My brother Scott and I are the co-founders of Memories of Loved Ones, or MoLo. We started our business with loans from our family after a mutual friend of ours, Keith Noble, passed away. At Keith's funeral there were many poster boards on display with original photographs. Several years passed and the poster boards were eventually taken apart.
We started talking about how frustrating it was that Keith's poster boards didn't exist anymore and it got us to thinking – what do most families do with their pictures when they plan a funeral? We found out that there are no good solutions available to families who want to preserve precious photos and memories of a loved one.
Once we had come up with our concept we decided to test our idea by offering our service for free to a friend that had lost his father. We got great feedback and it confirmed that we had come up with a great idea.
We couldn't find any company that provided a service like this for a funeral. There are tons of companies that can help you after a funeral but we are the first that helps you during that painful time. So, between Scott's and my IT background, my background with Creative Memories [a program that helps convert physical photos and the like to digital images], and many other talents in our family, we were able to come up with a process that allowed us to provide this service to families very much in need of it.
Everyone that works with us is either a family member or close enough they are like family. We are lucky to be part of a large family with many talents so we have done the majority of the work in house using as much "free help" as we can get. Without the many talents in our family we would not be where we are today.
To be honest, I can't say we utilized many local resources initially. We are now involved in groups like Bad Girl Ventures, and we'll be meeting with a SCORE counselor next week. I am part of a local business networking group called the Westside Referral Organization, and we're also a part of the Delhi Business Association.
Our headquarters is located in my home, where we converted one side of my basement into our office. When we're working on projects, we're usually here.
Life can be a bit crazy for us! Since we deal with funerals, our schedule is constantly changing. When we are meeting a family onsite, we can be found in the "MoLo Mobile," a bright purple and green, 35-foot RV (it was wrapped by our friends at Advertising Vehicles) – you can't miss us driving down the street!
Inside the RV, we have scanners and cameras that allow us to convert everything from photographs and keepsakes to digital onsite while meeting with a family.
The RV is fun and casual as well – just like us! There is plenty of diet coke, M&M's and other junk food all on hand; we try to make the family feel as welcome and at ease as possible.
We are still a small business just working toward that "break even" goal, yet the business seems to evolve every day and we've come so far in just two years. We see significant growth potential with our business, and have considered pitching our idea to angel investors and VC firms with the goal of expanding and offering our service nationwide.
If I had a dollar for every person who has told us this is the best idea they've heard of in years, or said, "You need to franchise this fast," I'd be a rich person!
For now, we are happy to continue spreading the word, growing our local market and helping to make one more family's life a little easier every day.


Paul Simmons lives around Penryn in Cornwall. Home (with a small "h") is just a place to sleep whereas the paths and landscape of Cornwall are really Home (with the big "H").
Hi, I'm Paul. I have an office at the Tremough Innovation Centre at the University of Exeter Tremough Campus at Penryn. I also have the South West Mountain and Moorland Camping Leader award recognised by the British Mountain Council and MLTE (Mountain Leaders Training England) and I'm qualified to go "wild camping" on the Moors. I am fully insured to take walks on the Moors and all paths in the South West. I was a committee member of the South West Coast Path Association representing the Lizard from Porthleven to Falmouth and over to the Roseland peninsula and up to Mevagissey. 80 miles (128 km) of fabulous coast path. I've been a qualified Green Guide since 2001 and presently I am an ambassador for CoaST (Sustainable Tourism network), for Cornwall 365 and for the World Heritage Network.
In 2008 I completed an MA in Cornish Studies at the Institute of Cornish Studies which involves cultural, historic, social, political and economic studies. My dissertation is about the public and professional attitudes to the conservation of the biodiversity on the Lizard. I also have a National Certificate in Practical Habitat Management from Merrist Wood College Surrey.
I take tours twice a week when not walking around the Lizard peninsula and all places far west for the Clowance Estate guests all year round in his trusty VW 9 seater named Ellie by the children. 6 hours of not having to drive for everybody else and we get to the backwaters and under the skin of the places we explore.
I've worked for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at the Wetland Centre, Barnes London on their 105 acre as an explainer in the education department setting up and co ordinating various educational programmes. Pond dipping and inaugurating an Earth time line are favourites. I am absilutely passionate about Environmental Education because for the next generations if they don't know what is out there they will not care about it and it will be lost. So I'm looking to get funding to roll out programmes to be shown/ shared and taught in schools.
I'm also a singer songwriter and have a new album out February 2017. I have been a professional piano entertainer and session player for 32 years. "From Cole Porter to Coldplay, Gershwin to Green Day". I still play and sing in Cornwall providing the entertainment at many venues in the evening.


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Rockets' Mike D'Antoni reminds Warriors that DeMarcus Cousins will have to guard James Harden on switches
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While many NBA fans are focusing on how the Golden State Warriors have "ruined" the league by signing DeMarcus Cousins, Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni is remaining positive. He knows that while the Warriors may have five All-Stars on their roster, he still has James Harden.
#Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni is hoping Boogie doesn't fit with the Warriors, but either way, he's gonna have to guard James Harden on those switches https://t.co/NamE7AtCKa #NBASummer pic.twitter.com/zwCA5h6xGh
— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) July 9, 2018
D'Antoni told SiriusXM NBA Radio:
"Great player, great individual talent — we've got all that. I'm not taking anything away from him. There's two ways it could go. Either it fits, or it doesn't fit. Obviously, in Houston we're hoping it doesn't fit. But we don't know that. We'll see how it plays out. I do know that he's going to have to guard James Harden. I do know that. We'll see how that works out. And just things like that. That's why we concentrate on the positives."
D'Antoni isn't wrong. Of course, the Warriors look like a juggernaut and the Cousins signing only makes them even scarier, but he has James Harden in his back pocket. Harden is one of the toughest guys in the league to guard, especially when he gets mismatches with big men off of pick-and-roll action.
Perhaps the Rockets will try to get Cousins caught up in pick-and-roll switches that will put him one-on-one with Harden. Playing Harden one-on-one is never easy for anyone, let alone a center coming off a devastating Achilles injury.
The Warriors look unbeatable on paper, but then again, they were the overwhelming favorite last year and Houston took them to the brink.
It will be an uphill battle for D'Antoni and company against Golden State. But if anyone can figure out how to crack the Warriors, it could be D'Antoni.
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First of all, you have to understand that being able to create an excellent history essay you should have a deep knowledge of history. It is not enough to find information and retell it in your own words. A common mistake of many students is that they think that in such a way they can write an excellent and unique (!) paper. Get essay help online on our platform for the best results.
Usually, you are asked to answer a certain question in a history essay. It means that the chances to find a prepared paper or article which you could just rewrite are not as great. You have to analyze the facts and link them together. There also should be your own thinkings and conclusions in the essay.
Think. Yes, it is the first and the most important rule. Thinking is critical whatever you do, and academic papers' writing is no exception. It is impossible to write a good history essay without delving into the subject. If you are afraid of getting tired and aren't going to think a lot, you will not create an essay with right answers and logic explanations.
