Juno - Fun in taking risks

"JUNO screenwriter Diablo Cody and actress Ellen Page discuss what taking risks means to them ."




From: FoxSearchlight

Fran Watson

"If at first you don’t succeed, think how many people you’ve made happy." -H. Duane Black
Fran Watson has created a web page for the benefit od others. Fran offers "Hints, Tips, Resources, Poems, Articles and More".

The following text seems to sum up Fran's motivations:

"This world needs what you have to give. Open up the areas of your being; expose them to yourself - to others. You are valuable. You are unique. You have much to give. Do not be afraid to give it.

As we risk ourselves, we grow. Each new experience is a risk: we can try, and maybe fail, and as a result, grow - or hold back and stagnate.

You have the potential to be anything you want to be! You are free to choose. You are limited only by your fears. Let your dreams take over, fly with the eagles, soar into life, the world is waiting for you!"

Copyright 1987 Fran Watson

Risk poem

"A friend of mine found this poem. I don't know who authored it, but it's good. As we get older many of us stop taking risks. It may be safe but, but you may sacrifice your freedom."
From: FA360


How do you feel about this poem? Post your answer, making sure to write more than just a few short sentences, please.

Teenagers and Risk-taking at Camp

"Adolescence is a time when young people experiment with many aspects of life - testing how things fit together and using this process to define and shape how they think and how they fit into the world. This is a time when teens are learning how to become their "own person." Teens are involved in risk-taking that is not always harmful. Frequently, risk-taking in teens is a normal, healthy, developmental behavior for adolescents..." (read more)

US Time switch saves energy

The US has switched to Daylight Savings Time three weeks early in an effort to save energy.
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Baby beats biological clock

A Nottingham woman has just given birth after a new fertility test revealed her biological clock was ticking away.
Test results showed that Joanne Morgan needed to start her family earlier than she had planned. Steve Beech reports.

Watch the BBC news report here.

What time is it?

1. Sundial clock



2. Water clock

How many different kinds of clocks are you familiar with? How have human beings measured time? Why is timekeeping so important for people? What do you know about Daylight Saving Time? What are Time Zones?

You may have asked yourself these questions, but you may not have had the opportunity to find the answers.

Now is your chance to do that. It's time to learn about Time.

Choose one of the following tasks, do it, and share your thoughts with the readers of this blog.

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Daylight Saving Time?

Check the following two sites:

a) Daylight savings time

b) Daylight saving time ( From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

Open a new Word page, create a two-colmun table and fill each column with the advantages and disadvantages of Daylight Saving Time.

Finally, Click on the "comment" word under this post, choose the most important advantage and the most important disadvantge, copy and paste them into the comment box that opened up, and explain why you have chosen them as the most important ones.

2. "Google" the word clock to find pictures of different kinds of clocks. Choose the two different types of clocks you like best, describe them and explain why you like them. Write the link to the site where each of these clocks appear so that your readers can see them.