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Hey, fellow RockStars. Dr. Dan here, and in this video, I'm going to show you how to use Adobe Spark, which was formally called Adobe Voice. They do have a web app version now. They don't have an Android version yet. Prior to this, they only had the iOS, so a lot of Android users were like, "Oh, man, when it's going to happen? When are they going to have Android?" And we were happy, because we had lots of iOS devices, and using the iPhone, iPad, or something like that, but now they have the web app version. Honestly, I can't really see myself using the app version on the phone, only because I am so much faster on my desktop, so I'm pretty excited about that. So the first thing you do is, you're going to go over to Adobe Spark, right?
You can just Google "Adobe Spark", and you'll find this page, or you can go to spark.adobe.com. Once you do that, you go ahead and you create an account, right? So you can start now for free, because it is free. How awesome is that? You could either sign up using your Facebook login stuff or your Google.
[00:01:30] If you have your iOS or whatever you're using on top of that, it'll all be cloud-based, so you can access them on there as well, so that is kind of cool if you're going to just have one account. Or this is where you'd sign up if you want to create an account using an email and just create one, or if you already have an Adobe ID, you can do that as well, so that's where that'll come into play. And then once you do that, I'm going to go ahead and shrink that, once you're logged in, you'll see all your projects. Right? And if you don't have any projects, probably nothing will be here, and you just click this little plus thing. Your existing projects are here, okay?
[00:02:00] So this is pretty much all the same, and then you just do the plus thing, and once you create an outline, something that you like, one cool thing you can do with this, and this is the same thing that was on iOS as well, is just select this little thing here, and you can duplicate, right? So you can just duplicate and then rename afterwards so you can, so like for this one, I just duplicated it for car sales, realtor, for legal, and you can just do that over and over again and then just go in there and just tweak it a little bit here and there to fit that particular niche. But once you have an outline you like, you can do it that way, or I could do it for this one as well. So let me just, I want to show you how to build one from scratch real quick, so you just click the little plus sign.
[00:03:00] Now, it's going to be "Video." That's the one you want to do. All these are in here, this is "Post," this is more for like Facebook stuff, and this is for telling web stories, so you can kind of play around with those if you want to check them out. The video one, though, that's the one we want, right? Click on that, and we want to name it something. Now, you could always change this later, and nobody's going to see this, so it doesn't really matter unless you make it available for everybody, but this is just going to be, I'm going to call this Test Adobe Spark, AS, right? "Test AS." Boom. Hit "Next." Now you can have one of these already made templates to kind of build off of, or you can start from scratch. Okay?
[00:03:30] If you start from scratch, it's just going to give you a blank template, and you're going to select everything as you go, so I'm just going to go ahead and pick "Promote an Idea," because they're pretty much exactly the same. You would just add to it, so I don't really need to go over that twice, but once you have the setup, you can see you have all your slides already here, so you can go in here and you can change this one, okay? So if I want to, so this is what I'm on right now, right? And I want to click here, and I want to do, I'm going to add an icon, and you know what? Actually, let me go back. Let's go ahead and build one from scratch, like to do that instead, all right?
[00:04:00] So I might have just messed up that thing I just made, but let's do test, call this "Test 2," right? Let's do from scratch, be easier to explain, because yeah, easier. How's that? All right, as you can see, there's only one slide, because I'm starting from scratch, if I'm going to add another one, I just click the plus, or I can just wait until I finish this first one. So the first thing is, let me go ahead and select a theme, okay? And you can change this at any time, so let me select the bullseye. Right? Then I'm going to click the little plus sign right here, and I can add an icon, right? So let's say I just want to start with an icon. I'm going to search for an icon, and I'm going to do "man." Right?
[00:05:00] So I want to just do like a little silhouette of a man and an icon are these right here, which is kind of like a little cartoon-style-looking character, so let's say I decide, "Oh, I'm going to select this one right here." Right? So that's my first slide, okay? Now, if I wanted text under this, then what I need to do is, I need to do, or actually it just did it for me, but I just do "Layout," right? So when I'm on layout, right now it's on one thing, where I only have an option of putting one thing there, but if I want to do two things, I could do this, and it'll give me the option to put a man here and either text or a photo or another icon.
[00:05:30] So I can do that, or I can do "Thing plus Caption," where it has the man up here, and then I can just put, I only have the option to put text here. "This is a man." Right? So simple as that, and then I can do the next one. You can see where I'm going with this, right? So let's do "woman." And let's do woman, right? Let's do some text. "This is a Woman." Wow, this is awesome, huh? Okay, so now if I want to select another one, I can do that, and I can do either a "Fullscreen Photo," thing plus photo, so you can kind of play around with these and see, and plus in the other trainings that we have, we actually go through a lot of this, so you can just go through there and see what they're all about, but it's real simple to do.
[00:06:00] And one thing I like to do is, once I have something built out, sometimes I'll just do this and select "Duplicate," and I can duplicate, and I can just click on this and see it's a duplicate of this, and I can just change something here, and then I can change the text here. "This is a Woman again." Right? And I can do that, or I can, let me do two things. Right? See how it kind of changed the text when I did that? And that's kind of already built into it when you're using the web app version, and I'm not sure, maybe later on, they'll change that, but for now, that's how it is, and then I'm going to put one thing. This is going to be call to action. Call to action, which would be like, "Go to my website. Go here," whatever, so I'm just giving you an example of how this works.
[00:07:00] Now, the music, it's already selected by Leap Frog, and you can play it. Right? You can go through all these and decide which one you want to do. I'm going to go ahead and select the Leap Frog. You could adjust the volume level, and then I can also hit record. I'm not going to do that here, because I'm kind of afraid it might mess up this recording if I do that, maybe, because it's using the same microphone as I'm recording this for you, but this is where you would actually just hold down this button and record. Actually, you know what? Let's try it, okay? This here is a quick test, and this is a man. Actually, no, I don't like that. Hey, this is a man. There we go. And this is a woman. Hey, and this is a woman one more time. And this is your call to action. If you want to find out more about what a woman and a man is, click here, or go here, or do something. Right? So now we can go through there, and I can go ahead and press play.
[00:08:00] Hey, this is a man, and this is a woman. Hey, and this is a woman one more time. Hey, this here is your call to action, and you need to click here, buy now, and get in. See? Real simple. You can do some really cool stuff with this. Another thing, too, is on your call to action, if you're not doing voice, so let me go ahead and I'm going to remove this voice, so if I want to remove it, oh, there we go. "Remove narration," right? So I'm just going to select that, and now the narration's gone, so it's not going to have me say anything there. See? Just music, but it's a two-second change, so I want it to be the longest it can on my call to action, right, so whether I'm talking or not.
[00:08:30] So what you do is, you click here, and then you just extend it. Right? So I'm not sure if I can … Hold on. Hey, this here is your call to action, and you need to click here, buy now, and get in. Okay? So now this is only five seconds, but I wanted it to last longer, so I can't do that here, right, because it has narration, right? So it's just going to select the five seconds, so what I can do here, because I want that, always, to be my longest, right, I want it to be a little longer, I can duplicate this, or I could have just added some white space and not said anything and just kept holding it down longer, but then I can click on this, and I can select that.
