
On display are rare collection items of clothing and accessories including an exquisite 1882 silk wedding dress worn by Amy Gibbs, daughter of John Gibbs, proprietor of Ballarat's Charlie Napier Hotel. A set of wedding accessories circa 1890 features cream kid leather gloves and an orange blossom headpiece fashioned from wax. Worn by goldfields hotel-keeper Eliza Perrin, a polished cotton and wool blend 1860s day dress is another highlight, as is the 1867 ball gown of green silk with cream ribbon worn by Mary Fenton Whitelaw to a ball where she met her future husband.
A Victorian Silhouette will be open to the public every day between 18 May and 4 November from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.
Re-Awakening the Dragon
Posted by goldmuseumballarat in Exhibitions, What's On
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Ballarat dragon (Loong), circa 1897
Re-Awakening the Dragon showcases the Gold Museum's extensive Chinese processional and temple collections. The exhibition will feature Loong, one of Australia's oldest processional dragons.
In 1897, Queen Victoria marked her sixty-year reign over the British Commonwealth, and celebrations were held throughout the colonies on Diamond Jubilee Day on 22 June, 1897.
Ballarat's Chinese community joined the festivities by staging an elaborate procession featuring colourful costumes, dragons, lions, exquisite silk textiles, banners and other regalia. Money was raised to purchase a collection of materials and textiles for the occasion from Canton, China. These included the dragon and lion, now thought to be the oldest documented examples in Australia. Ballarat is now only one of four known sites where a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) dragon survives in whole or part.
In 1962, Ballarat's most prominent Chinese temple, on Main Road, was closed and the bulk of the temple artefacts were donated to the Ballarat Historical Society.
The donation included rare carvings and altar-pieces from the temple, as well as the 1897 processional material including the textiles, dragon and lion. The collection was transferred to the care of the Gold Museum in the 1970s and 1980s, and has remained in the Museum's collection stores ever since.
Re-Awakening the Dragon showcases this extensive collection for the first time.
Exhibition dates: 5 October 2017 – 15 April 2018
Awaken the Dragon Appeal
Dragon scales, circa 1897
Help preserve one of the world's oldest collections of Chinese processional objects. Dragons, lions and exquisite silk textiles – all part of the rich history of the Chinese community in Ballarat! A regular feature of processions and festivals since 1898, the collection passed into the care of the Ballarat Historical Society when the Temple on Main Road was demolished in the early 1960s. The significance of the collection, now in the care of the Gold Museum, is tremendous. Conservation and preservation are a priority.
Basic conservation has been carried out to protect the objects, but further work is needed due to the fragile nature of the pieces. Intensive conservation is a highly skilled and expensive process. Therefore, the Gold Museum has launched the Awaken the Dragon Appeal to raise much-needed funds to carry out the next stage of the conservation process.
The Sovereign Hill Museums Association's collection has been greatly enriched by the generosity of donors and supporters since it was founded in 1970. To support this important conservation and preservation work, we are asking you to consider donating to the Re-Awaken the Dragon Appeal.
Every dollar donated will be used directly in the conservation of the Chinese processional objects. Your donation to The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, a not-for-profit organisation endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient, will be placed in a special account created for this purpose.
If you share our passion for history and collections, please consider donating to assist us in caring for these rare and precious objects.
Interested in donating to the Awaken the Dragon Appeal? More information here
Choose Your Own Adventure, Easter, School Holiday
Easter School Holiday Program, 1 April – 17 April 2017
Join the fun and games during the Easter school holidays with our program of activities.
Are you a swash-buckling pirate or an adventurous explorer? Choose your own self-guided walk of the Gold Museum and discover the hidden treasures within! Available all day.
Postcard Station
Colour and send a postcard to your family and friends. Available all day.
Doctor Blake's Ballarat exhibition
Get up close to the props, costumes, photography, and set sketches that bring The Doctor Blake Mysteries to life, and see the historic Ballarat locations featured in the show. Opens April 11, 2017. More information here
Take a guided tour of the Gold Museum and hear the fascinating stories behind our collection objects. Available at 4.30pm.
More information here about ticket prices and opening times.
Program offered as part of Sovereign Hill's The Story Lives On program.
Doctor Blake's Ballarat
11 April – 3 September 2017
Doctor Blake's Ballarat offers a glimpse into the world of internationally successful drama series The Doctor Blake Mysteries.
Get up close to the props, costumes, photography, and set sketches that bring Doctor Blake to life, and see the historic Ballarat locations featured in the show.
Be greeted at the door by Doctor Blake's iconic 1937 Coventry Standard car and take a selfie behind the doctor's desk. Step into the set of the doctor's lounge room or relax in Doctor Blake's waiting room.
A program of events has been organised for the exhibition including panel discussions with Doctor Blake crew.
Kids and young adults are invited to spend time in the Costume Corner in our foyer. Submit your best costume sketches for display in our foyer and you just might be the Winner of the Month! Winners will have their work showcased on Facebook each month during the exhibition.
