Adelaide Zone Twaklin

Contemporaneous Crises

2012-02-03T09:21:00.004+10:30

I have just received an urgent message to attend a crisis meeting at the headquarters of the Australian Political Reform Club. Unfortunately, I have also received an urgent message to attend a crisis meeting at the headquarters of the Revolutionary Climatological Needlepoint Committee, and both meetings are planned to take place at the same time, five minutes from now. What am I to do, dear reader? Which crisis meeting do you believe should require my presence?

This is the first time there has been a crisis at either the Club or the Committee, as far as I can remember. If you are unable to advise me as a matter of urgency, perhaps I should call an immediate meeting of my colleagues here at the International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence. I am sure most of them have had some experience of at least one crisis before.

I know that our distinguished Professor Emerita of Professional and Professorial Portraiture and Feminine Insights, Madame Labille-Guiard, knows something about revolutions, as does Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, our Emeritus Professor of Political Survival. Madame Labille-Guiard, however, has the added advantage of experiencing a great deal more disadvantage in the past, hence I am more likely to require her creative insights at present.

How do you decide what to do in a crisis, dear reader, especially when another crisis occurs concurrently? Do you have some experience of disadvantage and contemporaneous crises?

As yet, I am unaware of the nature of the crises in question. The current situation in my own little villa is certainly not in crisis, and at least five minutes have passed by since I first started writing this blog-pamphlet posting. I think I may just sit down quietly in my parlour for a while with a cup of tea and await more news. I am sure I shall be contacted again if my decision-making abilities are truly required.

In the meantime, you may wish to re-examine some of the past situations involving either the Club or the Committee:

An introduction to the Australian Political Reform Club

An introduction to the Revolutionary Climatological Needlepoint Committee

The Australian Political Reform Club Tax Forum

I think I shall send a note to Mr Dante Aligieri to join me in the parlour. You may be aware that he is now our Professor of Environmental Management, Mythology, Apparitional Culture and Epic Poetry. You may also know that I previously drew his attention to some very important matters indeed.

A Friendly Environment

2012-02-02T10:14:00.004+10:30

It is much easier to be environmentally-friendly in a friendly environment. This applies wherever you may be in the world. It equally applies in your social environment, your natural environment, your economic environment, and your political environment. But what does it mean to be friendly?

Friendship, like leadership, is about identifying and respecting limits and boundaries. Just as sensible persons find it unacceptable for anyone to steal their passwords, their mobile telephones, their identity, or their tulip bulbs, most of us are not particularly happy being around people who steal our time, our attention, our peace of mind, our creative ideas or the affection of someone we love.

Lifelong companionship requires a friendly environment. Successful businesses require a friendly environment. Living a long, happy and healthy life is often dependent upon being in a friendly, healthy environment. Socially acceptable, trustworthy behaviour is usually friendly. And friendship requires good leadership if it is to be achieved and sustained, and vice versa.

One of my main duties as an ethereal being is to ensure that my delightful home town of Adelaide becomes even more friendly than it is already. Adelaide and its politicians should always be friendly to environmentally-friendly businesses, environmentally-friendly residents, environmentally-friendly visitors and environmentally-friendly events. What does being environmentally-friendly mean to you, dear reader?

Here are some friendly links:

A pleasantly cool environment

A friendly local community

Streets named after some of my friends and acquaintances

Good leaders see hierarchies as historical pictures rather than as current landscapes. Such leaders treat all persons within their organisations as colleagues, regardless of their employment roles and status. All persons within an organisation should be working towards the same environmentally-friendly goals. But who should be responsible for defining and establishing those goals in the first place?

You may know something of my contribution to good leadership in political life. If you are already familiar with my activities as a business leader, you will know that I treat some forms of speculation and most forms of gambling as if they are unfriendly and intrusive. For that reason, I am frequently invited to provide good leadership within both the local and global economies.