[00:09:30] I can remove narration and have it all the way to the 10 seconds. Now, you can do that on all these, so like let's say this one right here has more text than this, just this, or you want them to look on the image longer, then you can actually extend it, right? Well, again, these all have narrations, so I'm talking on all these, so you can't really extend them, but if you didn't, then that's how you do it. And that's it, so once you're done, you can go ahead and preview it. Hey, this is a man, and this is a woman. Hey, and this is a woman one more time. Yep. Just like that. Now, the other thing I want to mention as well is that you can change the theme again, right?
[00:10:30] Actually, let me do two things, right? That'll be easier, then I can keep that call to action, and do this right here, and I can upload a photo, and when I click on that, it's just going to go right to whatever is on my drive, right? Or I could find a photo, right? Or Dropbox, if I have Dropbox set up on there, and I can't access from a hard drive for some reason, right? And let's see … I actually spelled "website" wrong, so let's try that again, right? "Website." There we go. Let's see what pops up when I search for website, okay? And all of these should actually already be labeled with the Creative Commons, or not Creative, or, I guess, royalty-free, right? So you have the rights to use this.
[00:11:30] So if I just do that right there, so I'm going to click on that, you can see right there there's the image, just like that. And this is one of the cool things you can do as well, which I could talk about later, but you could even … Actually, you know what? Let me do that real quick, so I can duplicate this right here, and then I can change this. Let me duplicate it one more time, right? Duplicate one more time, and actually this had … Did this have the call to action? Let's see. No, it didn't, so I'm going to do this one for two seconds, then this one I'm going to actually change this. Whoops. I'm going to change this to fullscreen. Right? Oops. Find photo. I guess it changed on me. Do the same photo. Let me do call to action again, or I'm going to do this again and do the full screen again, and I'm going to select the photo again, find photo. This is actually kind of cool, the way you can do this. So if I select this one right here, and I can actually go … Whoops.
[00:12:30] I can zoom in. Right? So if I zoom in, I can move it over like this, and then for this one, I can go in here, zoom in. I can go … Let's see, so that one was like more up there, so it'll go there like that, and then maybe I'll duplicate this one more time. Well, that was on 10 seconds too. Hold on. Let me make this one two seconds as well. Just giving you an example of some cool things you can do, kind of make it look like it's panning, right? So on this one, I'm going to duplicate this, and then I'm going to zoom in once again, go like that right there. Right? So you can actually see what this looks like right here. Hey, this is a man. And … Whoops, hold on. Let me go here. Oh, that one was still on 10 seconds. Whoops. My bad. Hold on. Let's see, which one was that one? That right there, 10. Okay, we don't want it there. We want it like on two seconds or one second.
[00:13:30] Let's do two seconds and try that, make sure those are the same, and let's just imagine this is the last one, right? So if that's going to be the last one. It's got 10 seconds on that one. Hey, this is a man. Right there. So see? You can kind of move it around. See, that was kind of cool right there. I could play with this a little more, but as you can see on this one, I like this, how this looked right here. Not right there, but right there. See, what I should have done is, on this one, because that's two seconds, two seconds, so let's make that more like three seconds, and make that one three seconds as well and see how that looks. Hey, this is a man.
[00:14:30] So, see, you can kind of pan around by just doing that, so you can make it look really cool. There's a lot of cool stuff you can do with it, and then always end with your call to action and make it longer as well, so let me go ahead and duplicate … Actually, ooh, another thing you can do, too, is move these around too, see? That's another reason why … Now, you can do that on iOS as well, but on the iOS, the one thing is that you have to do it by finger, and it's a little harder, I don't know, but that's another reason I liked this a little bit faster, the web app. So yeah, so I just went, made this one 10 seconds. Always end with the 10 seconds, and then once you are done, you just click.
[00:15:00] Well, you can preview it, obviously, I would recommend previewing it, and then you can share it, and when you share it, then you name it. And again, nobody's going to see this unless you allow people to see it, and you can put your author name, and then people could find it, and you'll get like, it could go viral within Adobe Spark. Who knows? So you have to pick a category. I believe you have to, at least on the phone version you had to. I'm going to go ahead and turn off the "Author" thing, and I don't want this discoverable, because that is default, so I would recommend turning that off unless you want them to see the video you made, because you're proud of it, you want them to feature it, right?
[00:16:00] Then more options right here, you can do subtitle and stuff like that, but we don't really need to worry about that, so once you've done all that, right, then you can download it. Now, one thing is, you can add your own photo credits here. You can add your own personal credits here. This is the stuff at the end of the image, or the end of this video, that say, "Created by Adobe Spark," so you can edit that if you have the rights to the images, if you're using your own royalty-free images that you purchased, or if some of the royalty images you downloaded yourself don't require a credit, then you can go ahead and remove those, and it's real simple. No matter what, though, I believe it does give you the, puts the credits at the ends. I don't think you can actually remove the … Let me see, actually.
[00:16:30] If you do "Share," let me try that again, test, do "Other" here, I go to remove that right there. Don't want it discovered. "More options." Add the … No, because you … It's not all the other credits are in here, right? Then I'm going to go ahead and do "Download," and then it will go ahead and say that it's preparing your video for download so you can actually download it to your computer, and then you can just upload it directly to YouTube. Now, there's two things you could do. One, you could upload it directly to YouTube, and then you can remove the ending where it has all the credits and stuff if you don't need that on there, because you have the royal, you have the rights or whatever to use it without giving a credit, and you can do that in YouTube's own editor, so you can upload the videos and put them in there and do that. Or you can edit the video before you even upload it to YouTube, and it's real simple with QuickTime, right?
[00:17:30] So if you have QuickTime Player on your computer, which I believe all Macs come with it on there, so I'm pretty sure you can get it for free as well on a PC, and you can actually just trim it within that app right there, and that's another way, or you can just use your favorite editing software or whatever you use, but it's as simple as that. Once you do that, you just download it, and you can view it. All right, so now that it's done, it's just asking me if I want to download it. I can name it right here, right? So I'm just going to keep it that name right there, going to go ahead and save it, and then once I save it, I can go ahead and open it up, and you shall see it, and that is the finished video. Hey, this is a man, and this is a woman. Right? So it's all done. Okay, now you can see here is those credits right here.
[00:18:30] It looks like it didn't add those other credits for the images, because I guess I didn't need to or something, so whatever. Sometimes it does that, I guess, and sometimes it doesn't if it's not necessary, I guess. I don't know. Now, if I wanted to remove it, I might as well just show you in QuickTime Player how to remove that. All I'm going to do is go up to here, and I'm going to do "Trim," right? And then I can just take this and scrub it across until I get to the part right there. I can do trim, and then I just save it. And that's it. Now it is saved, and that's the video without … See? No ending right there. Ends on my call to action. Awesome.
[00:19:30] Now, if you needed to put credits or give like a, if you need to give credits to the images or whatever, what you can do, which is just as simple, is you can take a screenshot of whatever the credits they gave, and you can actually put that very small, like underneath one of the slides right before your call to action or something, and then have your call to action at the top, small credits at the bottom, and then your call to action one last time with no credits or anything, and that's fine, because you're still giving credits. You're still mentioning Adobe Spark, if you want to, or anything like that. So that's pretty much it. I hope you enjoyed it. Go out and make a bunch of videos. Be a RockStar in your business and in your life.
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Oleksandr Stepanovych Maselsky (Ukrainian: Олександр Степанович Масельский; 7 December 1936 - 12 April 2012), was a Ukrainian politician who had served as the first governor of Kharkiv Oblast from 1995 until his death in April 1996.