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And then there's the cost of constructing Paradise Pier. Based on some final cost estimates that an Imagineering insider was nice enough to share with me, I can tell you folks that being nostalgic ain't exactly cheap. Take -- for instance --- the "Golden Zephyr," a modern version of a classic old amusement park attraction that used to be popular back in the 1920s & 1930s. Looks like fun, right? Trouble is, no one in the amusement industry has made one of these old "Buck Roger's Flying Spaceship" kind of spinny thingies since the late 1960s.
So the Imagineers had to basically design this DCA attraction from scratch. Eyeballing old period photographs to get the portions and design elements of this classic ride just right. But -- as the same time -- making sure that the "Golden Zephyr" had all the necessary elements (EX: handicap access) to make it a successful theme park attraction in today's marketplace.
This is the pattern, folks. Time and again. Rides & shows for Paradise Pier that may look cheap on the outside because they're old fashioned. Deliberately low tech. Short on thrills but long on charm. But -- if you can just look past the surface -- you'll see that a ton of time, talent and money was poured into making this nostalgic recreation of a 1920s / 1930s Boardwalk amusement area look just right.
Which brings us to perhaps the biggest lie of all: The rumor that the only reason that Disney included Paradise Pier as part of Disney's California Adventure's Phase I (instead of -- say -- a "California Gold Rush" themed area or a full-blown recreation of San Francisco's Chinatown) was because it was cost effective.
Which is bull. Because anyone who's familiar with Disney's plans for the Port Disney project in Long Beach knows that that an old fashioned boardwalk area (modeled after Long Beach's historic Pike) was featured prominently as part of that proposed resort's theme park complex, Disney Seas. This area (which to have been called "Fleets of Fantasy") too had a huge steel roller coaster which was disguised as an old fashioned woodie, an enormous ferris wheel as well as an ornate merry-go-round.
Those plans date back to June 1990. Now let's jump uphead to 1993, when Disney unveiled its plans for a history theme park in Virginia. What's that tucked away in the middle of "Disney's America?" Why, it's the "State Fair," an area that celebrated the simple pleasures to be found at a 1920s / 1930s era amusement park. Plans for this section of the history park also included -- surprise, surprise -- a huge steel coaster that was disguised as a woodie, a giant ferris wheel as well as an ornate merry-go-round.
Still not convinced that the Walt Disney Company has wanted to build an old fashioned style amusement area for quite a while now. Well, wait 'til you hear Disney's original plans for WDW's "Boardwalk" hotel. At this time (circa 1991), the "Boardwalk" was actually envisioned as a place where people who were bored with the clubs & restaurants at "Pleasure Island" could go to try something new.
And what would WDW guests have found at the original version of Disney's "Boardwalk"? Several unique restaurants. Among them the "Under the Sea" (Which would have treated visitors to a "Little Mermaid" themed dinner show), the "Family Reunion" (Which would have used streetmosphere performers to suck you into a most intriguing evening of fun, where you'd have surrounded by a room full of comic, colorful relatives that you never met before) as well as "Walt's Attic" (Dine on gourmet food in a shabby but chic setting, surrounded by priceless Disney collectibles). Some fun shops. As well as -- you guessed it -- a huge steel coaster that was disguised as a woodie, a giant ferris wheel as well as an ornate merry-go-round.


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AN ARMED robber who went on a crime rampage after he was sprung from a prison van outside Barking Magistrates Court a year ago, has been jailed for 16 years. Tony Turner, 28, masterminded a series of gunpoint heists across the south of England after he w
AN ARMED robber who went on a crime rampage after he was sprung from a prison van outside Barking Magistrates' Court a year ago, has been jailed for 16 years.
Tony Turner, 28, masterminded a series of gunpoint heists across the south of England after he was freed. He was eventually found at a motel.
Turner appeared at Woolwich Crown Court guarded by a heavily armed police escort.
His younger brother Joe Turner, 21, of Vincent Road, Dagenham, was jailed for four years after being convicted of perverting the course of justice by helping him escape.
Dion Williams, 24, who assisted his escape and also took part in a robbery was locked up for 10 years.
Turner was on remand for a series of raids when he was driven from Pentonville prison to Barking. It is believed he smuggled a mobile phone into the prison van and kept in contact with two men in a stolen green Jaguar following close behind.
When the van reached the court and the prisoner was taken out wearing handcuffs, the two men raced from the car wearing balaclavas and brandishing pistols.
They held their weapons to the guard's head, then used boltcutters to release Turner.
Tony Turner, of no fixed address, admitted conspiracy to rob custodians of cash in transit vehicles and two counts of conspiracy to possess imitation firearms with intent to rob.
He was in custody for these offences when he escaped in April last year.
He also admitted conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to possess firearms and escaping from lawful custody on April 2, 2008.
Williams, of Ramsgate, admitted perverting the course of justice, attempted robbery and possessing a firearm with criminal intent.
Turner's girlfriend, Kirsten Morton, of no fixed address, admitted perverting the course of justice. She will be sentenced at a later date.


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It may seem odd, but at a time when every major news source was reporting the end of Bitcoin, I bought my first Bitcoin today using the Coinbase exchange. While I am new to Bitcoin itself, I have been following its community, primarily via /r/Bitcoin, and from the looks of it, this "crash" pales in comparison to previous ones. How I see it is that Mt. Gox needed to die, and now that's it's behind us the Bitcoin community can grow even bigger and better. I've never trusted that exchange very much, what with all the trading incidents and stories of being unable to withdraw one's own money. Despite the recent events that stirred commotion in the world of cryptocurrency, I think that this is one of the best times to get started.
First off, assuming the BTC economy will strengthen, one can buy low right now. At the time this post was written, 1 BTC goes for $540.55 to $560 depending one which exchange. As we've witnessed in the past, Bitcoin is fully capable of surpassing $1,000. Secondly, and I'm I disappointed with the media for causing confusion about this, the problem lay in the Mt. Gox exchange specifically, and not the currency itself. Just as one may get scammed when using U.S. Dollars or the Euro or any currency, but you cannot get scammed by the currency itself, this was the case with Bitcoin. And with the paranoia of a "Bitcoin Scam," came attention from the government, one of the very institutions whose lack of presence in this currency as made it so popular.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) has actually called for a complete ban on Bitcoin, just like China and Thailand (because of course that's where we should get our policy from), writing that it is "disruptive to our economy. If one wants to read his complete letter, Business Insider did an article on it. I'd like to use this post to respond.
I write today to express my concerns about Bitcoin. This virtual currency is currently unregulated and has allowed users to participate in illicit activity, while also being highly unstable and disruptive to our economy.
Allowed user's to participate in illicit activity? What does he think people usually buy illegal drugs with and is still used in such transactions today? The dollar! Why don't we ban that too‽ Any currency can be used to buy anything so long as that vendor is willing to accept it in payment. A currency is a commodity just like any other. And as far as it being "disruptive", it's pretty clear just by looking at the Coin's value that there's pretty high demand for it, and that any government intervention would be many times more disruptive.