Join the Gold Museum's curators every Wednesday at 3.30pm for a free Doctor Blake's Ballarat Floor Talk. No bookings required; free with a Gold Museum or Sovereign Hill ticket.
More information here about ticket prices and opening hours.
To purchase our exclusive range of Doctor Blake merchandise, please email us (goldmuseum@sovereignhill.com.au) to receive our list of products and a purchase form.
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Doctor Blake's Ballarat: Public Programs
Posted by goldmuseumballarat in Events, What's On
Doctor Blake Mysteries, Doctor Blake's Ballarat
Get exclusive access to the making of Doctor Blake.
Hear stories about the creative process behind the show and the exhibition. Places are strictly limited so bookings are essential. Tickets include entry to Doctor Blake's Ballarat.
Meet the team behind Lucien and Jean's hair, makeup and costumes. Louise McCarthy (costume designer), and John Logue (hair and makeup designer) will discuss how they achieve the show's vintage look. Hosted by Nicole Jenkins, fashion writer and founder of Melbourne's Circa Vintage Boutique.
Date: Saturday 27 May, 2pm – 4pm
Location: Gold Museum theatrette
Cost: $40 + booking fee
Book through Eventbrite
THE WRITERS' ROOM
Where do the ideas behind a TV series come from? How do you come up with characters? Find out the answers to these questions and more at a panel discussion with the Doctor Blake scriptwriting team, Paul Jenner (story editor), Kelly Lefever (script producer) and special guest George Adams (Series Producer and Creator).
Date: Saturday 17 June, 2pm – 4pm
A MURDER AT THE MUSEUM
Are your crime-solving skills as good as Doctor Lucien Blake's? Find out at the Gold Museum's murder mystery night. Follow the clues to find the murderer hiding in the museum. Ticket includes food, drink on arrival and entry in the exhibition, 'Doctor Blake's Ballarat'.
This event is delivered in association with A Murderous Affair
Date: Saturday 26 August, 6pm-10pm
Location: Gold Museum
Redcoats on Parade
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40th Regiment, Redcoats, School Holiday, Summer
March along with the Redcoats this summer.
We're celebrating our brand new Redcoat uniforms with fun activities during our summer school holiday program.
The Redcoats Trail
Take a self-guided tour of the Gold Museum, following the story of the Redcoat soldiers. Answer the questions and claim a reward – a chocolate gold coin! Available 3.00pm-4.00pm
Join one of our expert guides to hear the fascinating stories behind our objects on display. Available 4.30pm-5.00pm
Colour and send a postcard to your friends and family. Available 9.30am-6.00pm
House of Lucas exhibition
Step in side the stylish world of Lucas & Co., a clothing firm which operated in Ballarat from the 1880s to the 1970s. Don't forget to take a photo with our fab Lucas models in the foyer!
Program runs from December 26, 2016 to January 29, 2017.
Redcoat Uniforms
40th Regiment, British Military, Military, Red Coats
Replica Redcoat uniforms on display at the Gold Museum.
Erin Santamaria working on a replica Redcoat uniform, 2016.
As part of our summer school holiday program, we have three replica Redcoat uniforms on display in our Gold Pavilion gallery. These replica uniforms were produced by the Sovereign Hill Costume Department.
Sovereign Hill's 40th Regiment of Foot (the Redcoats) are one of the highlights of Sovereign Hill's program. They are also the face of Sovereign Hill at high profile public events in Melbourne and Ballarat.
The replica 1850s military uniforms worn by the Redcoats were last replaced in the 1990s and were in dire need of replacement.
After an extensive fundraising campaign and an intensive research and manufacturing project headed by the Costume Department, the new uniforms are now ready for our visitors to enjoy and our staff to wear with pride.
The research and making of the new uniforms has involved a global search for suitable fabrics and materials.
Where possible, the exact garment construction methods from the 1850s have been reproduced with certain elements of the uniforms made at Sovereign Hill by our own craftsmen, showcasing some of the historical trades and skills nurtured and kept alive by Sovereign Hill.
The replica uniforms will be on display at the Gold Museum until January 29, 2017.
Written by Erin Santamaria, manager of Sovereign Hill's Costume Department
A Soldier's View: Photographs from the Captain Brian O'Sullivan Collection
Brian O'Sullivan, Gallipoli, World War I
Our latest exhibition A Soldier's View features the museum's collection of photographs kept by Australian soldier, Captain Brian O'Sullivan.
Captain O'Sullivan was born in Richmond, Melbourne in 1895. After enrolling in medicine at Melbourne University in 1913, Captain O'Sullivan deferred his study when war broke out in 1914.
As an amateur photographer, Captain O'Sullivan captured his journey during World War One, offering an insight into life onboard the ship towards Europe, on the frontline and in the trenches. He also collected photographs from other photographers, such as Frank Hurley.
A Soldier's View follows Captain O'Sullivan's journey from his enlistment to the soldiers' downtime and travel. We also see the reality of war as seen by the soldiers.
A Soldier's View is open from May 16 until October 7, 2016.
Written by Danni Roberts, third year history student at Federation University.
Soldiers being attended to during a physical inspection (Gold Museum collection, 2011.0742)