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Time is a luxury we no longer possess

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  Time is a luxury we no longer possess Our battered Subi spacecraft, a relic in the night Flickering erratic, its core a dying light On Primary Trade Lane Delta-Nine, a river of light so grand But cycles bled away, draining across the land BK slumped, pale and strained, JB with eyes closed in despair Time a luxury we no longer possessed, consumed by cosmic air. No stopping in uncharted space No "stop and revive" in this perilous, uncharted space. The Rumour Mill's comfort is a memory, lost to time and trace. The exorbitant demand is a punch right to the gut. Our savings drained, our journey's hope, behind a costly shut. Slingshot into an anomaly But Katcha's mind intertwined with Subi, a final desperate plea, "A predictive model for a slingshot to the anomaly!" "Best case, worst case": a gamble to save everything we hold dear, with a 45% chance of structural damage, battling hope and fear. To that faint, almost imperceptible energy signature, ...

ESL: Movie Poster

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ESL: Movie Poster - Digital Technology and Lesson Plan http://bighugelabs.com offers a number of fun toys. The movie poster is a simple web 2.0 toy that is easy to complete, is fun and has a good output. Make your own customized movie poster . You choose the photo, titles, and credits. Be a star! What a great tool for students with low literacy or of an ESL classification. All that is required is an image, a title, subtexts plus some credit text - plus some imagination and creativity. Movie poster follows the KISS principal - Keep it simple stupid - however a small unit of work can be wrapped around the tool. Movie poster works well with personal Flicker and Facebook ESL Lesson Plan : from http://bogglesworldesl.com/lessons/MovieLesson2.htm Please modify this to suit the Movie Poster technology and the class context. Start off by asking the class if they would like to see a movie together. Almost certainly, one student will say yes. Ask them what...