Once again, this brings us back to the argument for banning the dollar. And it's plain to see that if people continue to trade BTC despite the "dangers" that it does not pose a sufficient threat enough to discourage its use.
It has been banned in two different countries—Thailand and China [and the European Union has] issued warnings to Bitcoin users as their respective governments consider options for regulating or banning its use entirely. I am most concerned that as Bitcoin is inevitably banned in other countries, Americans will be left holding the bag on a valueless currency.
Why can't Manchin understand that that is the market's issue to deal with? And Bitcoin's ban is nowhere near inevitable. The Swiss Government has proposed treating it like any other foreign currency.
As of December 2013, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows 1.3% inflation, while a recent media report indicated Bitcoin CPI has 98% deflation. In other words, spending Bitcoin now will cost you many orders of wealth in the future. This flaw makes Bitcoin's value to the U.S. economy suspect, if not outright detrimental.
So despite what they tell you, this is the best time to start using bitcoins. You can buy low, transaction fees are extremely low, it's anonymous, allowing you to buy black market goods (and I'd like to point out here that the black market is not inherently evil. There's the white market, which is the mainstream economy, the black market, which is the underground economy, and the red market, which is the violence-and-theft economy. There are overlaps between them in some cases, but anything black or white, and not red, is completely morally justified in my opinion. Sorry, this was a long parenthetical phrase; and I don't think your supposed to have multiple sentences inside these), it's peer-to-peer, so there's no middleman, and it's completely decentralized, so there is no central banks controlling it, so no government can control the currency. No more artificial booms followed by very real busts; booms and busts will still exist, only the market will solve its own problems. Let's get Bitcoin back on track so it can go to the moon!
One more thing: I could let on to you, like most bloggers, that I need donations to keep going. The fact is, however, that I don't. That said, I most certainly wouldn't object to bitcoin donations (to 13EimXWbrh9W8z4oVAiSurdEC7kuXfDo6z). It was my 16th birthday a few days ago, so it would be kinda like a birthday present. See ya everybody!


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Phase Two NOW OPEN! Hundreds of enthusiastic cyclists braved the elements to be among the first to "Ride the Rock" at the Grand Opening of the Rock Island Trail - Phase 2, held Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the Truman Sports Complex Trailhead. Construction on Phase 2 began in late 2019. This seven-mile extension begins at the Sports Complex, accessible through Gate 3 off Blue Ridge Cut-Off, with parking available in Lot L. From there, the trail runs through Raytown, where you will find a trailhead at the Raytown Chamber, 5909 Raytown Trafficway, and at 7130 Woodson Road. Along the way, you may want to stop for a refreshment at in Downtown Raytown! Note: Free parking is available in Lot L at the Truman Sports Complex on non-game days. On game days for both Chiefs and Royals, parking will be limited and subject to a fee.
The First Phase of construction of the Rock Island Trail was completed in June 2019. This phase of the trail is six and a half miles long. Continuing south, Phase 2 connects with the first phase near the historic Vale Tunnel and the 98th Street Trailhead (12600 E. 98th Street, KCMO). From 98th Street the trail continues south to Lee's Summit's Hartman Park Trailhead (700 SW Pryor Road), before ending at Jefferson Street in southern Lee's Summit.
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Future Phases and Connecting to the Katy Trail. Planning is underway to connect the southern terminus of the Rock Island Trail to the Missouri State Park Rock Island Spur of the Katy Trail. There is currently an eight mile gap between the southern end of the County's Rock Island Trail, the City of Greenwood, and Pleasant Hill, Missouri in Cass County. During 2017 and 2018, Jackson County convened a group of stakeholders to determine the best route to connect these two popular trails. This work produced a conceptual plan that will be implemented as funding allows. In 2019 Jackson County applied for and was awarded federal funding for the next one and a half miles of trail to connect to Hamblin Road in southern Lee's Summit. This project is currently in the planning phase, with construction expected to start by Spring of 2022.
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Claims of seniority of national trade marks for European marks have the effect of allowing owners, if they cease to maintain local trade marks, to continue benefitting from the same rights they would have had if their national trade mark had been maintained.
In a decision on September 26 2018, the French Supreme Court ruled on a dispute concerning the non-use period to be taken into account when the national trade mark founding the claim of seniority has been abandoned.
In this case, SCEV Champagne Gallo, which was created on April 8 2002, was using the Gallo sign as its corporate name to market champagne. It was sued for trade mark infringement by the owner of a European trade mark GALLO dated April 1 1996 which claimed the seniority of a French trade mark dated August 30 1968 for Classes 32 and 33. On October 6 2015, in a decision issued by the judges of the Paris Court of Appeal, SCEV Champagne Gallo obtained a revocation of the French trade mark due to non-use with effect from August 30 1973 and the cancellation of the European trade mark filed later than the date of the rights SCEV Champagne Gallo held over its corporate name.
The Supreme Court rejected the appellant's argument that, in order to assess the merits of a cancellation action filed against a national trade mark whose seniority is claimed, it is appropriate to treat that trade mark as if it were still in force through the European trade mark: the use of a European trade mark did not save the national registration whose seniority was claimed, and which was not used at the time it was abandoned as a national registration.
Thus holders of national rights should not abandon them even if they claim seniority from them in European trade marks.


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Alone in the cockpit in control of Germanwings Flight 9525, Andreas Lubitz was harbouring a deadly secret.
Ignoring instructions from his doctor, who certified him unfit to fly on the day the plane crashed into the French Alps, the 27-year-old appears to have single-mindedly set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the worst air disaster for the low-cost airline and its parent Lufthansa, killing all 150 people on board.
Strict medical privacy laws mean the companies were oblivious to the potential dangers lurking in Lubitz's mind as the first officer took the plane into a steep descent over the region that members of his local gliding club, where he developed his passion for flying, had toured in the past.
Confidentiality regulations, designed to protect medical data and encourage people to consult doctors without fear of repercussion, put the onus on patients to disclose potentially hazardous diagnoses to authorities and their employers.
The case is sparking debate over how practices may be changed as a result of the tragedy. It also raises questions about Lubitz's period of absence from flying school that delayed his qualification to fly.
Lubitz, who started his pilot training in 2008, took leave for "several months" at one point.
Lubitz suffered from a psychosomatic condition and was being treated by several neurologists and psychiatrists, according to a person familiar with the investigation who declined to be identified because the information isn't public.
He sought treatment for vision problems that may have put an end to his career as a pilot, The New York Times reported.
Neither police nor prosecutors have publicly commented on the report. Psychosomatic disorders are physical diseases that are thought to have mental reasons, like stress and anxiety.
Prosecutors in Dusseldorf found a sick note at Lubitz's home suggesting he was unfit to fly on the day of the crash, and said he may have concealed his illness intentionally.
Lubitz had appointments at the University Hospital in Dusseldorf in February and on March 10 for "diagnostic clarifications", the hospital said on Friday.
There are two main exceptions under which a doctor may break the oath of confidentiality, said Steinhaeuser.
One is when a patient demonstrates symptoms of epidemic diseases, like cholera or typhus, and the other is when there is a suspicion the patient may be planning to commit a serious crime. There are no special rules that compel a doctor to alert authorities if a pilot is diagnosed with depression, he said.
