• Rain forest inferno
Massive fires in the Brazilian Amazon are a threat not only to the invaluable biodiversity the rainforest holds but also to human health and the warming climate. The moist tinder from the forests are more likely than drier materials to release toxic fumes; by attaching to particles of soot, such toxins can spread far from where the fires occur. “Depending on the meteorological conditions, these particles can be blow thousands of miles,” said Reto Gieré, an environmental scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, the fires are releasing carbon dioxide and trapping heat in the upper reaches of the atmosphere, potentially worsening climate change, and, once the trees are gone, leading to soil erosion. “Sediments can enter the streams and rivers,” potentially impacting aquatic plants and animals. (EDITORS: Feel free to use the Brief or the longer article.)
• Competition & exercise
Adding a competitive element can motivate people to exercise more. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine followed 600 people in a personalized fitness program with game-like elements and found that competition was more effective than social support or collaboration for increasing daily step counts. “Gamification and wearable devices are used commonly in workplace wellness programs and by digital health applications, but there is an opportunity to improve their impact on health behaviors by better incorporating behavioral insights and social incentives,” said researcher Mitesh Patel. (EDITORS: Feel free to use the Brief or the longer article.)
• U.S. health care
There are “inevitable moral choices that come with tremendous medical progress," according to a new book, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die. The authors, Amy Gutmann and Jonathan Moreno, argue that Americans should have universal, affordable access to health care: “Until we make universal access to basic health care a reality while controlling costs, we will continue to have among the lowest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any industrialized nation,” Gutmann said. “It turns out that increased access and affordability of health care actually can go together.” Gutmann is a political scientist and president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Moreno is a Penn expert on medical ethics and health policy. (EDITORS: Feel free to use the Brief or the longer article.)
• Children & languages
Why do children learn languages more easily than adults? The human brains hold two types of long-term memory: procedural or knowing how, and declarative or knowing that. Researchers have found that adults learning a second language appear to store both its rules and words in their declarative memory, while native speakers file the rules in their procedural memory and words in their declarative memory. Linguistics expert Kathryn Schuler, through her Child Language Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, is working to understand that relationship. “We might be able to find a way we can force adults back into using their procedural memory circuit so they can achieve higher levels of proficiency. That would be the dream,” she said. (EDITORS: Feel free to use the Brief or the longer article.)
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You can never go home again. Whether as caution or lament, the adage meant nothing to Addie Decker because when she left the rural Southwest for college in Los Angeles, she vowed never to return. But when her grandmother’s death calls Addie back, she confronts a landscape both familiar and foreign as a sudden boom in gas development threatens her family’s ranching heritage even as it promises vital prosperity to her old hometown. With her lover in tow, her high school sweetheart in waiting, and a sagebrush militia lurking in the wings, Addie must learn difficult lessons about loyalty and family while navigating a minefield of greed and obstinacy, love and violence.
Here’s what early readers love about
Church of the Graveyard Saints
“The landscape looms large in this contemplative novel . . . with both passion and compassion [Greaves takes] readers on a lyrical, vivid tour of the West.”
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Greaves’ environmentalist passions echo on every page without interfering with the story, thanks to his convincing characters, breakneck pace, and lyrical depictions of rural life.”
— BOOKLIST
“This modern Western delves into the cold truths about the price of progress, the bonds of family, and the journey of self-discovery.”
— BOULDER LIFESTYLE
“Timely and well-told . . . this compelling tale could have been ripped from the headlines.”
—ANNE HILLERMAN, author of The Tale Teller
“A spellbinding tale of multigenerational love and conflict.”
—SCOTT GRAHAM, author of the National Park Mystery Series
“Take a walk through the Church of the Graveyard Saints, take a walk into one hell of a book with one of my favorite authors, Chuck Greaves.”
—CRAIG JOHNSON author of the Walt Longmire Series, the basis of the Netflix drama Longmire
"No stranger to the landscape of the modern west, Greaves produces a tightly plotted drama that explores the extremes of preservation and development, and the political theater that can destroy everything in between."
—BEAU L’AMOUR, author (with Louis L'Amour) of No Traveler Returns
“Entertaining, educational and thought-provoking . . . not to be missed!”
