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‘what isn’t there’

Why couldn’t I?
Now I see the torture,
Now I see the Pain,
Why didn’t you show me?
This toxic, ruthless place,
I am the only one that knows,
The poisonous things in life are unseen,
The ugly and the beautiful
They can both be invisible,
I know that well enough,
Living in nuclear existance
Before I entered the world,
Before I really saw it for what it is,
Destructive,
Deadly,
I used to be so naïve,
Now everything’s lethal,
Nothings safe.

Not bad…needs sharper diction. 8/10

Hey guys, our class had to write an ending to the story "all summer in a day". What do you guys think of mine? Please be honest, even if you dislike it. Thanks:)

Here it is:

The children all stepped back as Margot slowly came out of the closet. With all their faces cast downwards, they could not see the pain that was clearly visible on Margot’s small features.
“The sun.” she whispered quietly, without emotion. “The sun.” Without warning, all the frustration and pain that had been welling up inside Margot exploded, like a balloon being popped with a needle. As these emotions turned into tears, another feeling began to seep into her soul. This emotion was longing; pure, deep longing. Every tear that escaped from her eyes reminded her of all the things she desperately wanted. Every tear also took away a small shard of the pain that had been piercing her soul, until there was no pain left at all.
After the last desolate tear slipped down her face, she silently looked up. Sixteen pairs of concerned eyes met hers. One by one, each of her classmates ambled over to her, and wrapped their arms comfortingly around her small body. She realized that these were the people who had taken from her the chance of ever seeing the sun, yet she felt no resentment.
A girl with thin black hair broke away from the circle, and cleared her throat nervously.
“It was beautiful Margot,” stammered the girl. “It was just how you said it would be.” Margot could only nod, her voice seemed to have slipped away.
“Excuse me.” Margot said meekly, trying to force out the words. “I have to go home now.” The children understood, and let her pass without argument. Margot walked over to the door, and then was gone; just like her hope of ever seeing the sun.

The next day, Margot’s classmates crowded around the school entrance excitedly, waiting impatiently for Margot to arrive.
“She’s coming!” exclaimed William loudly, as he peered out the window. The children all took a step back, allowing Margot room as she stepped through the doorframe. Margot curiously appraised the children’s happy faces, trying to figure out what could have made them all so elated. William took a step toward her, and held something unseen behind his back.
“Well, he began nervously, “we all felt so horrible for what we did yesterday, and we wanted to find a way to make it up to you.” From behind his back, he pulled out a yellow flower made of colored paper. It had so much detail inscribed on it; Margot almost thought it was real. But you can never find flowers on Venus; they just cant live through the rain.
“Its from your poem,” William continued, “your poem about the sun. We cant give you the sun, but we remembered how you compared it to this.” He said, holding out the delicate craft. Another girl stepped up
“Our parents helped us make it, since none of us really remember what flowers look like.” Margot hesitantly took the flower. As her brittle fingers touched the stem, a powerful feeling of nausea abruptly struck. The room began to spin, and Margot closed her eyes, slowly falling to the floor.

“Margot, honey?” said a strangely familiar voice. “Sweetie, can you hear me?” The woman’s tone was so full of concern that her voice wobbled with every syllable.
“Mom?” asked Margot, opening her eyes. The first thing that she saw was a blinding bright light “Ohhh.” She groaned, quickly shutting them again.
“Yes, yes dear, I’m right here!” exclaimed her mother. “Oh, I’m so glad you are alright!” Margot tried opening her eyes for the second time. This time she willed herself not to shut them. Her mother’s wary face sprung into view.
“Wha-what happened?” stammered Margot, unsuccessfully trying to sit up.
“Oh, you have been so sick, I’ve been so worried!”
“I’ve been…sick?” questioned Margot.
“Yes honey, you have been out cold for a day and a half! I was so worried; you kept muttering nonsense in your sleep. Something about a flower?” Like a bell being turned on, the dream came whooshing back; William, Venus, the flower, everything! Margot gasped, and her mother looked at her with concern.
“All a dream.” She whispered. “Only a dream.”
“Yes. Only a dream.” Comforted her mother. “ It’s okay, everything will be okay now.”
“Yes,” replied Margot, “everything’s okay now.” A feeling of tiredness washed over her, and she lied back down in her bed. As her eyes slowly began to shut, Margot finally noticed what the bright light had been. It was the sun, shining brilliantly through her bedroom window.