"If he decides to hide it, it's likely that he will successfully hide it," said Andreas Adrian, a spokesman for Germany's Association of Aeromedical Examiners. Certified aeromedical examiners are obliged to inform the Federal Aviation Authority if they detect a medical condition that could compromise a pilot's ability to fly, said Adrian.
Since such examiners are generally not permitted to conduct drug tests, and are not trained or required to diagnose psychological illnesses, they "may only find out about such a condition if the pilot reveals it or demonstrates severe characteristics of these specific diseases," he said.
Commercial pilots in Germany must undergo medical exams annually to maintain their licences. If those checks reveal conditions that may impair a pilot's ability to fly, that expert is not permitted to pass the patient and must inform the aviation authority. This office then makes the call about what additional exams or treatments may have to be administered to assess if the pilot is fit to fly.
The father of one of the victims of last week's plane crash in the French Alps has called for airlines to take greater care over pilots' welfare.
His 28-year-old son, Paul Bramley, was one of 150 people killed in Tuesday's disaster.
Andreas Lubitz joined Germanwings in 2013, and had passed all required medical check-ups.
"The test that will get you into a Lufthansa flight training programme is a very hard test and this is why most people who get into those pilot classes will train for those tests," said David Hasse, the editor-in-chief of German aviation website airliners.de.


A community organisation in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is challenging how health organisations typically go about their work in poor parts of the world.
In this interview, part of the Bellagio Residency 2018 series, Kumar tells SciDev.Net about the Lab's philosophy and how putting it in practice has helped sharply reduce neonatal mortality in rural India.
How does the Community Empowerment Lab work?
We have four stages of work. The first stage is deep listening, with deep empathy - without bringing our own mental models, trying to understand why do people do what they do, think the way they think. The second is essentially co-design: we sit together as a community ‒ both the science and the local wisdom ‒ where we can have a free and fair meeting and mating of ideas. The third step is to actualise it. So we evaluate what we have developed through randomized control trials in general, and sometimes other quasi-experimental studies. [It] essentially means the results would get published. If we have the proof of principle here, then the fourth state is essentially working to bid [to] governments and policymakers, to see how we can integrate that within a larger scale.
What's an example of how this has helped?
I used to be at Hopkins [Johns Hopkins University] and I came back to India, into this rural community. The first thing we did was epidemiological studies. And we discovered that whatever statistics were available, the mortality rates of children were actually at least 25 per cent higher. At that point, 15 years back, the community health centre was extremely weak. The mortality rate was 8per cent. When I look at it biomedically, I feel there are a lot of things they [people] do [that are] putting the babies at risk. But then we have a convergence point: that we both want to save lives - and can we bring science to add to what they are already trying to do [to save 92 per cent of the babies]. We don't have to replace, we just need to build on their local wisdom.
So we developed a whole package of essential newborn care interventions around this. We brought in some science, in terms of what we call behaviour change management. I would actually call it empowerment. We did a randomized control trial and found a 54 per cent reduction in neonatal mortality, which we published in The Lancet. This was [in a place] where there's no medicine. This is the potential within the communities, the mothers themselves. We just don't need to see them as a demand-side, and ourselves as a supply-side, but they all are producers of good health - we need to recognize it.
In that philosophy of putting the person first, how do you evaluate - medically or scientifically - what is valid to follow up on?
Many at times I feel there are solutions looking for a problem. We're saying, can we reverse it? For instance, when we studied newborn care practices, we realized [that] when the baby is born it is bathed immediately, and their vernix is scrubbed and removed. Now, is it harmful? It is biomedically a harmful practice – the vernix is essential, protective, and it shouldn't be removed. By bathing the baby, you are putting the baby at the risk of hypothermia.
But why do people do it? Well, they do it because they actually believe that nine months of pregnancy is nine months of accumulation of dirt, because it is nine months of amenorrhea [missed menstruation], and they believe they need to cleanse the baby. Bringing [in] epidemiological tools, we realized most of the babies die in the first day, and in the first week. The first week also coincides with the seven days they [mothers] will stay in a closed room, and they have very limited care seeking once the baby is sick.
Once we have it [the understanding] we develop an intervention around it. So one, for example, could be around hypothermia ‒ we coined a term [for] the cold fever that puts the baby at risk, but you can manage that cold fever by putting the baby … skin-to-skin. Then of course we will evaluate - assessing on the mortality, morbidity, weight gain etc.
Is it community health workers that interact with the people involved?
Yes. And now they have become part of the larger health system in India. When we started we didn't have a health worker cadre, but I believe we did provide the scientific evidence that health workers can play such a very important role.
And is this what you meant by a process of 'enculturating science' when you proposed a 2016 residency at Bellagio?
If I am a doctor, trained in a certain biomedical model, I've never been trained to also be appreciative of the cultural model that exists in the community. And usually, there is no interaction. We need to weave them together, and we need to bring the best of the West and the best of the East. So hypothermia could be a biomechanical concept, but how do I translate that into something that they [people] can appreciate and integrate within themselves.
I was born in one of the most impoverished parts of the country, the state of Bihar. I spent the first five years in the village, and then raised by my eldest brother who was a virologist. I got to travel with him around the world [and] kept going back every year. I was at this intersection of two worlds who were not talking to each other. Maybe that is one part of it.
The second part is, it's ethical and moral and smart that we have the larger set of people become part of the solution rather than the problem. If we look at the global failure of behaviour change programs, or larger government interventions, it seems to me there is a silent rejection of these. And part of this rejection is because we don't even begin with them in mind - we begin with a problem in mind.
Are big organizations that promote health policy receptive to this sort of approach?
It has not been easy. One reason, I believe, is this very top-down 'I know the answer' [attitude]. Physicians are trained to have absolute control over their patients. It is only more recently that now there is some gradual change. But still, very gradual. Let me give an example of breastfeeding. The best milk is not produced by a doctor, is not produced by Nestle. It is produced by the poorest mother, as well as the richest mother. But we don't see them as co-producers of that health. I think we need to be humble, to say well, I may know something but mothers also know. We historically have been very interventionist.
The second piece of it could simply be that a lot of the development comes from largely an agenda driven by developed countries, and therefore they come with either a sense of charity or a sense of superiority. That is not just a West versus East [issue], but within the country.
What is a concrete step towards taking a similar approach in other parts of the world?
I think the first step simply has to be, let's listen. Let's listen to the 'beneficiaries', and let's ask them how they would go about doing it [solving a problem]. It can be difficult! But if you want to, I think it's not too difficult.


Amsterdam based weekly event Encore asked me to participate in a pitch for there second festival. Gladly enough I was chosen to do the whole identity / campaign for Encore Festival 2015. Below you can find a very little selection of the items I made for this awesome project.
Amsterdam based weekly event Encore asked me to participate in a pitch for there second festival.
Gladly enough I was chosen to do the whole identity / campaign for Encore Festival 2015.
Below you can find a very little selection of the items I made for this awesome project.