—ANDREA AVANTAGGIO, Maria’s Bookshop
C. JOSEPH GREAVES spent 25 years as an LA trial lawyer before devoting his talents to fiction. Sometimes writing as Chuck Greaves, he has been a finalist for most of the major awards in crime fiction including the Shamus, Macavity, Lefty, and Audie, as well as the New Mexico-Arizona, Oklahoma, and Colorado Book Awards. He is the author of five previous novels, most recently Tom & Lucky, a Wall Street Journal “Best Books of 2015” selection and finalist for the 2016 Harper Lee Prize. He is also a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the book critic for the Four Corners Free Press newspaper in southwestern Colorado, where he lives and writes.
Where to buy
Paperback: 978-1-948814-12-6
E-book: 978-1-948814-13-3
Hi Dawn - hope your week is off to a great start!
Reaching out today to see if you'd be interested in setting up an album review of KAYZO's sophomore album Unleashed. Check it out here.
The album has been heralded by Alternative Press, EDM.com, Kerrang!, The Nocturnal Times, and more, and features alternative rock heavyweights like Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low, Frank Zummo from Sum 41, shYbeast, Of Mice & Men, Underoath, Our Last Night and more. It additionally features the late Kyle Pavone, who KAYZO hopes to honor through this release.
Unleashed is KAYZO's most expansive effort to date. "When I was able to sit down in the studio, talk face to face and exchange creative ideas with these bands in real time...that's when the real magic happened," Kayzo describes. "It was incredibly rewarding to be in the studio with these guys. I ended up learning so much."
Let me know if you'd be interested in setting up a review, and if you have any questions!
Thanks,
Kirsten
KAYZO
Releases New Album Unleashed
Featuring Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low, Frank Zummo of Sum 41,
Of Mice & Men, Underoath & More
Purchase/Stream Here:
August 14, 2019 - Los Angeles, CA - Genre-defying producer/DJ, KAYZO, has released his new album, Unleashed. As a continued exploration into rock/EDM crossover, Unleashed features a handful of alternative rock heavyweights such as Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low, Frank Zummo from Sum 41, shYbeast, Of Mice & Men, Underoath and more. The album solidifies KAYZO's place as a frontrunner in the crossover scene, as his fusion of genres seamlessly flows through hardstyle, trap, bass, dubstep, rock, metal, and beyond. "Making this album was a really special experience," KAYZO shares. "It was pretty full circle being able to translate my experiences with these bands' songs and the influence they had on my upbringing and my music." Unleashed is available for purchase/streaming via Welcome Records, here: http://ffm.to/unleashed. For more information on KAYZO, please visit: https://kayzo-music.com/.
Houston-born, Los Angeles-based electronic artist KAYZO, née Hayden Capuozzo, is one of the fastest-rising producer/DJs of this decade. From his beginnings as an eager student at the Icon Collective music production school in L.A. to his official debut as the winner of Insomniac Events' Discovery Project competition in 2012, KAYZO has graduated from budding producer to breakthrough artist in just over five years. Recognized as one of Billboard Dance's 100 Artists of 2019 (#67), KAYZO is today a bona fide global act.
His debut album OVERLOAD was released in January 2018 on KAYZO's own Ultra Music imprint, Welcome Records. Featuring a stimulating, cross-genre blend of rock theatrics and electronic futuristic, OVERLOAD has amassed over 21 million streams on Spotify alone.
In May 2018, he followed this up with a remix of Papa Roach's "Last Resort", which has amassed more than 13 million Spotify streams. Elsewhere, the dubstep monster "Wake Up," his collaboration with RIOT, counts more than 20 million streams on Spotify, with an additional 3 million on SoundCloud. KAYZO has continued to blend the genre of rock and electronic music with releases "Fake Fake Fake" featuring XO Sad and a highly anticipated song with Underoath titled "Wasted Space."
Now, KAYZO is back with Unleashed - his most expansive effort to date. "When I was able to sit down in the studio, talk face to face and exchange creative ideas with these bands in real time...that's when the real magic happened", Kayzo describes. "It was incredibly rewarding to be in the studio with these guys. I ended up learning so much."
Unleashed is available now via Welcome Records.