In 2006, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine, with the Order of the State.

From the beginning of the 1980s until his death, he held a number of senior positions in the state authorities of the Kharkiv Oblast: the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies from 1983 to 1992, the Chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast Council from 1991 to 1992 and 1994 to 1996),and  Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast from 1992 to 1995.

He was a candidate of agricultural sciences, social and political activist. He was a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR of the 11th convocation. He was the Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in from 1986 to 1991. He was the People's deputy of the USSR in from 1989 to 1991.

Biography

Oleskandr Maselsky was born on 7 December 1936 in the village of Khmelove, Kirovohrad Oblast, to the family of a collective farmers, to his father, Stepan Ivanovych, and his mother Okeksandra Artemivna (nee Zaporozhets). In addition with Olkesandr, the family had three more sons and two daughters.

In 1954, Maselsky began his career, becoming a collective farmer, then from 1955 to 1957 (according to other sources - 1958), he served in the Air Force of the Soviet Armed Forces.

After graduating from the army in 1958, Maselsky entered the Uman Agricultural Institute, which he chose according to the "Handbook for applicants to higher educational institutions of the USSR". While studying at this university, he met his future wife, Sofiya Hrihoryivna, the daughter of the teachers of this university, who was several years younger than him. In 1963, Maselsky graduated from the institute and married Sofiya.

In 1963, Maselsky, together with his wife, were sent for distribution to the collective farm (according to other sources, the state farm) "Communist" in the Krasnolimansky district of the Donetsk Oblast. Working in that position, Maselsky managed not only to quickly earn authority and respect among his subordinates, but also by setting a personal example motivated them to work harder. After working as a foreman for three months, Malseky was promoted to chief agronomist of the collective farm.

Masleksy joined the CPSU in 1965.

Maselsky worked as the chief agronomist of the Kommunist collective farm until 1966, after which, on the advice of his father-in-law and to improve his knowledge and skills in the field of agriculture, he decided to continue his studies and entered graduate school at the Kyiv Research Institute of Agriculture.

However, Maselsky worked in the Slavyansk region for only a few months, after which he worked for some time at the Ukrainian Research Institute of Vegetation, Breeding and Genetics. V. Ya. Yuriev, who was in Kharkiv. In that research institution, Malelsly began working with such famous scientists as Olkesandr Hlyantsev, Borys Huryev and Ilya Polyakov.

In October of the same year, Maselsky became the director of the Krasny Oktyabr state farm in the Balakleysky district of the Kharkov region, which was administered by the V. Ya. Yuryev Institute. Despite the fact that this state farm was one of the largest seed farms, it did not occupy a leading position in this industry. Over the four years of leadership of the state farm "Red October" Maselsky was able to bring it to the forefront.

In 1973, at the Ukrainian Research Institute. V. Ya. Yuryeva, Alexander Maselsky nevertheless defended his thesis on the topic "Corn yield depending on the area of nutrition and fertilizers when grown on gray podzolized soil" for the degree of candidate of agricultural sciences.

In 1973, Maselsky was appointed to the post of second secretary of the Balakliysky District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, where he dealt with agricultural issues.

According to contemporaries, Maselsky rather quickly "outgrew the position of second secretary and he needed to be given space", in addition, the then first secretary of the Balakleysky district committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Vladimir Shmatko, seeing the potential of his subordinate, "was afraid that he would not" outgrow " him ".

In 1974, due to the intrigues of the first secretary of the Valkovsky District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, Dmytro Sudak, Anatoly Ilchenko was removed from the post of chairman of the Valkovsky District Executive Committee. Sudak, who was constantly afraid that he might be dismissed from his post, hoped that instead of Ilchenko, an inexperienced and unprepared functionary would be appointed chairman of the district executive committee.

Maselsky was appointed chairman of the Valkovsky District Executive Committee in August 1974. Relations between Sudak and Maselsky did not work out right away. Maselsky "worked for three", while Sudak only set tasks and publicly criticized most of his actions, which interfered with productive work. The conflict between Sudak and Maselsky ended already in November of the same year, when at the plenum of the Valkovsky District Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine the latter was elected the first secretary of this committee.

Shortly after Maselsky took the post of first secretary of the Valkovsky district committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, the district entered the top five in a number of indicators. Among the achievements of Maselsky in this position, the district began to specialize in animal husbandry, including the production of beef and pork, residential buildings, social and cultural institutions, and roads were built on the territory of the district. Another important aspect of the activities of Maselsky in this position was the reconstruction of the village of Snezhkov, within which all buildings belonging to the socio-cultural complex were rebuilt, all apartments in the village were gasified, connected to centralized heating and water supply.

Between 1979 and 1983, he was the Deputy Chairman, then promoted to First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council.

From January 1979 to July 1982, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies. From July 1982 to March 1983, he was the first deputy chairman of the executive committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies.

Between March 1983 and January 1991, he was the chairman of the executive committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies.

He was elected a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 11th convocation. From 1989 to 1991, he became the People's Deputy of the USSR from the Lozovsky district of the Kharkov region, was a member of the CPSU and a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine., and was a member of the XIX All-Union Conference of the CPSU.

From January 1991 and April 1992, he was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies.

From 21 May - 29 October 1991, Maselksy was the Vice Prime Minister of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) (for agriculture) in the government of Vitold Fokin.

In 1992, Maselksy became the Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Kharkiv Oblast.

In 1994, he became the  Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council of People's Deputies.

In July 1995, the office was changed as Maselsky became the first Governor of Kharkiv Oblast.

Death

In January 1996, Maselsky's health began to deteriorate, as he "was often sick, even went to the hospital." Only people close to him knew about the deterioration in Maselsky's health, who associated this with the stress experienced during the aftermath of the accident at the Dikanevsky wastewater treatment plant in June 1995. But starting from the second half of March, Masleksy's health improved and he returned to work.

A few days before his death, Maselsky gave an interview to the Panorama publication, and on the day of his death, on April 12, until 14:00, he led a meeting of the Kharkov Regional Council (at which he spoke), after the end of the meeting, he worked for some time in his office in the Gosprom building, in At 17:00, he went to one of the districts of the Kharkiv region in a company car, and died on the way back home.

According to the "Conclusion on the causes of death of Oleksandr Stepanovych Maselsky", which was signed by the head of branch No. 1 of the Kharkiv Regional Bureau of Forensic Medical Examinations Yu. "atherosclerosis of the aorta, complicated by rupture of its wall and hemorrhage into the cavity of the heart sac against the background of hypertension."

On April 4, 1996, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma issued a Decree "On organizing the funeral of the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration A. Maselsky", according to which the "State Commission for Organizing the Funeral of the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Council, Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Stepanovych Maselsky" under the chairmanship of Yevhen Marchuk, which also included: Volodymyr Baibikov, Vasyl Durdynets, Oleh Domino, Anatoliy Epifanov, Valeriy Efremov, Mykola Zaludyak, Pavlo Lazarenko, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Vasyl Ryabokon, Volodymyr Semynozhenko, Stanyslav Sivokon, Mykola Sukhomlin, Dmytro Tabachnyk, and Vasyl Tatsiy.

The farewell ceremony and funeral of Maselsky took place on Tuesday, 16 April. He was buried on the central alley of the Kharkiv City Cemetery No. 2 on Pushkinskaya Street, later, next to Maselsky, the mayor of Kharkiv (1990-1996) and the chairman of the Kharkov Regional State Administration, Yevhen Kushnarov, and the 5th Mayor of Kharkiv (2010-2020) Hennadiy Kernes (1959-2020).

At the farewell ceremony, among those present were: President Kuchma, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleh Dyomin, Kharkiv Mayor Yevhen Kushnarev, Chairman of the Kirovograd Regional State Administration Mykola Sukhomlin, Governor of the Belgorod Oblast Yevgeny Savchenko, Head of the Kharkiv Military Garrison Volodymyr Tolubko and Metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bogodukhovsky Nicodemus.

Also among those who expressed their condolences were: ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Vitaliy Masol, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Political and Legal Affairs, Oleksandr Yemets, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Valeriy Shmarov, Minister of Agriculture and Food of Ukraine, Pavlo Gaydutsky, Minister of the Environment and of Nuclear Safety of Ukraine, Yuriy Kostenko, Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Ukraine, Leonid Derkach, Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Leonid Kosakovsky, Chairman of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Pokhvalsky, Chairman of the Ternopil Regional State Administration Borys Kosenko, Mayor of Poltava Anatoliy Kukoba, ex-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Lviv of the Regional Council of People's Deputies Mikhaylo Kirey, Governor of the Moscow Region Anatoly Tyazhlov, Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Chub, Abmbasseesor of Georgia in the Imereti Region and Mayor of Kutaisi Teimuraz Shashiashvili, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Ukraine Robert Serry, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Petro Tronko.

Personal life

With his wife Sofiyia, he raised his daughter Iryna, who was married to Kharkiv businessman Oleksandr Yaroslavsky and grandson Oleksandr.