Mahavir Jayanti 2018 is one of the most important religious festivals of Jains and its celebrations include huge processions, which may feature elephants, horses, chariots, drummers and chanters.
Mahavir Jayanti 2018 falls on March 29 this year.
Jains take out grand processions on the day of the festival.
Jains eat meals that exclude root veggies, fungi and yeast as well.
Mahavir Jayanti 2018 will be celebrated on the 29th of March. The festival is celebrated by Jains living around the world to mark the birth of Mahavir, who was the 24th and the last 'tirthankara' in Jainism. According to the Gregorian calendar, the festival usually falls in March or April, and according to the Hindu calendar, it falls on the 13th day of the month of Chaitra. Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most important religious festivals of Jains, and is also known as Mahaveer Janma Kalyanak, or the Birth Anniversary of Lord Mahavira - the founder of Jainism.
Mahavir Jayanti, as mentioned above, marks the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir, and it is a sacred day for the Jain community. There is some debate about his date of birth, with the Shwetambar Jains believing that he was born in 599 BC, while the Digambar Jains believing that the Lord was born in 615 BC. Mahavir was a proponent of non-violence, and preached love and respect of all kinds of living beings, from the tiniest micro-organisms to the largest multi-celled creatures.
This tenet of Jainism still holds true for followers of the religion, who celebrate Mahavir Jayanti in a grand way. Celebrations of Mahavir Jayanti include huge processions, which may feature elephants, horses, chariots, drummers and chanters. Sometimes, a statue of Lord Mahavir is being carried out in a decorated cradle. Some people offer silent prayers, and recite Lord Mahavir's sermons to other fellow followers on the day of the festival. In India, Gujarat and Rajasthan have the highest number of Jains, and hence, the celebrations are especially ardent.
Jains are known for their stringent food habits and their strict abstinence from certain foods like onions and garlic, which are both root vegetables. So, every dish that is cooked during Mahavir Jayanti should never include either of these two vegetables. Jains are strict adherents of vegetarianism as the Mahavir's teachings talk about minimising pain to other creatures. Naturally then, Jains steer clear of all non-vegetarians dishes, so as to follow the path of non-violence or ahimsa.
Other important aspects of the Jain philosophy of food includes eating food before sundown, mainly to spare the creatures that come out in the dark and eating fresh and healthy. Besides staying away from root vegetables and tubers, Jains also don't include mushrooms and other edible fungi as well as edible yeasts in their diet. They believe that eating these things would mean killing the parasites on them, which in turn would attract bad Karma. The Jain way of eating is known as the satvik diet and the central idea is to eat fresh meals prepared from nature's goodness and with minimum harm to living creatures.


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Innovative Movies Show Real-time Immune-cell Activity within Tumors
Josh Umbehr Oncology
Dr. Wolfgang Weninger and his team of researchers at the Wistar Institute have used a "two-photon microscope" to capture real time video of immune cells attacking cancerous cells.
Using advanced new microscopy techniques in concert with sophisticated transgenic technologies, scientists at The Wistar Institute have for the first time created three-dimensional, time-lapse movies showing immune cells targeting cancer cells in live tumor tissues. In recorded experiments, immune cells called T cells can be seen actively migrating though tissues, making direct contact with tumor cells, and killing them.
With a series of movies made under different experimental conditions, the researchers resolved important questions about the mechanisms by which T cells act against cancer. Their findings, published online November 20, will appear in the November 27 print edition of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
"We've taken the first real-time look at the final phase of the immune system's response to cancer cells," says Wolfgang Weninger, M.D., an assistant professor in the Immunology Program at Wistar and senior author on the new study. "This has enabled us to delineate the rules of T cell migration and engagement directly within the intricate microenvironment of tumors."
The scientists used a leading-edge instrument called a two-photon microscope, able to peer inside living tissues. The microscope tracked and recorded the movements in three dimensions over time of T cells in a transgenic mouse developed by Weninger and Ulrich von Andrian at Harvard Medical School in which the cells fluoresce green. In addition, for this study, tumor cells in the mice were engineered to fluoresce blue.
In one group of the mice, a vaccine developed by Wistar professor and study co-author Hildegund C.J. Ertl, M.D., was used to activate the T cells that recognize a molecule on the surface of the tumor cells. Such molecules are referred to by immunologists as antigens. In a second group, no such vaccine was given.
Movies captured with the two-photon microscope then recorded the unfolding scene in the so-called tumor microenvironment. How would the green T cells behave in the two groups of mice?
"There are several significant conclusions from these experiments," Weninger says. "First, it is now possible to visualize the behavior of the individual cellular components of the tumor microenvironment in real-time. Second, we have demonstrated that T cells physically interact with tumor cells, which had not been shown before. Finally, it's the presence of antigen that determines how T cells migrate and interact with the tumor cells.
"These experiments set the basis for unraveling the molecular requirements for T cell migration and T cell-tumor cell interactions. We should then be able to use results from this research to further improve immunotherapeutic strategies against cancer in patients."
Press release . . .
Josh Umbehr
Josh Umbehr, MD founded AtlasMD Concierge Family Practice, one of the fastest growing insurance-free practices in the country. Currently developing an industry leading platform for direct primary care physicians: Atlas EMR Software for Concierge Medicine.


If you require long-term medication, you can obtain repeat prescriptions easily and with the minimum of inconvenience.
Using the repeat system frees up appointments for other people and makes the best use of your doctor's time.
The right-hand side of your prescription contains a list of all the medications that are authorised for repeats.
Please tick ONLY those medicines that you need. Tear off the slip from the prescription and return it to the surgery.
You can hand in, send by post or fax us your request. If you want us to send the prescription back to you please include a stamped addressed envelope.
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Please ask for a repeat prescription when you have about one week's supply left.
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Please allow at least two full working days for your request to be processed and ready for collection. For example, if we receive your request on Monday morning it should be ready by Wednesday afternoon.
If your medication needs reviewing by a doctor, then your request may take longer to complete.
Why only a maximum of two months' medication at a time?
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Your doctor will write a note to you asking you to have a blood test or see one of the clinical staff when your next review is due.
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Please try to use the repeat prescription system properly and we will do our very best to have your prescription prepared on time.


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Do I need to use a guitar capo for this song?
I'm singing Bella ciao (an Italian song) with 4 chords:
Am E A7 Dm
The problem is that I find it very low to me, so I tried to barre the 5th fret with my index finger and play the usual chords with my other fingers and it sounds good.
Do I need really to replace my index finger by a capo or do I need more exercise on the 5th fret? (I find the playing on the 5 fret hard and the sound not really clear because of my index finger barre)
More general:
What are the cases when the capo becomes indispensable?
classical-guitar capos
Rockin Cowboy
Marwen TrabelsiMarwen Trabelsi
There is nothing wrong with using a capo, if it makes the sound you want.
Having said that, the barred shapes you are using are pretty simple ones, and it will be worthwhile learning to play them without a capo.
In your example you are raising the pitch of the whole song by 5 semitones.