For more information on KAYZO, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/kayzomusic/
https://twitter.com/KayzoMusic/
https://www.instagram.com/kayzomusic/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/72iCiKwu6nu6Qq9emIwzYv/
Unleashed
1. Kayzo & Our Last Night - Alone
2. Kayzo & BlesstheFall - Before the Storm
3. Kayzo - Up In Flames Ft. Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low
4. Kayzo & Tynan - Monster Ft. Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire
5. Kayzo & ALRT - Dark Skies
6. Kayzo - Lost Ft. Xo Sad
7. Kayzo & Armnhmr - La Never Says Goodbye Ft. Kyle Pavone
8. Kayzo & 1788-L - ARK
9. Kayzo & K?D - Antidance
10. Kayzo & Yultron - Night Terror ft Of Mice & Men
11. Kayzo & Underoath - Wasted Space
12. Kayzo - Wait It Out Ft. Micah Martin
13. Kayzo - Fight For Love Ft. Micah Martin
14. Kayzo - Our Times Run Out Ft. Boys Of Fall
15. Kayzo - Cruel Love ft shYbeast & Frank Zummo
TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS
Raises Over $250k
During World Suicide Prevention Day Campaign
World Suicide Prevention Day Video Featuring
Alex Morgan, Chris Sullivan, Kyle Korver,
Abby Wambach, Lorenza Izzo, Hunter Hayes & more
Watch Now: youtu.be/xFu8IXDSy1s
Melbourne, FL - September 17, 2019 - Nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) recently wrapped their 8th annual annual campaign to honor World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) and National Suicide Prevention Week (September 8 - September 14). With the help of supports from around the world, the organization was able to raise more than $250k for treatment and recovery, surpassing their initial goal of $150k. Over 5700 people donated to this year's "You Make Today Better" campaign, in addition to the sale of over 4600 World Suicide Prevention Day packs. The money raised will help sponsor over 4100 counseling sessions and fund 60,000 FIND HELP searches.
Founder Jamie Tworkowski shares: "This year's World Suicide Prevention Day campaign was the biggest in our history. We were able to connect with people in 50 states and 30 countries. The money raised will lead to thousands of people getting the help they need and deserve. Although the campaign has ended, the work continues and the conversation continues as well. We are grateful and excited."
TWLOHA recently shared an inspiring new video featuring appearances from US Women's National Soccer Team stars Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach, actors Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) and Lorenza Izzo (One Upon A Time In Hollywood), Keltie Knight (Entertainment Tonight) basketball player Kyle Korver, country star Hunter Hayes, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, singer/songwriter Mat Kearney, pro surfer Caroline Marks, and more. To watch the video, please visit: youtu.be/xFu8IXDSy1s.
Additional posts were shared throughout the week by singer/songwriter Carlos Whittaker, surfer Coco Ho, North Carolina Courage soccer star Heather O'Reilly, US Women's National Soccer Team star Jessica McDonald, and writer/director Steve Nguyen, amongst others. Joining them were sites like People Mag, PAPER Mag, Parade, Alternative Press, The Aquarian Weekly, and more sharing the message of hope and help.
Since its start in 2006, TWLOHA has donated over $2.4 million directly into treatment, has responded to over 210,000 messages from over 100 countries, and traveled more than 3.4 million miles to meet people face-to-face at nearly 3,000 events. Each month, they connect with 5 million people online through social media and their FIND HELP Tool fields 5,000 searches made by people seeking affordable, local mental health resources.
In addition to this year's WSPD campaign, TWLOHA recently announced that they will be holding their annual HEAVY AND LIGHT event on September 21st, 2019 at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL. The organization invites everyone to attend the show for what promises to be an inspiring evening of songs, conversation and hope, with performances from Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Anthony Raneri of Bayside, Dessa, and SWIMM. Also speaking at the event will be poet Anis Mojgani, artist/writer Morgan Harper Nichols, and singer/songwriter Jamie Grace.
Tickets for HEAVY AND LIGHT are on sale now and available at https://livemu.sc/2ZcpptG.
Media Advisory
Secretary Perdue to speak at United Fresh Conference TOMORROW
(Washington, D.C., September 17, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will speak at the United Fresh Conference TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 18th.
Secretary Perdue to deliver remarks at United Fresh Conference
WHAT: Secretary Perdue will deliver remarks at the United Fresh Conference.
WHEN: TOMORROW, Wednesday, September 18th beginning at 8:15am ET.
WHERE: Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