No, no, no! You can’t have it all be a dream! That completely ruins the story!

I’m not even sure that the kids would have immediately been nice to her and hugged her after unlocking the door, but I gave you that and continued reading. The dream idea, though, is just not a good one.

I see them opening the door and finding her huddled up, shaking and crying, maybe even asleep if it’s been long enough. They wouldn’t approach her, they’d just stand in a ring staring and fearful, feeling remorse for what they’d done. Maybe even crying themselves, especially the youngest of them. She’d look up at them with empty eyes and they’d back away as the teacher (maybe, or a parent) helps her out, takes her home or to the principal’s office. The kids are still there, nervous, shuffling their feet until it’s time to leave. The next day, or whenever Margot’s back in school (a few days to a week) they’re a little shifty to begin with, nervous around her, then they act normally toward her, the same way they’d acted before locking her up.

As I’m thinking of that last thing I said, I’m imagining a room full of people. Everyone is silent, then there are whispered conversations until it becomes a full blown raucous. Make sense?

If you want the kids to end up being kind to her, go ahead. Just please don’t make all of it a dream.

1. If a small child is choking on an ice cube, don’t panic. Simply
pour a jug of boiling water down its throat and hey presto! The
blockage is almost instantly removed.

2. A mousetrap, placed on top on of your alarm clock will prevent
you from going back to sleep.

3. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by
getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

4. Keep the seat next to you on the train vacant by smiling and nodding at people as they walk up the aisle.

5. Weight watchers. Avoid that devilish temptation to nibble at the chocolate bar in the cupboard or fridge by not buying the f*****g thing in the first place, you fat b******s.

6. Save on booze by drinking cold tea instead of whisky.. The
following morning you can create the effects of a hangover by drinking a thimble full of washing up liquid and banging your head repeatedly on the wall.

7. Make bath times as much fun for kiddies as a visit to the
seaside by pouring a bucket of sand, a bag of salt and a dog turd into the bath.

8. Recreate the fun of a visit to a public swimming pool in your own home by filling the bath with cold water, adding two bottles of bleach, then urinating into it, before jumping in.

9. Don’t buy expensive ‘ribbed’ condoms, just buy an ordinary one and slip a handful of frozen peas inside it before you put it on.

10. X-Files fans. Create the effect of being abducted by aliens by drinking two bottles of vodka. You’ll invariably wake up in a strange place the following morning; having had your memory mysteriously ‘erased’.

11. Don’t waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to what you want to look at.

12. Putting just the right amount of gin in your goldfish bowl makes the fishes’ eyes bulge and cause them to swim in an amusing manner.

13. Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking in the direction of oncoming traffic.

14. Thicken up runny low-fat yoghurt by stirring in a spoonful of lard.

15. Anorexics, when your knees become fatter than your legs, start eating cakes again.

16. A next door neighbour’s car aerial, carefully folded, makes an ideal coat hanger in an emergency.

17. Hijackers. Avoid a long stressful siege and the risk of arrest, imprisonment or death by simply making sure you book a flight to your intended destination in the first place.

18. An empty aluminium cigar tube filled with angry wasps makes an inexpensive vibrator.

19. Olympic athletes. Disguise the fact that you’ve taken anabolic steroids by running a bit slower.

20. Avoid arguments with the missus about lifting the loo seat by simply p*ssing in the sink.

21. Weedy fellas. Develop a right forearm like Arnold Schwarzeneggar by buying one of those Cindy Crawford workout videos.

22. Vegetarians coming to dinner? Simply serve them a nice bit of steak or veal. Since they’re always going on about how tofu, Quorn, meat substitute etc ‘tastes exactly like the real thing’, they won’t know any difference.

23. Invited by vegetarians for dinner? Point out that since you’d no doubt be made aware of their special dietary requirements, tell them about yours, and ask for a nice steak.

24. Spice up your sex life by trying a bit of ‘rodeo sex’. Take your missus from behind and, holding on tightly to her jugs, call her by the wrong name. See how long you can ’stay mounted’ for.