The Am becomes a Dm
The E becomes an A
The A7 becomes a D7
The Dm becomes a Gm
Most people choosing to barre the shapes for this set of chords would play the A/D7/Dm on the fifth fret. But rather than play a Dm shape barred on the 5th fret (tricky!) to get the Gm, they'd play a Em shape on the 3rd fret. Not using a capo gives you the freedom to move your barre around.
But you could also play the song using the standard shapes for those chords; it will sound different from the song with the capo, since these are different voicings of the same chords, but it will harmonise properly. It will be up to you which version you prefer.
Because it contains both an A and an Am this isn't a very common set of chords. However, A, D and E are the 1st, 4th and 5th in the key of A, and I, IV, V is a very common set of chords, so it's worth remembering what they are in various keys:
C, F, G
D, G, A
E, A, B
F, Bb, C
G, C, D
A, D, E
So you can try your song in at least 6 keys without using a capo, for example using Em, E7, Am and B. Some keys will need a barre for certain chords; others won't.
A capo becomes indispensable when you want to transpose chords that can't be played without open strings.
slimslim
When you use a Capo you basically just change the key the song is in, in this case you go up 5 frets. This means you are not playing Am E A7 Dm anymore, but Dm A D7 Gm. You can play these chords now whereever you're comfortable, and sing as you would play with a capo in the 5th fret. This process is called transposition (you find a brief explanation here, there's also a useful chart), and basically just means move a song up or down x notes. If anything is not clear just ask :-)
Michael KunstMichael Kunst
Use capos all you want! However, you do need to learn and get comfortable with barre chords. As chiou wu said, in your case of you liking how all of the chords sound with the 5th fret barred down, then you're better off using the capo.
As aforementioned, it is important to be comfortable with barre chords as well as movable chords that are not barred. The capo is indispensable when you want to play in weird keys on the guitar like Ab or something. Not that it's impossible to play without a capo, but it is a whole lot more comfortable putting a capo on the 4th fret and playing the same way you'd play a song in E.
MrTheBardMrTheBard
The capo is an accepted addition to a guitarist's armory. It's not cheating to use one. The sound from most guitars is crisper when using a capo on 'open' strings that need to be moved up the fingerboard. If you're playing, for instance, the Dm chord, and hammering on the top string from open to first fret, it sounds effective (and good) open, but try doing it with some sort of barre. The better way would be, as you say, to capo on the appropriate fret, and use the same shape to hammer on from.
All this is not saying use a capo instead of learning to barre properly, but there's no mileage in struggling when a better alternative - ease of playing and clearer produced sound- exists.
TimTim
If you're using a capo for one specific song it doesnt matter. You wont have to depend on a capo for another song that you like in its original key.
Using the capo is the perfect solution to your problem of the song sounding too low.
You definitely don't need to use a capo in this case, what you should really do is learn the barre chords so that you're not dependant on a tool.
That said, whether you want to or not is up to you. I'm not a big fan of capo's because I feel like they're somehow cheating unless you need the open strings moved up a few frets.
Capo's become indispensable in cases where the chord shapes they make are impossible otherwise.
Alexander TroupAlexander Troup
Playing a whole song with a continuous barre on the same fret seems crazy! I doubt anyone would want to do it, except for some sort of extreme "workout". – anatolyg Feb 12 '14 at 16:17
Like I say, it depends on the particular chord. For the chords described above I don't think it would be too difficult once you have your barring down. – Alexander Troup Feb 12 '14 at 16:39
there's a tough one in Leonard Cohen's 'suzanne' where you need to barre an F# minor at the 2nd fret, which can be a nightmare if you're articulating every note – Alexander Troup Feb 12 '14 at 16:40
If you want to call yourself a guitarist, you need to be able to barre an F#m on the 2nd fret. – slim Feb 12 '14 at 17:12
I think that's the definition in the wiki @slim – Alexander Troup Feb 12 '14 at 17:22
There exists a system, called by different names…most often CAGED, because it employs the C, A, G, E and D open chord forms with either partial or full barring and/or dampening. It is useful for transposing and also for playing a song in any key and any position.
Blues players often use their thumb on the E string, but my hands are quite small and it has taken me a long time to develop the strength and stretching to accomplish it correctly. Jazz players comp sixth, ninths, diminished and augmented chords in the same manner.
Most lead improvisation works from this same basic technique without the use of capos. As the others have said, it is a matter of preference and I believe that players that sing well and play along use them to good advantage. James Taylor is a good example.
I don't sing because I have no range and a bit of a tin ear….but I do thoroughly enjoy playing and I don't use a capo most of the time. I also don't use open tunings much, except when I play slide, which is pretty rare, too.
I play because I enjoy it and I do not enjoy performing. I would recommend that you study the theory and the CAGED system if you want to play in the key you sing in without using a capo because the capo limits your range of notes, whereas systems like CAGED give you the entire neck and you will have a chord available in every key and position…with practice.
MichaelMichael
With your example the chords happen be as easy to play in D minor. However, if your voice demands a capo on, say, from first to fourth or sixth fret, you should use one. Singing is hard enough. You can build your muscles with barres during instrumental numbers.
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We talk about what happens at the college level, tell me what you got at the high school level? Yes it matters.
I'm calling travel. Very few others would. I'm considering no longer calling these myself as it seems like the entire basketball world wants this to be a legal play....which I'm OK with. I would rather the rule not contradict the game, but whatever.
Many officials think these plays are "too close" to call a travel on, but as I've said, a player RARELY (damn close to never) gathers the ball late enough to make this play legal.
Looks like his right foot was down when he gathered the ball, he picked it up to spin on his left, then put his right foot back down before going up for the shot... travel.
I think it only matters if it happens next week.
Yes, a travel, but almost never called.
It's a travel...but it's razor close so it would be tough to catch in real time. This player is extremely quick and athletic and is probably capable of pulling it off legally.
When is the last time you saw this move, slowed it down, and found it to be legal?
As a player, it is awkward and unnatural to "delay" the gather long enough to avoid traveling.
If I can't describe the travel using rule book terminology, like talking about the pivot foot and what it did, then I don't like to make the call. If a coach wants to know what the player did, what do I say? "It looked weird"?
Travel. Plays like this are the ones that I have the most trouble with. I doubt that I would have called it a travel in real time in my high school game. Not because of some accepted philosophy, but because I would have just missed it.
.... my Achilles heel is traveling, not at at the start of the dribble (easy peasey lemon squeezy), but at the end of dribble, when dribbler comes to an odd jump stop transitioning into the act of shooting.
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You really can't describe why a spin like this is a travel? It's the same as any other...the player just spins while committing the violation.
No way this is a travel the way the game is played today. when a player is gathering, unless it is clear it is completely in control and possessed, gathered, with the pivot foot down, in this case the right foot, you don't call it. If you aren't 100% sure on a travel call, you shouldn't call it.
Another example, as a player is going out to the wing to catch a pass, if he is catching going away from the basket, then turns and faces the basket, it's always going to be close to a travel for the same reason. If you are good at calling this a travel, you won't last long.
It's a general statement regarding a traveling call. I actually described this play in my initial post in this thread.