One of the nephews of Oleksandr was Stepan Maselsky, who from 2004 to 2005, like his uncle, headed the Kharkiv Regional State Administration.

Memory

On 7 December 1996, on the 60th anniversary of Maselsky, on the facade of the 8th entrance of Gosprom, in which Maselsky worked from 1979 to 1996, a memorial plaque was opened, and on the same day another memorial plaque was opened - on the facade of the house No. 17 on Girshman Street, where Maselsky lived, and a tombstone at the Kharkiv City Cemetery No. 2.

In 2003, according to one of the Decrees of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Valkovsky Lyceum was named after A. S. Maselsky. The construction of the lyceum began in 1995 under the personal supervision of Masalsky, and its opening was planned in 1997. However, after Maselsky's death, the construction was frozen, and the first stage of construction was completed only in 2001. An appeal regarding the presentation of the Maselsky Lyceum was drawn up by the teaching staff immediately after his death in 1996. On the basis of the school, a corner in Maselsky's memory was created, in which personal belongings, memories and archival materials about him were collected.

On 29 April 2004, the Kharkiv metro station "Industrialnaya" was renamed "Named after A.S. Maselsky".

In March 2006, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the building of the Valkovsky District Council in memory of Maselsky.

References

1936 births
1996 deaths

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Held in Adkins Chapel, this traditional but relaxed worship service continues the ancient Christian practice of Word and Sacrament. Following the sermon, persons of all ages are invited to participate in Holy Communion on a weekly basis. We offer nursery care during this worship service, however, Children's Church will only be offered during our 10:30 worship services. Children are welcome to stay for the entire worship service.
This traditional worship service takes place in our Sanctuary. Accompanied by organ and other musicians, we sing the great and beloved hymns of our faith. Our choir offers an array of inspiring choral music, and we join together in creeds, litanies, and prayers. Following the sermon, persons of all ages are invited to participate in Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month.
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Records of more than 4,000 prisoners who served sentences at Inveraray Jail between 1820 and 1890 have been made into a free primary education resource.
Ictopus, a free web-based ICT support service for primary education, has prepared the resource which uses the jail records to educate pupils on the social history of the Victorian period.
The project started following an Ictopus group trip to Inveraray Jail in Argyll, Scotland, in June this year. The consultants were impressed with the huge educational potential available at the museum.
Inveraray Jail did have an electronic copy of the records, however Ictopus spent around six weeks reworking the entire database to make it child-friendly. This included censoring some of the original terms used and devising a glossary for children to interpret the 19th century legal terminology.
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Dean and Ying's Blog - La Mer ... Lamer?
Last Sunday, I ran into an old friend. Hadn't seen her in a few years.
She said I got old! So when I got home that day I looked in the mirror and realized I hadn't shaven all weekend. Yeah, that must have been it.... Wait, what are these lines under my eyes? Dirt? No, maybe it's the light ... Waitnoooo those are wrinkles! Sonofa...! So tonight I asked Ying to apply some of her fancy face product to my wrinkles. The geek in me reads this product's name as "Lamer" ... What the? Who? Me?


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Lambertville – jednostka osadnicza w Stanach Zjednoczonych, w stanie Michigan, w hrabstwie Monroe.

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Хаконе́хлоя, или хаконе́хлоа () — монотипный род однодольных растений семейства , включающий вид хаконехлоя тощая (в некоторых источниках — хаконехлоа большая;  (Munro) Honda). Выделен японским ботаником Макино Томитаро в 1930 году.

Единственный вид ранее описывался как Phragmites macer Munro.

Форма — Hakonechloa macra f. albo-aurea (Makino) Ohwi.

Распространение, описание

Единственный вид является эндемиком Японии, распространённым в восточно-центральной части острова Хонсю. В дикой природе предпочитают влажные горные утёсы.

Гемикриптофит. Растущие плотной группой многолетние растения с удлинённым стеблем длиной 40—70 см. Листья линейные. Соцветие с 5—10 цветками. Плод — продолговатая зерновка. Цветут в августе—октябре.

Значение
Выращиваются как декоративные растения.

Среди выведенных сортов — 'All Gold', 'Aureola', 'Fubuki', 'Nicolas', 'Stripe It Rich'.

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Флора Восточной Азии
Злаки
Эндемики Японии
Монотипные роды растений
Декоративные растения


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Diaphanogryllacris tibialis är en insektsart som först beskrevs av Jean Guillaume Audinet Serville 1838.  Diaphanogryllacris tibialis ingår i släktet Diaphanogryllacris och familjen Gryllacrididae.

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In the latest issue of Cancer Research, Erik Aarntzen (Dept. of Medical Oncology) and Jurjen Tel (Dept. of Tumor Immunology) together with a joint team of physicians and researchers, involving the Departments of Tumor Immunology, Medical Oncology, Hematology, Nuclear Medicine and Dermatology, published their findings entitled "Natural human pDCs induce antigen specific T cell responses and enhance overall survival in melanoma patients".
During the past decade, early clinical trials carried out by investigators throughout the world have shown that vaccination with dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with tumor-peptides can induce tumor-specific immune responses in advanced cancer patients. However, the clinical results have been somewhat disappointing, as only a minority of the treated patients show long-lasting clinical responses. Thus far, virtually all clinical trials were based on ex vivo generated DCs, either derived from monocytes or CD34+ progenitor-cells. We hypothesized that extensive culturing and/ or manipulation might have limited their immunogenic potential. This prompted us to explore the possibility of exploiting scarce naturally circulating DCs such as plasmacytoid DCs. In this worlds' first phase I clinical study we demonstrate the feasibility and the efficacy of this approach as demonstrated by a significant extended survival of late stage melanoma patients. This study, which we initiated 4 years ago included 15 patients that received activated plasmacytoid DCs. No less than 7 out of the 15 patients vaccinated were still alive even two years after treatment. This observation is remarkable, because the mean survival of these late stage melanoma patients is generally 22 months. Together, we believe that the use of activated natural pDCs mark a new era in the development of DC-based vaccines and are potentially much stronger in inducing immune responses when compared to ex vivo generated DCs that have been used thus far.
Tel J, Aarntzen EH, Baba T, Schreibelt G, Schulte BM, Benitez-Ribas D, Boerman OC, Croockewit S, Oyen WJ, van Rossum M, Winkels G, Coulie PG, Punt CJ, Figdor CG, de Vries IJ, Natural human plasmacytoid dendritic cells induce antigen-specific T-cell responses in melanoma patients. Cancer Res. 2013 Feb 1;73(3):1063-75.