25. Before attempting to remove stubborn stains from a garment always circle the stain in permanent pen so that when you remove the garment from the washing machine you can easily locate the area of the stain and check that it has gone.

26. Give comics that ‘Pulp Fiction’ feel by reading the last frames of cartoons first, then reading the rest in a random order.

27. High blood pressure sufferers. Simply cut yourself and bleed for a while, thus reducing the pressure in your veins.

28. Motorists. Enjoy the freedom of cycling by removing your
windscreen, sticking half a melon skin on you head, then jumping red lights and driving the wrong way up one way streets.

29. Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your chin in a bowl of iron fillings..

30. Convince neighbours that you have invented a ‘SHRINKING’ device by ruffling your hair, wearing a white laboratory coats and parking a JCB digger outside your house for a few days. Then dim and flicker the lights in your house during the night and replace the JCB unseen, with a Tonka toy of the same description. Watch their faces in the morning!

31. Have all your dumps at work. Not only will you save money on toilet paper, but you’ll also be getting paid for it.

lol…thats funnie! I liked #9 the best! lol

From movies, TV, and the stage, who are the coolest or most interesting unseen characters? I dig The Gooch from Diff’rent Strokes, Turnbull from The Godfather II, and Godot from Waiting for Godot. Whom do you dig?

The Ori and the Furlings off of Stargate SG-1. Though there has been a spoof of the furlings showing them as big koala bears.

I am currently revising for my A Level Latin exam. I am looking for past papers for the unseen translation and comprehension modules. I have been onto the OCR website but cannot find anything very useful as the past papers are mostly for the commentary and essay modules and the one or two translation and comprehension papers I could find had the big chunks of Latin taken out of them for copyright reasons. Where can I find past papers for exam practice? Any suggestions would be most helpful.

Well, if you have the OCR papers with the Latin taken out – use the copyright statement on the back page to locate the Roman author’s name and the reference, then look up the Latin in
www.thelatinlibrary.com.
You can cut and paste the bit you need! Then you use the glosses from the OCR paper to help you translate.
Good practice passsages are in Roy Hyde Latin Unseen Translation (BCP 1998) – buy one now on amazon – it’s spot on for both verse and prose translation. For Comprehension practice try Martin Hiner Latin Comprehension for schools (BCP).
hope that helps – Latin A level is a fab course – good luck with your exams.

Ok this might sound weird but ihad a vision in my dream the number 944 telling me to look in my poem that i wrote on lines 9 and 44 when i woke up the time was 9:44 weird right? then i went to go look t lines 9 and 44 this is what i got: "line 9", " unseen?" "line 44", " The unbearable the broken" please help me with this…i dont know what it means i know i wrote the poem but these lines and the numbers i need answers

You will go through a ordeal who will push to a new degree of evolution

some unseen forces in the universe, can this be the death of our planet? The last of hope fades out, the universe will abort this planet cosmic forces soon come into play to eliminate this solar system.
What do you think?

The great prophet Nostradamus once predicted that the first black pope would be the end of the world as we know it. Now, that being hundreds of years ago the pope was one of the most, if not the most influential men in the world.

Who, now, you ask is the most important man? Why the president of the U.S.A. Could the translation of his prediction be out of whack and it was in fact President-Elect Obama whom he refers to?

No. Of course not. That’s all horse$4!+

I recently have learned about spiritual warfare and more about the unseen world. What is it like? Please tell me anything you know about spiritual warfare and the unseen world, which humanity is in between.

the main spiritual warfare is about the flesh and the lust of it. If you place your eyes on heaven and desire heavenly things, the war will be under your feet. BUT if you do not seek heaven and heavenly things, which no one does. YOu need a savior to come down and and suffer and die on a cross to rise again in 3 days. So the war can be won for you, because God loves you.