Creative speculations

Influential female friendships

Scientific gambling on government

A for achievements

My very dearest friend's views

To buy or not to buy

Great Aunt Twaklin advises

Nobility and no bull causes

An economical archive

If you are a leader of a business listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, you should probably now be rehearsing for the current reporting season. Practicing the right techniques, having some stage presence and timing, displaying elegance and originality can all be very difficult indeed if you and your colleagues lack talent or something easy to sell in a marketplace. Perhaps I can be of assistance.

Social networking is important, of course, wherever you are at present. Will you be attending any charity balls, gala balls, opera balls and other arts events during the reporting season? I am familiar with such occasions held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, as well as several in Vienna and Adelaide.

I am frequently willing to accept fully pre-paid, politically-neutral ethereal invitations to attend any open-minded, friendly occasions anywhere in the world for networking or philanthropic purposes, as long as there is no suppression of justifiable dissent. Do be advised, however, that I believe the waltz and other uninformed or inappropriate disturbances and indignities to be shockingly outrageous breaches of acceptable social, political and business boundaries. You may wish to make a note of these matters in your Minutes and minuets.

I do hope your registered office is in Adelaide. Have you ever considered moving your legal identity to Wilmington? It is very important to ensure you pick the right geographical location if you wish to continue along the lines of your previous business success, and perhaps even improve your performance.

Wilmington One | Wilmington Two

One of my own colleagues, a very friendly trainee copy editor by the name of Roo Bert Muddy Ocker (whose surname is sometimes shortened to MudOck) has been sounding out various Adelaide communities and businesses on my behalf. He claims to have a great deal of past experience at various Adelaide shows known as Annual General Meetings, though he is not all that keen on going to the opera, charity balls or even the Adelaide Fringe.

Mr Muddy Ocker says his favourite Adelaide performance occurred in October 2004. Were you there too? That particular performance did not have a proper title at the time but I have been told that some of the performers in question have since called their presentations The Tempestuous, based upon the responses of audiences and critics.

My favourite Adelaide performance happened in 1995, when I had a front row seat and my feet in the sand at the Space Theatre whilst sitting next to my dear friend Mr William Shakespeare. We saw the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's presentation of Mr Shakespeare's work known as The Tempest.

Perhaps you were there. Were you an audience member, one of the production staff or one of the adequately quarantined strolling players? I believe Mr Shakespeare intended the work to resemble the global economy, especially as I was one of his main advisers regarding the plot. The character of Prospero was meant to be a lady called Prosperity, but no ladies expressing a willingness present the part could be found in time for the first performance approximately 400 years ago.

Mr Shakespeare enjoys visiting my library and even borrows some of my books from time to time. He finds my little villa to be an exceedingly friendly environment and hopes you do, too. Whatever your tastes, beliefs and opinions, I do hope you will join me, my friends and my colleagues over the coming months in an environmentally-friendly exploration of Adelaide's future and world peace.

I certainly would not want to see Adelaide's built environment develop into something resembling the Delaware Valley, the Pearl River Delta, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the Province of Naples, Milan, New York metropolitan area or even Vienna. I quite like the fact that I live somewhere resembling a remote, wondrous, beautiful and magical island. The people of Wilmington One and regional Australia may think likewise about Adelaide, as may the many millions of urban people around the world who enjoy eating bread, chapatis, pasta, cakes and noodles.

Sharing surplus food is a very friendly use of any environment, whether across the tea table in my parlour, or across the suburbs of Adelaide, or across the Mount Lofty and Flinders Ranges, or across the oceans and far away. I do hope you will let me know how your reporting performance is received. And I especially hope your audience is friendly.

Appropriately Economical and Peaceful Guest Lists

2012-02-01T11:40:00.009+10:30

It has come to my attention that the World Enlightenment Forum could, perhaps, teach the World Economic Forum a thing or two about compiling appropriately economical and peaceful guest lists. Mr Mozart is of a similar opinion. At least 30% of guests at such events should be adult female persons.

Mr Mozart and I are both delighted, of course, with the excellent qualities of the ladies invited to attend both forums (or fora, or for a change), even though only a few such persons are able to play the violin. It is the excessive quantity of male persons, with or without a desire for masculine domination, which is of greatest concern to us, regardless of who holds the purse strings, assists with the creation of world peace, or animates the violin strings.