 Attitudes to organ transplant and the shortage of donated organs were discussed in DNZ: Waiting List, broadcast on TV One at 8.30pm on 20 June 2005. The programme discussed some ethnic differences in the approach to donor surgery and used as generic footage pictures taken from a recent tangi which took place at the Mokai Kainga marae in Kawhia.
 On behalf of the elders and younger workers of the Mokai Kainga marae, Nick Tuwhangai complained to Television New Zealand Ltd, the broadcaster, that the item was unfair. The complainant said the item included pictures of a tangi held at the marae in 2004 and, pointing to the embarrassment caused by the use of the footage, asked who had given permission for the images to be included in the documentary.
Broadcasters should take particular care when dealing with distressing situations, and with grief and bereavement. Discretion and sensitivity are expected.
Broadcasters should avoid causing unwarranted distress to surviving family members by showing library or archival footage of bodies or human remains. This guideline is not intended to prevent the use of material which adds significantly to the understanding of an issue of public interest.
…. in a genuine attempt to provide a visual indicator that the programme was at that time discussing organ donation in the context of Māori culture.
 Stating that there had been no intention to offend or cause embarrassment, TVNZ said that it had worked with a senior and respected Māori expert.
 Nevertheless, TVNZ admitted, it had been unfair to use the images of a fairly recent tangi at the Mokai Kainga marae without consulting iwi. Under Guideline 6e the production team had shown insufficient sensitivity in a situation involving grief and, in regard to Guideline 6h, TVNZ acknowledged that the pictures had caused unwarranted distress. TVNZ argued that the pictures of the tangi had increased the understanding of the issue, but accepted that other imagery could have been used. TVNZ considered that Guideline 6g had not been breached.
 Apologising for any offence or embarrassment caused, TVNZ said that, having upheld the complaint under Standard 6, it had taken the following action.
… an instruction has been given that if the programme is repeated at any time, the sequence showing the tangi is to be replaced by other imagery. At the same time the archival footage has been "tagged"… so that anyone tempted to use it in future must seek the appropriate approvals.
 Dissatisfied with the action taken by TVNZ, Mr Tuwhangai referred the complaint on behalf of the members of the marae to the Authority under s.8(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.
 While thanking TVNZ for the ruling and the apology, Mr Tuwhangai said that a public apology was appropriate so that all Māori were aware that the footage shown in the programme had not been provided by Mokai Kainga marae, and that the views expressed did not represent the views of the marae. The wording of a broadcast apology was suggested.
 TVNZ pointed out that neither the marae nor the name of the deceased person was named in the item. It also pointed out that its letter to Mr Tuwhangai included an apology and Mr Tuwhangai could publish or distribute that letter as he wished.
 Reiterating the action that it had taken, TVNZ stressed that the marae was not identified. Further, the broadcast of a statement after another documentary could mean little to viewers as it would not be related to the documentary screened at that time.
 On behalf of the marae, Mr Tuwhangai acknowledged that the marae was not named. Nevertheless, he explained, the wharenui of each marae can be easily recognised by visitors, and their marae had been recognised by many people as a result of the broadcast. Moreover, he added, two female poupou that formed the amo of the marae were a distinguishing feature.
 Mr Tuwhangai agreed that the name of the deceased was not given. However, he noted, it was a significant funeral for a 99-year-old Tainui kuia, and the event, the marae and the people were easily identifiable as a result. This included Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the Māori Queen.
While the broadcaster has provided a written apology to our marae, no apology to those visitors and the Māori Queen has been extended. The broadcaster advises that if we wish we could publish their apology. We believe this is unfair and unrealistic. It is not appropriate in the Māori world-view for us to attempt to identify those people who attended the marae at that time and take the broadcaster's letter of apology to each in an attempt to exonerate ourselves from the whakama, this would in effect actually increase the whakama. As well, should we have wished to publish the letter the costs should not be borne by us for suffering the broadcaster's breach. This whakama is paramount to pain and suffering.
 The Authority agrees with TVNZ that broadcasting archival footage of a tangi at the Mokai Kainga marae without consulting iwi was a breach of the fairness standard. While it endorses TVNZ's actions regarding any possible use of that footage in the future, as outlined in para , it does not accept that such action is sufficient in the circumstances.
 In reaching its decision, the Authority records it disagreement with TVNZ's argument that the distress caused would be limited, as the marae was not identifiable. As Mr Tuwhangai pointed out on behalf of the marae, the wharenui of each marae is distinct and the two carved poupou (ancestors) that form the amo (carved post) of Mokai Kainga are unique. Accordingly, the Authority considers that the marae would have been recognised by many people. In view of the likely widespread recognition of the marae, the Authority considers that some further action on TVNZ's part is necessary.
 The Authority accepts that the item did not make a clear statement about the marae's stance on the organ donation debate. Nevertheless, it accepts that the use of archival footage of a tangi, in the context of a programme about organ donation, would have distressed a number of those associated with the marae or present at the tangi, because of their opposition, on cultural grounds, to organ donation. For this reason, the Authority agrees that the use of that material was unfair. Because of the distress and embarrassment caused, the Authority considers a statement appropriate.
 The Authority notes that TVNZ explained that the footage was used to provide a "visual indicator" that the programme was dealing with organ donation in the context of Māori culture. In view of the inappropriate use of that footage, the Authority considers that the statement should be placed in a programme targeted at Māori viewers.
For the above reasons, the Authority rules that the action taken by Television New Zealand Ltd, having upheld a complaint that the broadcast of DNZ: Waiting List breached Standard 6 of the free-to-air Television Code, was insufficient.
Pursuant to s.13(1)(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989, the Authority orders Television New Zealand Ltd to broadcast a statement summarising this decision within one month of the date of this decision. The statement and the time and place of its broadcast shall be approved by the Authority.
The Authority draws the broadcaster's attention to the requirements of s.13(3)(b) of the Broadcasting Act for the broadcaster to give notice to the Authority of the manner in which the above order has been complied with.


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From Rio de Janeiro to Great Haywood – Olympian Nick Beighton's canal adventures
What do you do after spending three years training six days a week in order to compete in the Paralympics? The answer, according to Nick Beighton, is "Go on a narrowboat holiday!!"
Former Royal Engineers captain Nick first took up rowing as part of his rehabilitation programme after losing both legs to a Taliban landmine in Afghanistan in 2009. He competed in the mixed scull at the 2012 Paralympics and won the bronze medal in the Men's KL2 canoe sprint at the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.
Back home after his Brazilian exploits, Nick decided it was time for some quality time with wife Alexis and son Jonah. "After Rio I was after a way to wind down with my family on a proper British holiday," says the 35-year-old from Stockport. "Spending a week on a narrowboat seemed like the ideal solution! We were slightly apprehensive when we arrived at Great Haywood Marina, not really knowing what to expect as I'm a double above knee amputee and we have a 2-year-old son. What could go possibly wrong??!"
Happily, the answer to that latter question was 'nothing at all'. "The Anglo Welsh staff were brilliant," continues Nick. "After getting our kit on board and having a briefing it was straight off for a practice and a demo of how to navigate a lock. Having never helmed a narrowboat before it took a little getting used to, especially as we'd hired a 67ft barge called Oracle. Luckily, I've sailed a bit so it didn't take too long to get familiar with the tiller. After being under way for about 20 minutes we were on our own!"
"Over the next five days we had a fabulous family holiday. First, we travelled down the Trent and Mersey Canal and a day-out at the National Memorial Arboretum. Then it was on to the Birmingham and Fazeley and a day at Drayton Manor Park to keep our son happy. We chose a route without too many locks to navigate and plenty of good canal side pubs to enjoy!"
"All in all it was a very enjoyable week," concludes Nick. "We left relaxed and full of appreciation for the great service offered by everybody at Anglo Welsh."
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Get Your Dog Licensed For Free This Saturday During "Paws in the Park"
The event happens from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and features dog-related exhibits and services, $10 doggy nail trims, adoptable dogs, live music by the Red Light Challenge Band, prizes and giveaways, and more.
Dutch Bros and the Rusty Dog Food Truck will also be on-site selling beverages and food. And the best part....Admission to Paws in the Park is free.
In addition, Meridian residents who own unlicensed dogs may get a free one-year City of Meridian dog license. Those who wish to license their dog(s) at this dog fair are asked to bring a veterinarian receipt or other proof of spay/neuter, if applicable.
"Dogs living within the City of Meridian that are over six months of age must be licensed each calendar year. This ensures that dogs can be reunited with their owners in a timely manner if they are found loose.
Dogs can frolic leash-free inside Storey Bark Park during this event, but must remain on-leash while visiting the fair booths in the parking lots and entry areas.
For additional information, call (208) 888-3579 or visit www.meridiancity.org.