The war is about the flesh and battle of it. God is stronger then the flesh of the world. The battle rages in the flesh because no one seeks the spirit to be free. What great love it is to send some one he loves to die for you. When all you had to do was look up to heaven and call on the Lord for his holy ways and power to over come the evil one and be righteous in his eyes. BUT instead everyone is lost in sin and do not seek God and the understanding to overcome the world and are lost in the flesh, and God sent his only begotten son to die for you. With his life and conquer of death, you live again.

the world should be at his feet worshiping this God for the love he has. To put himself away and love another is great love, and that is what he did. He put away his righteousness and holiness and loved the sinner at the cost of his son.

The study of politics first grabbed my attention when I started to pursue my own examination of the Civil Rights Movement. Examining the methods employed by the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations to achieve “order over justice” at various points in the movement always bothered me. However, these same methods that I deplored with the advantage of hindsight that I now enjoy through the works of many scholars such as Taylor Branch and David Garrow led to my fascination with international and comparative politics. Particularly, Pan-Africanism and its effect on Black American political thought and activism.
My study of civil rights was originally intended to be a personal examination of the people, places and events that were so critical in shaping my African-American experience. During undergrad, I found myself enchanted with classes such as Turning Points in U.S. History #1 which examined the Black slave from colonial times to the beginning of reconstruction, Turning Points in U.S. History #2 which examined the Black man during the height of the second freedom struggle know as the Civil Rights Movement, and Africana Studies which examined the modern African-American experience today in America – and was taught by a professor with a professed Pan-Africanist point of view. This Pan-Africanist prospective opened my eyes not only to Pan-Africanism, but also to having a more internationalist perspective of current events.
Coincidentally, the semester I was enrolled in Africana Studies, I was also privileged to be enrolled in The History of South Africa and Middle East 2: The Modern Period simultaneously. Looking back, The History of South Africa course reinforced Ian Bremmer’s theory on “The J Curve.” I saw how domestic pressure from an increasingly unhappy but politically powerless Black majority combined with sanctions and isolation from the international community eventually hastened the inevitable breakdown of apartheid. However, I was more impressed by how President Mandela had the vision and political savvy to use his political capital to transition his country to the upper right side of the J-Curve through the combination of reconciliation, openness, and sound economic policies (However, I firmly believe that to keep South Africa from the same fate as Zimbabwe or other African countries he had no choice but to pursue the policies that he did. Mandela was thinking for the long term rather than short term, just as the Whites who voted for the transitional government were thinking.)
Just as President Mandela was planning for the long term, Middle East 2: The Modern Period also taught me Theodore Herzl’s long term strategies for Zionism and the establishment of the modern nation of Israel. This was particularly fascinating for me because I was able to compare and contrast Pan-Africanism with Zionism. Although the two philosophies aren’t identical, a sharp comparison of the two demonstrates when, where and how an idea is likely to take hold and evolve into a movement and why great movements don’t always make for great administration and state building.
As a social studies education major I was often forced to substitute courses I was eager to take in the fields of international relations and Africana studies for courses that "were required" for my major. Originally I viewed this as a negative aspect, but once again hindsight has proved that taking the required social studies education curriculum which stressed breadth (geography, history, political science, economics, sociology) over depth (single discipline) has placed me ahead of some of my peers when it comes to understanding politics and contemporary history from multiple perspectives, which is an even bigger advantage in the interdisciplinary fields of Africana studies and international relations. This was confirmed in the summer prior to my senior year of undergrad. I finally got my opportunity to take two courses that induced me to consider a change of career plans, U.S. Foreign Policy and Comparative Politics. These two courses challenged the typical American citizen’s thinking of foreign affairs by requiring us to go beyond our perceptions of the policy by examining a policy’s messy domestic formulation, its comparative perception overseas, and the policy’s resulting consequences at home and abroad. Each course challenged mythmaking by examining harsh realities due to history, geography, economics, and sociology – not just politics. Everything plays a role seen and unseen.
Although graduate school was never my intention three years earlier as I first entered college, I had now given it enough thought over the course of two years (sophomore & junior) to know that it was something I definitely wished to pursue. I knew I wanted to combine my interests in Africana studies, history, and political science/international affairs in a way that both advanced knowledge and challenged social norms and values in ways that could bring about fundamental change through practical pursuits. I needed creativity combined with hard facts, solid statistics, and in-depth analysis. I needed to study Africana studies with an emphasis in political science (international/comparative) and contemporary history. I saw this as the best path for myself because I would be able to use my breadth of studies to analyze issues from multiple angles, as well as my strong desire for in-depth analysis to dig deep into the heart/root of any issue.