Women are, of course, usually very busy indeed, hence their difficulty in attending material global gatherings, corporate board meetings and parliamentary cabinets for any length of time. The ethereal nature of the World Enlightenment Forum makes it so much easier for time-poor ladies (and gentlemen, as well as enlightened trans-gendered persons who may even self-identify in different ways on different days) to participate in its panels and other events, even during a news embargo.

Cleaning up the world

As a consequence of their digital or material attendance at the World Enlightenment Forum, many ladies are then able to manage their time so that they are no longer economically and politically poorer than their male counterparts. All participants are required to pack their own luggage, bring and prepare their own food, clean their own rooms, and arrange their own transportation.

Even the most distinguished delegates are required to wash their own clothes and dishes, manage their own security, brush their own shoes, make suitable alternative arrangements for the supervision of their offspring and frail elderly relatives, and send and respond to emails, telephone messages, social media and mainstream media inquiries themselves. All persons in attendance are also required to do their own research, buy their own stationery, write their own speeches, manage their own budgets, provide their own hospitality and earn their own keep in a fair and thoughtful way.

Perhaps this is why those attending the 2012 World Enlightenment Forum consisted of 64% ladies, 35% gentlemen and 1% fraudsters. The latter were easy to spot as they were the only ones dropping litter and dirty linen. Only 3% of the fraudsters were women. The World Economic Forum, on the other hand, had only 17% of guests who were ladies, an as yet unknown quantity of gentlemen, and an as yet unknown quantity of fraudsters. I am awaiting a response regarding the exact figures. If you were in Davos, did you see anyone dropping litter, and did you drop any yourself?

Listening to the viewpoints of ladies, especially when they are busy cleaning up after you, is profoundly important, regardless of your gender. At next year's World Enlightenment Forum, we are hoping to have a better gender balance, though our extensive global research suggests that at least 25% of the world's male population believe it is far more important to watch sporting events than it is to help around the home or conference venue.

Thinking about the future

As a chief executive officer myself, I am usually far too busy to go to a remote part of Switzerland, especially in the middle of an Australian summer. It is so much more convenient, worthwhile, economical and insightful for me to have year-round global access to important opinions in my own parlour. And through my prior, extensive experience of Switzerland, I know that it is almost impossible there to find a decent cup of tea, even with glacial water on tap (which is probably diminishing as rapidly as the lower Murray).

I do, however, have some concerns about the World Enlightenment Forum's most recent research suggesting that at least 25% of the world's female population is far too silly to make any substantial contribution to world peace and prosperity. Perhaps our findings have something to do with ubiquitous commercial television chat shows, (un)reality shows and soap operas, the vast quantities of populist books, poor quality novels, glossy magazines, and ridiculous shoes, as well as inordinate opportunities for misguided shopping.

The lack of acquaintance with consistently courteous and hygienic gentlemen may also be part of the problem, as may the the lack of access to enlightened cultural practices, the lack of knowledge of pressing issues, the lack of clean drinking water, the lack of good global governance, and the lack of awareness of developmental psychology. What are the issues you believe to be the most important to resolve, dear reader?

Global leaders are not just those with the most money, or the most money to manage, or the ability to buy influence. Real global leaders are the people who know how to use money wisely, peacefully and responsibly. A senior decision maker is someone every mature person of at least average intelligence is required to be on a daily basis, even if they do not have dominant or domineering roles in a democratic or non-democratic corporation, institution, sporting team, household or society.