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By Jan Swafford
Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Music
Dec 07, 1999 | ISBN 9780679745822
Jan 11, 2012 | ISBN 9780307809896
About Johannes Brahms
A New York Times Notable Book
"This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to…become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."–The Plain Dealer
Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography.
Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert Schumann when he was only twenty, Johannes Brahms dedicated himself to a long and extraordinarily productive career. In this book, Jan Swafford sets out to reveal the little-known Brahms, the boy who grew up in mercantile Hamburg and played piano in beer halls among prostitutes and drunken sailors, the fiercely self-protective man who thwarted future biographers by burning papers, scores and notebooks late in his life. Making unprecedented use of the remaining archival material, Swafford offers richly expanded perspectives on Brahms's youth, on his difficult romantic life–particularly his longstanding relationship with Clara Schumann–and on his professional rivalry with Lizst and Wagner.
"[Johannes Brahms] will no doubt stand as the definitive work on Brahms, one of the monumental biographies in the entire musical library."–London Weekly Standard
"It is a measure of the accomplishment of Jan Swafford's biography that Brahms's sadness becomes palpable…. [Swafford] manages to construct a full-bodied human being."–The New York Times Book Review
An illuminating new biography of one of the most beloved of all composers, published on the hundredth anniversary of his death, brilliantly written by a finalist for the 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award. Johannes Brahms has consistently eluded his biographers. Throughout his life, he attempted to erase traces of himself, wanting his music to be his sole legacy.
Now, in this masterful book, Jan Swafford, critically acclaimed as both biographer and composer, takes a fresh look at Brahms, giving us for the first time a fully realized portrait of the man who created the magnificent music. Brahms was a man with many friends and no intimates, who experienced triumphs few artists achieve in their lifetime. Yet he lived with a relentless loneliness and a growing fatalism about the future of music and the world. The Brahms that emerges from these pages is not the bearded eminence of previous biographies but rather a fascinating assemblage of contradictions. Brought up in poverty, he was forced to play the piano in the brothels of Hamburg, where he met with both mental and physical abuse. At the same time, he was the golden boy of his teachers, who found themselves in awe of a stupendous talent: a miraculous young composer and pianist, poised between the emotionalism of the Romantics and the rigors of the composers he worshipped–Bach, Mozart, Beethoven. In 1853, Robert Schumann proclaimed the twenty-year-old Brahms the savior of German music. Brahms spent the rest of his days trying to live up to that prophecy, ever fearful of proving unworthy of his musical inheritance. We find here more of Brahms's words, his daily life and joys and sorrows, than in any other biography.
With novelistic grace, Swafford shows us a warm-blooded but guarded genius who hid behind jokes and prickliness, rudeness and intractability with his friends as well as his enemies, but who was also a witty drinking companion and a consummate careerist skillfully courting the powerful. This is a book rich in secondary characters as well, including Robert Schumann, declining into madness as he hailed the advent of a new genius; Clara Schumann, the towering pianist, tormented personality, and great love of Brahms's life; Josef Joachim, the brilliant, self-lacerating violinist; the extraordinary musical amateur Elisabet von Herzogenberg, on whose exacting criticism Brahms relied; Brahms's rival and shadow, the malevolent genius Richard Wagner; and Eduard Hanslick, enemy of Wagner and apostle of Brahms, at once the most powerful and most wrongheaded music critic of his time. Among the characters in the book are two great cities: the stolid North German harbor town of Hamburg where Johannes grew up, which later spurned him; and glittering, fickle, music-mad Vienna, where Brahms the self-proclaimed vagabond finally settled, to find his sweetest triumphs and his most bitter failures. Unique to this book is the way in which musical scholarship and biography are combined: in a style refreshingly free of pretentiousness, Jan Swafford takes us deep into the music–from the grandeur of the First Symphony and the intricacies of the chamber work to the sorrow of the German Requiem–allowing us to hear these familiar works in new and often surprising ways.
This is a clear-eyed study of a remarkable man and a vivid portrait of an era in transition. Ultimately, Johannes Brahms is the story of a great, backward-looking artist who inspired musical revolutionaries of the following generations, yet who was no less a prophet of the darkness and violence of our century. A biographical masterpiece at once wholly original and definitive.
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Here's to an amazing year and bring on 2018!
Sunset studio would like to thank all our clients, staff and supporters for making 2017 our biggest year yet!
The year got off to a great start with the launch of our sister site, Tattoo Station, which has been a tremendous success. Our aim with Tattoo Station is to bring the very best tattoo supplies to New Zealand but at a reasonable price, and we've destroyed even our highest expectations.
In February we headed to Tauranga for the New Zealand International Tattoo Expo which was a great success (if a little wet!). over 150 tattoo artists from around the world came to the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre and everyone had a wonderful weekend.
November saw us once again heading to Australasia's biggest tattoo festival, the NZ Tattoo & Art Festival 2017, now in it's 7th year. With over 250 artists from all over the world attending, it was a weekend we'll never forget!
Sunset also had plenty of guest artists pop in this year, with Capilli Tupou from Ten Tigers joining us, and then later in the year making that move permanent.
In April we were fortunate enough to have our Spanish friend Miguel come visit, otherwise known as M13Tattoo. April was the perfect time to show off his script skills as we also had the second annual Great Auckland Flash Party, with plenty of walk-in's coming in off the street for a surprise tattoo.
November was a big month for guest artists, with Ryan Usher joined us from Sydney, Makoto Horimatsu from Japan, and the very talented Nicklas Wong from Denmark.
In March we became official distributers of the world famous Eternal Ink. Made from organic pigments, deionized water and hamamelis water, this bright coloured ink has been a well-known brand of the highest quality for nearly 40 years.
Later in the year we added the best tattoo machines in New Zealand, Senders Widows, to our list of high-quality tattoo equipment, along with Nikko Hurtado's Anchored stencil solution.
Along with our range of Botan tattoo needles, we've really changed the game here in New Zealand when it comes to tattoo supplies.
So thanks again to everyone who helped make our 2017 incredible. Roll on 2018 and even more success!
The Sunset family make the papers!
Check out this lovely wee piece in Stuff about Sunset's founding mother Misery, AKA Tanja Jade Thompson.
Misery is one of New Zealand's most beloved and respected pop artists, doing her country proud by exhibiting all over the world in places such as Berlin, Taiwan, Paris, Melbourne and Los Angeles.
Her Chinese Tahitian grandmother fostered Misery's artistic talent inspiring her intense passion for Pacific and Asian art during their time together and on trips to Tahiti, which is still evident in her work today.
As a teen, Tanja went to Metropolitan College which enhanced her penchant for art. It was there her unique and distinct characters evolved, heavily influenced by obscure Japanese cartoons, cults and Gods, and all things magical.
Misery's creative reach is extensive, ranging from highly crafted paintings and wall art to animation, fashion and toys and more recently children's decor brand Misery Guts. She also sculpts, having completed two commissioned bronzes in Auckland's Art District of Karangahape Road in 2016.
The article in Stuff shows around Tom and Misery's home, introducing the kids too; Charlie, Ramona, and Billie.
"This is kind of the house my husband grew up in," Misery says in the article. "His mum bought the villa next door, and he moved in there with his mum and two sisters when he was a little kid.
"Tom's mum got together with Johnny, who owns the house we live in now. Johnny had two sons, and they kind of joined the families together. At one stage, this house was joined to the house next door with a tunnel.
"As everybody grew up and moved out of home, Johnny, who was an architect, built a beautiful home out the back. So we kind of live in a commune.
"When Tom and I got together, we moved in here and had flatmates. That was about five or six years ago. All the flatmates have moved out, and children have moved in.
You can click here to read the full article on Stuff.co.nz.
As an ever-expanding business, we're constantly changing, so here's what's going on at Sunset Tattoo Studio this month!
Sunset Tattoo is really excited to welcome Capilli Tupou permanently to the family. Capilli has been working alongside us all year, and we are honoured to have him! He will be disbanding his Ten tigers to concentrate on work, family and his hectic international travel schedule.
Contact us or Capilli to book your session in with him now.
We are also stoked to welcome Milky to the Sunset Tattoo crew! Milky is your go to man for top class traditional tattoos and has tons of classic flash designs ready to go!
If you are looking for world-class, American-traditional, electric tattoos, look no further. Milky's no-nonsense, bright and bold style has it's roots firmly in American-traditional tattooing history.
We're also delighted to have two very special guest tattooists joining us at the end of the month, all the way from Sydney.
Ben Hastings and Chris Martin from Hunter & Fox Tattoo will be hanging out at studio November 29th and 30th, so contact us for bookings!
The last weekend of November sees Australasia's biggest tattoo festival kick off in New Plymouth, and of course Sunset will be there!
Now in its seventh year, the festival sees over 250 artists and models attending, making it the biggest event in the New Zealand calendar.
Tattoo appointments can be made by pre-booking with one of our artists today! Simply email info@sunsettattoo.co.nz or call us to find out more.
Welcome to the Sunset Tattoo blog!
Welcome to the first ever post on the Sunset Tattoo blog. This blog will report all the latest news and events concerning our studio, our artists and the New Zealand tattoo scene. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email or call us, come in for a consultation, or visit our FAQs page to find out more.
Sunset Tattoo started in 2014 by the husband and wife team of Tom McMillan and well-known Kiwi artist Misery. Together they have years of experience, all over the world, working in some of the most prestigious tattoo studios both home and abroad.
From simple beginnings, Sunset has now become one of New Zealand's finest tattoo studios, and all in an incredibly short period of time. We started as somewhere we could create artwork, in many different media, without stress or pressure, and in less than a year we're now attracting some of the best tattoo artists in Auckland.
We specialise in traditional tattoo, Te Moko and Maori designs, and of course, anything you bring to us yourself. The end result with Sunset is quality. Quality of tattooing, quality of customer satisfaction and quality of health and hygiene. Our studio is a warm, private environment that adheres to the strictest health codes and standards.
We take our art very seriously, and as such, we like to keep it tight. Our small, intimate studio means you get our full attention, no matter what you're here for. If you just want a consultation about getting your first tattoo, then no problem. We can sit down with you, talk about what you have in mind, expand your idea and explain the process from start to finish.
If you're here to add to your collection, then you'll know who we are and what we do.
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King: 15 thoughts on the bubble Celtics, who look a lot like pre-hiatus Celtics
By Jay King Aug 4, 2020 4
Here are 15 musings to chew on while the Celtics await a challenging game against the Heat Tuesday evening.
1. While the NBA season paused for more than four months, I thought about everything that could change during the hiatus. I wondered if one of Boston's rookies like Romeo Langford or Grant Williams would come back ready for a bigger role. I thought Robert Williams, finally healthy, would have a chance to break out as a backup center. I pondered all the minor developments that could make a major difference for the Celtics in the short term and long term. I thought, because of the time off, this would feel a lot like a new season.
2. I have been surprised through the first five games, including the three scrimmages, that this actually feels like the same old team. Maybe I was dumb for believing that, with the same roster, the Celtics would be significantly altered by the hiatus. For better and worse, they don't seem to have changed much. They are still built around their five best perimeter players. They are still fortunate to have two of the NBA's best young wings in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. They still have a wobbly bench behind Marcus Smart. Their rookies still haven't forced their way into bigger opportunities.