Coincidentally, I had been a member of the legislative body of the student government for two years. This granted me the opportunity to participate in researching issues, conducting opinion polls, and most importantly test my knowledge, judgment and interpersonal communication skills in choosing the best options and alternatives for the student body. This experience was extremely helpful in my understanding of legislative politics by providing a practical application to my theory based knowledge. In the same manner my three years spent as a resident assistant in the residence halls on campus induced me into good time management skills as well as opening my senses and sensibilities to people with different backgrounds, ideals and habits from my own. Talking with residents and learning their values and interests forced me to see each situation that arose from multiple perspectives, be they right or wrong.
Being away from school for two years has been a huge advantage for me. Moving to metro N/A from central Pennsylvania (raised)/northeast Ohio (college) has also allowed me to bring the Civil Rights Movement to life through visiting museums and historic sights. Also, my southern experience has allowed me to experience life in a different region of the country which in turn has taught me just how diverse African-American thought can range on similar issues. I’ve invested my time in reading history, politics, old college textbooks (which seem to make even more sense now), The Washington Post, and scholarly journals such as Foreign Affairs, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, and Policy Review. I also used my degree in education to teach tenth grade World History Honors at a local high school in N/A. This experience gave me (my last semester in undergrad I also student taught American government and Economics to high school seniors) the honor of disseminating knowledge to young intellectuals striving to push ahead in life. However, this isn’t a path that can cure my intellectual hunger and curiosity. Even though I love teaching, I also love researching and creating knowledge as well. Teaching in an inner-city high school reinforced and even expanded upon my deep beliefs in "learning for learning’s sake" and keeping an open mind. Not only has my experience exposed weaknesses in me that I previously could only recognize in other people, but it also focused my graduate studies on African Americans within the African Diaspora. Growing up in Williamsport, PA, a conservative predominately white town in central Pennsylvania, I often experienced subtle (but noticeable) racism hidden under a veil of generosity. African-American history, culture and activism were ‘melted’ rather than ’solidified’. My college and subsequent job experience has provided me with a greater realization of my place within the African Diaspora. Naturally, my intense interest in the Civil Rights movement, international relations, and African Diaspora studies has revealed that my deepest desire is to increase communication, openness and cohesion among members of the Diaspora throughout the world. I realize that politics is what helps create history and should be taken more seriously by citizens and scholars alike.
In graduate school I intend to focus on African American studies with an emphasis in contemporary history and politics (primarily international/comparative). I intend to research how the African-American "double-consciousness" (Dubois) can effectively promote U.S. foreign policy (and global stability) in ways that will strengthen Pan-Africanism. In part of this study I intend to examine contemporary African-American members of the federal government to examine their "views and proceeding actions" towards U.S. foreign policy and Pan-Africanism. This is necessary in order to examine whether African-American policy makers have "adopted" a mainstream view of foreign affairs and why. I also intend to expand upon African-American participation in foreign policy to include new African immigrants and the effect they could have on U.S. foreign policy and their former countries by empowering democracy from abroad through American soft power, particularly the media. Do we need more "African" politicians in so called "Black" communities in order to diversify thinking on both sides and foster a better working coalition among both groups? If so, what compromises will have to be made on each side? In speaking of Africa, I would love to examine the question, "Does a shared view of history decrease violence and promote cooperation between rival groups within Africa and among the African Diaspora?"

if you want to cut this down, try starting with the questions then to the main point, that will reduce sentences, hence. less gobbledygook. ^_^

For example: My jeep broke down so I don’t have a ride anywhere. It’s fair season and I’d b at the fairs doing who knows what. Is it by sheer luck or chance that I can’t get to the fair or is there like an unseen force that is keeping from going. Fate. Lemme know what your thought are.

This is an opportunity. Either think of a new way to get there, or think of what else you could be doing instead. Then keep your mind and eyes open so you can see that there is a lesson or an opportunity there you might have missed.

What you put out in your thoughts and actions is what creates the things that happen in our lives. Our consciousness is our fate, unless we change it.