Deliciously Creamy Investigative Journalism

2012-01-31T16:34:00.005+10:30

Enlightened persons are very well aware that Adelaide Adagia represents and presents the cream of the crop of Australia's investigative journalism. As the editor of the aforementioned esteemed publication, I am well-known for...
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As Revealed by Informed Sources

2012-01-30T17:08:00.003+10:30

There are so many interesting things I wish to tell you, dear reader. My impeccable sources have revealed so many surprising, and some would say shocking, facts, that...
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Literary Investigations

2012-01-28T18:58:00.009+10:30

Some of the most frequent visitors to my ethereal little villa consider themselves to be literary bloggers in one guise or another. Some are bloggers who write about something they believe to be called...
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Beautiful Birthdays and Accurate Interpretations

2012-01-27T09:01:00.002+10:30

Well, the birthday boy has been out and about all around the world again, trying to ensure he spends at least a few moments at each of the parties being held in his honour. He has already...
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The Structure of Real World Leadership Networks

2012-01-26T06:58:00.003+10:30

Structural issues are at the heart of all good leadership thinking. Brilliant design is essential, whether it is for a digital gadget, a musical composition, a physical landscape, a...
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Music, Tea and Politics

2012-01-25T12:52:00.004+10:30

A great many musicians, economists, entrepreneurs and politicians are gathering for tea in my parlour prior to the ethereal World Enlightenment Forum. Mr Mozart is, of course, in...
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Gong with the Winds

2012-01-23T11:54:00.005+10:30

It is always difficult to perform great music whenever the weather is too hot or too cold. In hot weather, a wind serenade and some homemade lemonade are pleasantly refreshing for members of any audience. Even Saint Teresa agrees with me in that regard. She also agrees with me that...
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By-election Enlightenment

2012-01-20T12:33:00.004+10:30

Mr Mozart and the Mozarty Party's South Australian Campaigning Team are currently meeting to discuss a proposed strategy for...
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Nobility and No Bull Causes

2012-01-19T07:21:00.004+10:30

Enlightened nobility in the 21st century is only possible in free, fair and open societies. Such nobility requires...
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Immortal Words

2012-01-13T08:14:00.005+10:30

Unlike their ethereal counterparts, material skyscrapers are never enlightened constructions. The Etruscans probably never...
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Goals, Frank Insights and More

2012-01-07T22:46:00.004+10:30

Being one of the world's most well-known ethereal CEOs means that I am usually involved in shaping innovative agendas. This can be quite a challenge when several important events happen to coincide. I discussed this matter with...
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Policies, Epiphanies and Several More Predictions

2012-01-06T09:36:00.001+10:30

Throughout 2012, there will be quite a few demonstrations against a varied assortment of perceived injustices. Most of those demonstrations will not appear on any news service, except an enlightened one. There will also be a remarkable number of...
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The Art of Sustainably Predictable Peace and Prosperity

2012-01-04T16:12:00.007+10:30

At this time of year, I am always inundated with requests for my opinions and predictions regarding the twelve months to follow. Well, I am able to predict that large numbers of enlightened Australians will...
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Energy and Enlightenment

2012-01-03T19:01:00.002+10:30

Just like most enlightened persons, I am often quite fond of energy, especially whilst attempting to make a lovely cup of tea. I am sure...
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Retrospectives and Reassessments

2012-01-02T09:35:00.014+10:30

Today is a very busy day for enlightened persons of some distinction, all around the world. This is the day we reassess...
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The Timelessness of Twaklin

2011-12-23T14:20:00.002+10:30

Many of my tasks in the material world are now complete. I am very pleased with the metaphysical essence of my digital engagement with mortal persons, even those most unfortunate ones who...
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Deep and Crisp and Even

2011-12-22T17:54:00.003+10:30

Oh, it is wonderful! My pavlova is baked to perfection. It is cooling in the oven now and I am very happy with it, as you can imagine. Unfortunately, Mr Mozart will not be here to...
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So Many Responsibilities

2011-12-21T12:33:00.004+10:30

A person in my position has a great many local and global responsibilities. My list of duties is almost as long as that of many ministers in South Australia's government and the refreshed federal cabinet. As this may indicate, I...
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Resting In Peace

2011-12-20T12:18:00.022+10:30

Whether a person is currently material or ethereal, all of us should have the right to rest in peace, whether in our daily lives today, or afterwards, in the unknown future. You may often...
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The State of Things

2011-12-19T09:18:00.002+10:30

It is very difficult to run a state, of whatever geographic or demographic dimensions. This especially applies if the...
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Contrarian Variations

2011-12-18T15:38:00.010+10:30

Is it your birthday soon? If so, you may like to vary the occasion from the usual sort of celebrations (with the assistance of Mr Harry Amon and Mr Leonid Hambro). I know you are probably rather busy trying to arrange a pleasant time with a few friends and family members, but do you have another minute or so to spare (or even just 30 seconds) for Mr Hambro and a friend of his, Mr Victor Borge?