Medical College Of Wisconsin research team.
There is a lot of well founded concern about chlorine. When chlorine is added to our water, it combines with other natural compounds to form Trihalomethanes (chlorination byproducts), or THMs. These chlorine byproducts trigger the production of free radicals in the body, causing cell damage, and are highly carcenogenic. "Although concentrations of these carcinogens (THMs) are low, it is precisely these low levels that cancer scientists believe are responsible for the majority of human cancers in the United States". The Environmental Defense Fund.
One of the most shocking components to all of these studies is that up to 2/3s of our harmful exposure to chlorine is due to inhalation of steam and skin absorption while showering. A warm shower opens up the pores of the skin and allows for excelerated absorption of chlorine and other chemicals in water. The steam we inhale while showering can contain up to 50 times the level of chemicals than tap water due to the fact that chlorine and most other contaminants vaporize much faster and at a lower temperature than water. Inhalation is a much more harmful means of exposure since the chlorine gas (chloroform) we inhale goes directly into our blood stream. When we drink contaminated water the toxins are partially filtered out by our kidneys and digestive system. Chlorine vapors are known to be a strong irritant to the sensitive tissue and bronchial passages inside our lungs, it was used as a chemical weapon in World War II. The inhalation of chlorine is a suspected cause of asthma and bronchitis, especially in children… which has increased 300% in the last two decades. "Showering is suspected as the primary cause of elevated levels of chloroform in nearly every home because of chlorine in the water." Dr Lance Wallace, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Chlorine in shower water also has a very negative cosmetic effect, robbing our skin and hair of moisture and elasticity, resulting in a less vibrant and youthful appearance. Anyone who has ever swam in a chlorinated pool can relate to the harsh effects that chlorine has on the skin and hair. What's surprising is that we commonly find higher levels of chlorine in our tap water than is recommended safe for swimming pools.
Aside from all the health risks related to chlorine in our water, it is the primary cause of bad taste and odor in drinking water. The objectionable taste causes many people to turn to other less healthful beverages like soft drinks, tea or other sweetened drinks. A decreased intake of water, for any reason, can only result in a lower degree of health.
The good news is that chlorine is one of the easiest substances to remove from our water. For that reason it logically should serve it's purpose of keeping our water free from harmful bacteria and water borne diseases right up to the time of consumption, where it should then be removed by quality home filtration.
No one will argue that chlorine serves an important purpose, and that the hazards of doing away with chlorine are greater than or equal to the related health risks. The simple truth is that chlorine is likely here to stay. The idea that we could do away with chlorine any time in the near future is just not realistic. It is also clear that chlorine represents a very real and serious threat to our health, and should be removed in our homes, at the point of use, both from the water we drink and the water we shower in.
Chlorinated drinking water: Health or hazard?
Bladder cancer has been linked to chlorinated drinking water in epidemiological studies.
disclosed to the general public.
Clean water is absolutely essential for all proper body functions, including skin and organ integrity, immune system balance, cellular respiration and repair, waste elimination, and longevity.
The primary purpose of clean water within the body is to transport nutrients to the cells and then transport waste byproducts to the eliminatory system. It is absolutely essential in maintaining the critical balance needed to support life. Yet this system, with its multiplicity of interrelated dependencies, can be grossly affected by minute traces of chemical toxins like chlorine.
Chlorine is used to disinfect municipal water supplies and swimming pools from harmful bacteria. But chlorine is also a highly toxic element, which has an ability to oxidize all proteins, effectively rendering them useless. All living organisms are made up of proteins. Hence, any living organism that comes in contact with even trace amounts of chlorine is affected and, if exposed to sufficient quantities of chlorine, killed.
The major health issue regarding the chlorination of municipal water is that it exposes us to a variety of toxic chemicals called trihalomethanes (THMs), which are byproducts of chlorination. Studies have linked THMs to miscarriage and fetal malformations, and they may be also associated with an increased risk of stillbirths.
One of the most common of the THMs, chloroform, is classed as a potential cancer-causing agent. In public pools it has been measured at more than twenty times the level found in tap water. Little data exists regarding dermal and inhalation exposure routes to the chloroform body-burden from domestic and recreational use of chlorinated water.
And not all harmful bacteria are effectively disinfected by chlorine. The bacteria Cryptosporidium parvum, excreted in the feces of infected humans, cattle, and other mammals, is highly resistant to chlorine at the levels normally found in swimming pools and drinking water. Giardia lamblia is also more resistant to disinfection by chlorine, but can be effectively filtered.
inhaling during a shower as by drinking two litres of water a day. People who shower frequently could be exposed through ingestion, inhalation, and/or dermal absorption.
trihalomethane in chlorinated water, inhaled or absorbed through the skin during a typical shower may be six times higher than that absorbed from chlorinated drinking water.
Epidemiological studies funded by Health Canada concluded that 14 to 16 percent of bladder cancers in Ontario may be attributable to drinking water containing relatively high levels of chlorination byproducts. According to the results of a 1992 Norwegian study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, the consumption of chlorinated drinking water has been associated with a 20- to 40-percent increase in the incidence of colon and rectal cancer.
larynx, as well as Hodgkin's disease.
Josef Tyls III, MSc, PhD, is an industrial engineer who specializes in H2O processing and related technologies.


