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https://sites.libsyn.com/556617/the-sat-exam-and-daily-awe Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! The Scholastic Aptitude Test, called the SAT, was, for years, a touchstone for colleges to gauge a student’s readiness to handle college assignments. There is also the ACT, as an alternative. Many colleges

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” – Joan Didion On Express Yourself!® Teen Radio, host Allison Lu discusses the recent Nobel Prize recipient Karl Deisseroth, and the larger question of what it means to push the boundaries of what’s possible, from groundbreaking scientific discoveries to the constitutional limits placed on the American Dream. Karl Deisseroth’s work is a reminder of just how much we still have to discover, and how ideas that initially seem impossibl

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! A new study indicates that light exposure during sleep may change the shape and function of heart muscles, increasing the risk of future heart disease. CNN reported the study, which suggests light pollution may cause cardiovascular disease. Do you get nervous in s

By Cynthia Brian “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting… Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.” Edgar Allen Poe As I sipped my morning coffee on the balcony of the B&B overlooking the Merced River on the outskirts of Yosemite National Park, a pair of ravens watched my every move. Ravens are huge birds with wingspans up to five feet. In folklore, when ravens visit a garden, they are considered whisperers of fate and mystical messengers. It’s nearing Halloween

https://sites.libsyn.com/560220/ai-predicting-rocket-failures In Space Spotlight, Express Yourself!™ teen host, Saanvi Phaneendra, shares information on how AI predicts rocket failures. In segment one, she looks at why rockets fail and how AI can help catch trouble early. Machine learning means that instead of a person writing every rule, a computer looks at a huge amount of past data and figures out the patterns on its own. AI learns what normal looks like and then flags a

Tune into the upbeat, positive lifestyle broadcast where producer and host Cynthia Brian showcases strategies for success on StarStyle®-Be the Star You Are!®. Available wherever you listen to your favorite programs! Cynthia Brian has long advocated that teens are not just the future, they are “the today”. In Smithsonian’s Magazine about the 250th Anniversary of America, they write about the teen machine. Cynthia talks about how teens rule and the most important words of our t

Picture this: it’s the middle of the night. The power is out. It’s pitch-black and cold. You are sick with the flu, and there is pounding at your door. The firefighter says, “evacuate now…you have sixty seconds.” What do you do? It happened to us, and because I was partially prepared for an emergency, my husband and I were in our car in less than a minute. Mistakes were made; lessons were learned. Global warming is resulting in more frequent and devastating climate disasters.

https://cynthiabrian.substack.com/p/truth-be-told MIRACLE MOMENT® “Truth is always the strongest argument.” Sophocles Share A MESSAGE from Founder/Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN Cynthia Brian We are fortunate to live in a country where the First Amendment of the United States guarantees five fundamental freedoms. According to Congress.gov, this amendment of the Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise

MIRACLE MOMENT® “There's nothin' you can do that can't be done Nothin' you can sing that can't be sung…All you need is love, love. Love...

With the recent catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that devastated thousands of structures and acres as well as killed more than two dozen...

MIRACLE MOMENT® “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the...

With freedom, all things are possible! CYNTHIA BRIAN JUL 05, 2024 MIRACLE MOMENT® “With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could...

“Life is just a bowl of cherries. So live and laugh at it all.” Lyrics by Lew Brown, Sung by Rudy Vallée, 1931 The birds are flocking to...

“The Land! That is where our roots are. There is the basis of our physical life.” Henry Ford As a gardener, I spend copious amounts of...

“There are no happier folks than plant lovers, and none more generous than those who garden.” Ernest Wilson Many years ago, I was...

MIRACLE MOMENT® “Change always comes bearing gifts.” Price Pritchett A MESSAGE from Founder/Executive Director, CYNTHIA BRIAN When I was...

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/146038/the-effects-of-social-media-on-teens Join our nerd extraordinaire, Keerthi, as she hosts this...

Miracle Moment® “My mother said to me, If you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if you become a monk, you'll end up as the Pope....