Unpopular View #2 - Brumbys Pipeline

Topher gives both barrels to John Brumby and Tim Holding's very CLEVER North - South pipeline.

"We have an un-elected premier building a pipeline we voted against which takes water from people who dont have any and pipes it to a city that has other ways of getting more water cheaper."

Topher has done other amusing and well researched video's check him out on YouTube.

Monkey Ninjas

As everyone knows the greatest thing in the whole wide world is Monkey Ninja's. There is no doubt about it - they are the coolest.

Text from a drama

The world as we know it is dull and mundane
And no longer can we say that
“Original thought exists”
The fact is
“Everyday is no different from today”
And not
“Tomorrow will be different from yesterday”
Let it be said that
In the future
Beauty will be skin-deep and manufactured
It is wrong to assert that
We are meant to create
Human potential is limited
And no longer will we believe that
We were made in His image
In truth, because
Our generation will prefer to live
a lie
“Our children will know no better” will be
The saying of this generation
The truth of today
Should be
The institution of marriage
Is false
“Love is an illusion”
I tell you this
Now
Families cannot stay together
It is foolish to presume
my peers and I care
Let it be said that
Humans will always be selfish
I do not agree that
Life should be celebrated
The truth is
Our lives are meaningless
I do not believe that
We are fearfully and wonderfully made
It is evident that
Our creation was an accident
It is wrong to think
We were created with a purpose

And God said "Let there be Light", and He reversed the Darkness

We were created with a purpose
It is wrong to think
Our creation was an accident
It is evident that
We are fearfully and wonderfully made
I do not believe that
Our lives are meaningless
The truth is
Life should be celebrated
I do not agree that
Humans will always be selfish
Let it be said that
my peers and I care
It is foolish to presume
Families cannot stay together
Now
I tell you this
“Love is an illusion”
Is false
The institution of marriage
Should be
The truth of today
The saying of this generation
“Our children will know no better” will be
a lie
Our generation will prefer to live
In truth, because
We were made in His image
And no longer will we believe that
Human potential is limited
We are meant to create
It is wrong to assert that
Beauty will be skin-deep and manufactured
In the future
Let it be said that
“Tomorrow will be different from yesterday”
And not
“Everyday is no different from today”
The fact is
“Original thought exists”
And no longer can we say that
The world as we know it is dull and mundane

Words written by Daryl Yeo & Eddie

Nicostrata and "The City of Ladies"

I've become quite interested in Nicostrata the lady who invented the first 16 "Latin letter" for which we have the ABC's now.
There isn't much information about her but I have been able to gather snips from one small book. City of Ladies written by Christine de Pizan. Christine lived from 1364-1430, so AGES ago but her book is interesting if not a little repetitive.

In the book Lady Reason speak with Christine, which is how Christine clears and builds the foundation of the city, this is a little of what Reason says about how the people of Italy thanked Nicostrata.
"they heralded it as such a marvellous invention that they venerated her more highly than any man, worshipping Nicostrata like a goddess in her own lifetime."
"In honour of the science of Latin that she had invented, the people of the country called themselves Latins. Furthermore, because ita in Latin is the most important affirmative term in that language... they did not stop at calling their own realm the land of the Latins, but went so far as to use the name Italy to refer to the whole country beyond their immediate borders".



The picture shown is from Science & Society their side note to the image is as follows;

‘Typus Gramatica’ showing Nicostrata (also known as Carmenta), holding a hornbook and key, introducing a child into a tower of learning with six storeys. The lowest - Donatus, second - Priscianus, third - portraits of Aristotle (logic), Cicero (Rhetoric and Poetry), Boethius (Arithmetic). Fourth, Pythagorus (Music), Euclid (Geometry), Ptolemy (Astonomy), fifth - Aristotle (Physics), Seneca (Ethics). At the summit stands a Master of Sentences representing Theology. Mother to Evando, King of Arcadia, Nicostrata is known as a scholar of Greek letters and is often associated with birth, children and Apollo. From Grammar, part of ‘Margarita Philosophica’ by Gregor Reisch (1467?- 1525). First printed in 1503. Hand-coloured wood-cut.