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Evidence-Guided Molecular Profiling Offers New Hope for Oncologists Managing Difficult-to-Treat Cancers
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 29, 2013 — Caris Life Sciences announced today data from two studies presented at the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC 2013), which demonstrate the potential of evidence-guided molecular profiling to improve the treatment of patients with hard-to-treat cancers, including cancers of unknown primary (CUP) origins as well as rare tumors and cancers that have been refractory to treatment.
Molecular Profiling in Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP)
Results from the study, 'Biotheranostic profiling of CUP: paradigm shift in the management of CUP', show that molecular profiling may positively influence patient outcomes when the primary site of the patient's tumor is unknown by providing oncologists with critical new information to help them select optimal treatment.1
Using a variety of profiling technologies to assess the biomarkers associated with the potential for drug response, the researchers were able to find targets for which there are existing cancer drugs in 77% of the tumors profiled.1
Zoran Gatalica, MD, DSc, Medical Director, Caris Life Sciences and an Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, reported that his team's research has shown that investigating the biology of a CUP patient's tumor is a potentially effective way of developing an actionable treatment plan for most patients.
"Previous attempts to characterize cancer of unknown primary (CUP) have only managed to provide a statistical likelihood of a potential primary organ site, and for the most part have not addressed the question of which treatments are likely to be effective," said Dr. Gatalica. "We set out to do just that in a large group of over 1,350 CUP patients. This is the largest group to date to have their tumor biomarker profiles characterized."
"We believe that our research, based on the Caris Molecular Intelligence™ service, signals a paradigm shift in the treatment of CUP," added Dr. Gatalica. "With this strategy, physicians can build a treatment plan based on changes in cancer cells which are known to be associated with the potential for benefit from specific drugs. We could be looking at the evolution of a new standard of care for these patients who badly need new options."
As recent advances in translational medicine and molecular profiling have shown, different cancers may share the same molecular pathways, providing the biological basis for using the same targeted therapy in different cancer types, irrespective of primary site.
"A CUP diagnosis is challenging for patient and clinician and a search for the primary site, to define treatment options, is often distressing and fruitless. Using predictive biomarker information directly from the tumor offers doctors powerful insights into the best treatment options for CUP patients," said John Symons, Director of the CUP Foundation. "Where available, this new approach to treating patients diagnosed with CUP is very promising and demonstrates the value of embracing innovative profiling techniques."
Molecular Profiling in Rare Cancers and Cancers Refractory to Treatment
A second study presented at ECC 2013 successfully demonstrated the potential clinical utility of the Caris Molecular Intelligence service in selecting treatment for 30 heavily pre-treated and 10 rare cancer patients. In this Australian cohort, molecular profiling-guided therapy resulted in clinical benefit for three quarters of patients with rare cancers and over half of heavily pre-treated patients, in whom clinical benefit was defined as complete response, partial response or where stable disease was considered clinical benefit.3
"While requiring further clinical validation, these data lend support to the use of evidence-guided tumor profiling in identifying therapy options for patients with advanced refractory and rare solid tumors who have limited treatment options and poor prognosis," concluded lead investigator Andrew Dean, M.D., who is affiliated with St John of God Hospital in Subiaco and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Nedlands, Western Australia.
"Doctors treating patients with rarer cancers face a huge challenge in identifying which treatments are most likely to succeed," said Andrew Wilson Webb, CEO, Rarer Cancers Foundation. "Molecular profiling can shed new light on this challenge, significantly improving the chance that patients will benefit from treatment and, just as importantly, avoiding the use of highly toxic therapies which won't help them."
About Caris Molecular Intelligence (MI)
Caris Molecular Intelligence™ is an evidence-guided tumor profiling service, which aims to help physicians select the best available therapy for each patient. It examines a broad range of established biomarkers using the best available technologies and with the help of a proprietary database, associates drugs that are more or less likely to benefit each individual patient. Using the MI Profile™ report, physicians are able to more easily translate the results from published clinical studies into individualized treatment plans.
Most frequently, Caris Molecular Intelligence™ is used in metastatic disease, in cases where the patient has exhausted available treatment options, or in rare or aggressive tumors where there is limited evidence to guide care.
The Caris MI Profile™ report provides oncologists with critical information to help them develop an individualized cancer treatment plan for each of their difficult to treat cancer patients. Tumor profiling with Caris MI has been shown to identify potentially clinically actionable targets in common and rare cancer types.4
Caris Life Sciences is a leading biosciences company focused on fulfilling the promise of personalized medicine. As the first commercial mover in comprehensive molecular profiling, Caris Molecular Intelligence™ correlates molecular data generated from a patient's tumor with biomarker/drug associations derived from clinical cancer literature. With an industry-leading 50,000-plus patients profiled and counting, Caris uses the most advanced and clinically-relevant technologies to provide physicians with information to aid in the selection of personalized cancer treatments. The company is also developing a series of blood tests based on its proprietary Carisome® platform — a revolutionary blood-based testing technology for diagnosis, prognosis, and theranosis of cancer and other complex diseases. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Caris Life Sciences offers services throughout the U.S., Europe, Australia and other international markets. To learn more, please visit www.carislifesciences.com.
1. Gatalica Z, et al. Biotheranostic profiling of CUP: paradigm shift in the management of CUP. Presented at ECC 2013. Abstract no LBA39.
2. Cancer in the UK. Cancer Research UK. May 2012. Accessed September 2013 at: http://publications.cancerresearchuk.org/downloads/Product/CS_REPORT_TOP20INCMORT.pdf
3. Dean A and Wallace R. Clinical application of molecular profiling in selecting treatment for advanced refractory and rare solid tumours: an Australian experience. Presented at ECC 2013. Abstract no 955.
4. Gatalica Z, et al. Integrating molecular profiling into cancer treatment decision making: Experience with over 35,000 cases. Presented at ASCO 2013.


Davey Du Plessis was travelling alone down the Amazon River when something unusual caught his eye. A pod of pink river dolphins was passing by. Not wanting to interfere or cause harm, Du Plessis moved his kayak closer to the river bank. But instead of avoiding danger, he inadvertently wandered right into it. A group of people on land shot at him four times, leaving him for dead. It would have been the end of his adventure – and his life – if not for his incredible will to live. "In that moment, I realised giving up was not an option," he says. With bullets in his leg, face and throat which prevented him from calling out for help, Du Plessis dragged himself through the forest for almost five kilometres before he found a small village. Through the support of complete strangers who assisted him before his family could rush in, Du Plessis survived.
He ended up in this predicament while attempting a solo, unsupported mission through the Amazon in 2012 to collect data for the research organisation Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation. A vegan explorer, Du Plessis uses his expeditions to demonstrate how people can positively affect the earth and save endangered species through their lifestyle choices. The 6 700-kilometre journey from the Amazon's source in the Peruvian Andes to the Brazilian coastline was expected to take five months. Du Plessis was only two months and 2 000 kilometres in when he was shot. To this day, he still does not know why he was attacked.
Instead of deterring the adventurer, Du Plessis is now more convinced than ever of what he can achieve. "My hope is that after sharing my story, each individual will recognise their own potential," he says. In 2016, Du Plessis began Project 1 000, an initiative that involved running and cycling for 1 000 kilometres in both Botswana and South Africa to raise awareness about critically endangered animals in each country. From one journey to the next, he dares to do the dangerous and seemingly impossible – all to highlight the greater threat of extinction that endangered animals face.


These Large Red Silicone EM4200 Wristband combines RFID technology within an attractive and practical housing. They are robust, waterproof (the module is a sealed electronic unit) and are easily worn around the wrist. The size of this red wristbands is large (82mm) and they are also available in also small (55mm, 65mm) and medium (73mm).
Silicone wristbands are fantastic for events and promotions, available in a range of vibrant colours which can be branded with text and logos.
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