No way this is a travel the way the game is played today. when a player is gathering, unless it is clear it is completely in control and possessed, gathered, with the pivot foot down, in this case the right foot, you don't call it.
It is a travel, whether it's called, or not, is another question.
As I posted earlier, I probably would have missed the travel in real time, but that doesn't make it a legal move, just another screw-up by yours truly.
If you aren't 100% sure on a travel call, you shouldn't call it.
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Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo react with joy at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday upholding his acquittal on appeal on charges of crimes against humanity --paving the way for his return home after a decade away.
Celebrations appear to have begun early overseas.
Jean Gossé, a Gbagbo supporter is eleated!
"We say that the whole of Africa has just been liberated today. It's the whole of Africa, especially Côte d'Ivoire. That is why we have gone crazy. This day will remain engraved in our memories. Our prisoners will all be freed, after Laurent Gbagbo, that's why we are going crazy."
Victorine Tiébresson, the leader of women Gbagbo supporters, appears relieved.
"He is no longer in the dock. He has been released, he has been acquitted. There is no other reason to put him in prison."
Appia Assémien, a youth leader, feels vindicated.
"We have just learned that all the conditions against President Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé have been lifted, so in conclusion, the appeal has been rejected. That is why I have this t-shirt because we've known for a long time that the president would be freed, that this appeal would be rejected."
Judges dismissed an appeal by prosecutors against the ICC's 2019 shock decision to clear Gbagbo and his former youth leader Charles Blé Goudé over a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-11.
The first head of state to stand trial at the tribunal, Gbagbo, 75, had denied all charges over the bloodshed in which 3,000 people were killed after he disputed the results of the 2010 vote.
Gbagbo has been living in Brussels under the court's orders since his release from detention in 2019 but had planned to return to Ivory Coast if cleared, thanks to an olive branch offered by his erstwhile rival Alassane Ouattara.
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Top 10 Lady Gaga Albums Covers
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Our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers list looks at an innovative and successful artist who is known for her larger-than-life presence on and off stage. She is photogenic which shows in her album covers. Lady Gaga is known for making a statement in music and fashion. Her statement reflects on her album covers. Lady Gaga always gives people something to talk about. She loves to shock people with her fashion sense. Lady Gaga isn't your average pop star. No one can ever accuse her of being predictable. She has had some of the biggest hits in pop music so it makes sense that her album covers would stand out. The same person who wore a bacon outfit to an awards show has no problem showing her creativity on her album covers.
Lady Gaga has sold millions of albums over the years. Fans love her creative style in music as well as her fashion sense. She pushes the envelope that only a few artists know how to do. She is a photographer's dream because she isn't afraid to be cutting edge. Her album covers reflect her edgy side. She's not shy when it comes to showing off her big personality. You can see her courage and strength any time you pick up her albums and look at the pictures. They will capture your eyes and speak to you. The singer's album covers tell a visual story and you want to listen to it.
Looking at Lady Gaga's album covers is like stepping into an art gallery. She never has the same cover twice. The artwork is mesmerizing and unique. These are words that describe Lady Gaga perfectly. Her album covers evolved with her style. She always knows how to surprise her listeners. Her style is flashy one minute and understated the next. These are the things Lady Gaga's Little Monsters love about the iconic singer. She is eclectic and expressive. She has released several albums on her own as well as albums with Tony Bennett. It was fun looking through her album covers to pick the perfect ones for our list. Take a stroll with us on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers list to see the different covers she has used throughout her career. You will be amazed at her creativity on the album covers.
# 10 – Love for Sale ft. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
The first pick on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers is Love for Sale. This is the second album Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recorded together. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's styles couldn't be more different, but they made it work. The cover of the album is eye popping. It is a throwback to classical music. It features the artists dressed in classy clothes. She is wearing a white evening gown with her hair pinned up. It accentuates her high cheekbones. She isn't wearing too much makeup which gives her face a fresh look. He is wearing a black tuxedo. She is leaning over fixing his bowtie. He is holding a sketchbook with her picture drawn on it.
If you notice the cover, you will see that there is sketch work behind them. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's pictures are black and white, but there is a splash of color painted on the cover. This is one of the understated album covers we mentioned earlier. Lady Gaga doesn't go for flash for this cover. She chose to look classy and elegant. You can get lost looking in their eyes. They look like they are staring directly at you. Love for Sale was released in September 2021. The album peaked at number one on the jazz charts and number eight on Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Get a Kick Out of You," "Love for Sale" and "Night and Day."
# 9 – A Star Is Born Soundtrack
The next pick on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers list is A Star Is Born soundtrack. Lady Gaga starred in this movie with Bradley Cooper. This is the movie that made people take notice of her as an actress. This is another understated album cover. It is mostly black and white. There is gold lettering to help give the picture some color. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are looking lovingly at each other. She is holding a book of songs while he is playing a guitar. Unlike the first album cover pick, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are wearing casual clothes. They are dressed the way people dress every day. She has a gorgeous smile on her face.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are in a profile picture. They are looking at each other as if they are the only two people in the world. The picture is romantic and sensual. They look like a couple in love, and you can forget that they are acting in a movie together. The cover looks like something a couple would have on their wall. The photographer didn't go for a splashy picture which was a good choice. The love is shown with just the way they look at each other. A Star Is Born soundtrack was released in October 2018. The album peaked at number one on Billboard 200. It features the singles "Shallow," "Always Remember Us This Way" and "I'll Never Love Again." The album sold over six million copies.
# 8 – Joanne
This is Lady Gaga's fourth studio album. Lady Gaga was changing her image. She wanted to downplay her eccentric image. Lady Gaga wanted a subdued image. The album cover is subtle. Her previous album covers were bigger and attention grabbing. This album cover is simple. It is a profile picture of the artist. She looks stunning in the picture. It has a solid blue background that will relax you. She is wearing a pink cowboy hat. The cowboy hat matches the new musical style for this album. She was going for a country theme album, so it fits that she chose to wear a cowboy hat. There is also a shot of her tattoo on her back.
The subtle cover gives you more to talk about. The picture makes you wonder what is going through Lady Gaga's mind as she poses for it. She looks like she is deep in thought. This cover is her way of being taken seriously as an artist. She demands respect and you must give it to her. Lady Gaga wanted a simpler style compared to her previous studio albums. The cover is carefully crafted to match the serious tone of the album. She dedicated this album to her late aunt who died. Joanne was released in October 2016. The album peaked at number one on Billboard 200. It features the singles "Perfect Illusion," "Million Reasons" and "Joanne." The album sold over one million copies.
# 7 – A Very Gaga Holiday
Lady Gaga threw her hat in the ring by releasing a Christmas album. Lady Gaga showed that she can sing about anything. She changed her style by doing jazz and pop music on the album. This album cover is graceful. It shows off Lady Gaga's soft side. She is dressed in a classy outfit. She looks beautiful in the white clothes. Lady Gaga is wearing winter clothes to match the holiday theme of the album. It is a colorful picture that brings out the golden hue of her skin. She is wearing gold makeup to match the atmosphere and the lettering on the cover. Her bright clothes are a contrast to the dark background. It helps the album cover stand out.
Lady Gaga did a beautiful pose for the picture. She has her eyes closed and a smile on her face. You can't help smiling while looking at the picture. She did the type of pose that models do on magazine covers. It may have taken a lot to capture this photo, but she makes it look effortless. This may not be one of her big album covers, but it makes a beautiful statement. A Very Gaga Holiday was released in November 2011. It peaked at number nine on the Holiday albums charts and number 52 on Billboard 200. It features the single "White Christmas." The album sold over 44,000 copies.
# 6 – Cheek to Cheek ft. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
This is the first album Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga did together. This album proved Lady Gaga has an eclectic style. She was known for singing dance and pop music. This album helped her step out of her comfort zone. This is a unique picture. The artists are on the cover of a New York newspaper. Newspapers usually have black and white photos, but this one is colorful. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are holding each other as if they are dancing together. They are holding hands. Lady Gaga shocked fans with her new look. She did a complete makeover with this album. She looks unrecognizable in the picture. She has dark curly hair instead of her blonde locks. People compared her to Cher because of her new look. She is wearing an elegant dress. Tony Bennett looks like his normal regal self. He is dressed in a stylish suit.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga look as if they were caught by surprise in the picture. Photographer Steven Klein saw the singers talking and took their picture. You would never know that they didn't pose for this picture because it looks natural. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga working together was shocking news, so it made sense that they are on a newspaper for the album cover. The newspaper background makes you feel as if you are reading a paper. The artists look like they are having fun with each other. Cheek to Cheek was released in September 2014. It peaked at number one on Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Anything Goes" and "I Can't Give You Anything but Love." The album sold over 700,000 copies.
# 5 – The Fame
The next pick on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers list is The Fame. This is Lady Gaga's first album. This is the album that introduced the world to the talented singer. The album cover is mysterious because you don't get to see much of her face. Her face is shown, but it appears as if she is hiding it. She looks as if she is hiding who she is from the world. You can catch a glimpse of her flawless skin in the picture. She is wearing a black hood. You can see some of her signature blonde hair showing. She is hiding behind dark sunglasses with the title of the album on them. Her glasses are made of glass and mirrors to resemble a disco ball. She wanted to look like someone who was in the music business already.
The concept of the album is to bring back the idea of fame. She was someone who came out of nowhere and took the world by storm. This album cover portrays that look easily. She looks like a person who was on a mission to change music, which is exactly what she did. The album cover resembles a model posing for a magazine. It looks reminiscent of a magazine. The Fame was released in August 2008. The album peaked at number two on Billboard 200. It features the singles "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)." "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi." The album sold over 18 million copies.
# 4 – Chromatica
This is Lady Gaga's fifth studio album. Lady Gaga toned her style down for her previous albums. She returned to her dance pop element with Chromatica. This album has dance and house music. The album cover is enigmatic. The concept of the album is she is in a dystopian factory. She is wearing a leather corset and heels. Her nails are incredibly long. She is strapped to a metal grate. She ditched her signature blonde locks for pink hair. The color of her hair matches the light coming from the grate. The picture will give you science fiction vibes. The album cover is intriguing because you don't know what is going on in the scene.
Lady Gaga looks as if she is a hostage to style. The pose Lady Gaga is doing looks like a challenge. It is hard to know if she is laying down or if the photographer captured her standing up. The visual image is appealing because she could be posing either way. It all depends on your perspective of the picture. The album cover will have you thinking about it. Chromatica was released in May 2020. It peaked at number one on Billboard 200. It features the singles "Stupid Love," "Rain on Me," "911" and "Free Woman." The album sold over 300,000 copies.
# 3 – Telephone ft. Beyonce
"Telephone" is a single from The Fame Monster album. Two of the biggest stars in music teamed up for this single. The alluring cover features the two artists on it. They aren't in the picture together. Lady Gaga is on the top left while Beyonce is on the bottom right. Lady Gaga is wearing blue telephones on her head. She has her finger pointed in the air as if she is having a conversation with someone. The phones represent people that are in her head. The people are telling her to work harder for her craft. Beyonce is staring into your soul. She is wearing a bright blue coat with gold tassels on her shoulders.
The background has soft red and gold colors. The ladies have shadowy backgrounds. Lady Gaga's half of the album cover is unique because you don't see too many women with telephones on their heads. She is one of the few artists who can pull off this look. Lady Gaga and Beyonce are big artists in music. They manage to shine on the album cover in their own way. They both owned this album cover. Your eyes will be drawn to both singers. The single was released in January 2010. It peaked at number three on the Hot 100 charts and number one on the dance charts. The single sold over eight million copies. The Little Monsters and Beyhive got together to buy this gem.
# 2 – The Fame Monster – Standard and Deluxe Edition
This is Lady Gaga's re-issue of The Fame album. Lady Gaga did two covers of this album. The first cover is a striking photo of the star in a blonde wig. Her blonde hair is short. She is wearing a long black pleather coat. The collar of the coat covers half her face. You can only see her nose and eyes in the picture. Photographer Hedi Slimane tried to replicate The Fame album by obscuring her face. Her eyes look dangerous, and the photographer wanted to capture that for the album cover. Lady Gaga looks like a star who has a lot to say on this cover.
The deluxe edition features the star with brown hair. This is what Stefani Germanotti (Lady Gaga) looks like when she isn't wearing her blonde wig. She has thick long brown hair. She has dark mascara running down her face. The picture represents her crying. Lady Gaga has a goth look in this picture. She wanted to have a contrast of the two photos. They are supposed to represent how she was before she was famous (brown hair) and after she became famous (blonde hair). Her label didn't want her to do the cover with the brown hair because they didn't think it looked pop enough. They thought the album would be too dark. She won the fight and used both photos. The album was released in November 2009. The album peaked at number five on Billboard 200. It features the singles "Bad Romance," "Telephone," "Alejandro" and "Dance in the Dark." The album sold over one million copies.
# 1 – Born This Way
The number one pick on our Top 10 Lady Gaga Album Covers list is Born This Way. This is Lady Gaga's second studio album. She changed her style for this album. She wanted to talk about freedom, feminism, individuality, religion, and relationships. This is an unusual cover. Lady Gaga is half woman and half motorcycle. She is the front of the motorcycle. The photographer did an amazing job transforming her body into a motorcycle. It is a black and white photo with glaring lights bouncing off the chrome of the bike. Her red lipstick is the only splash of color in the picture. Lady Gaga looks sexy posing in the black background. She looks like she is in control. She looks unrecognizable, but no one else could pull off this look.
The album cover had people talking. They were surprised to see an album cover like this one. The concept of the album is to show everyone that she constantly changes her style. It is an album cover you haven't seen before. Lady Gaga is probably the only artist who could pull off this futuristic look. She didn't need her name on the cover to know who she was. She is one of the few artists who is courageous enough to do this cover. Born This Way was released in May 2011. The album peaked at number one on Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Born This Way," "Judas," "The Edge of Glory," "You and I," "Marry the Night" and "Bloody Mary." The album sold over six million copies.
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