You may consider me to be...
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Naturally Harmonious

2011-12-16T14:35:00.007+10:30

The Adelaide Adagia research team is pleased to announce that all its members are now harmoniously and leisurely enjoying an ethereal lunchtime picnic in the naturally refreshing Adelaide Botanic Garden. I joined them there for...
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A Classically Equitable Future

2011-12-15T11:53:00.003+10:30

A calm, orderly yet magnificent way of life is possible in the years ahead for anyone wishing to participate in its achievement. Such a way of life begins with...
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The Most Beautiful Pursuit

2011-12-14T15:32:00.009+10:30

This is a very important time in the material world. You, dear reader, are on the cusp of the future. Whatever you choose...
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An Astonishing Analysis

2011-12-12T14:53:00.012+10:30

It is very important to be aware that the mass media do not constitute the public sphere, at least in an enlightened democracy. In any large, influential institution there are...
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Archival Awareness

2011-12-09T18:47:00.001+10:30

When I first introduced myself to the people of Adelaide, in 2009, I attempted to behave just like a normal, ordinary, material personage in...
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Poor Queen Adelaide

2011-12-08T09:59:00.007+10:30

It is very difficult being an investigative reporter, as Queen Adelaide knows from her own extensive experiences. Not only is she unfortunate...
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Re-Enlightenment

2011-12-07T09:51:00.002+10:30

I always like to discover other persons who are involved in promoting, supporting, leading and celebrating the 21st century Enlightenment. What do you believe it means to...
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Truly Objective Twaklin

2011-12-06T13:08:00.004+10:30

As an enlightened, ethereal personage, it is much easier for me to be objective when exploring scientific, artistic and journalistic issues than it is for mere mortals. Sometimes I find it objectionable when...
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The Mozart 220 Commemorations

2011-12-01T16:13:00.029+10:30

You may already have heard something about the most important news of the day, namely regarding an exceedingly dignified event in my short-term schedule. Preparations are well underway for my ceremonial duties...
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A Good Economy for a Lovely Place to Live

2011-11-30T06:09:00.018+10:30

A lovely place to live does not just happen. It requires co-operative ingenuity, a great deal of observation, trial and error, experimentation, learning, memory, teaching, and good leadership if we are to develop and implement...
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Affectionate and Appreciative Recipients of Gifts

2011-11-29T12:47:00.004+10:30

Whenever I have had an exceptionally busy or difficult few days, I like to relax on my own for a while with a cup of tea, either on...
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The Best Australian Awards Award

2011-11-28T12:52:00.006+10:30

Australians are awarded international prizes on a reasonably frequent basis. They also award themselves awards to a rather excessive extent, if the Walkleys and the ARIAs are any indication. Excellence should always...
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The Finest and Most Enlightened Australian News Service

2011-11-27T17:34:00.002+10:30

As you are probably aware, dear gentle reader, one of my many important duties involves the editorial supervision of the Adelaide Adagia news service. I am sure...
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The Genuine Article

2011-11-26T18:47:00.006+10:30

As an enlightened being, I am never impressed by glossy superficiality, inappropriate reproductions, ridiculous remakes, unfortunate...
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Many Discerning Audience Members

2011-11-23T11:22:00.009+10:30

Respect for one's paying audience is the first rule of any self-respecting artist, especially an artist who sometimes desires a good dinner. Earning a living through one's art should never be taken for granted. Nor should...
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Nothing Automatic

2011-11-22T06:50:00.002+10:30

As one of the world's most creative institutions, nothing of any ethereal importance is ever automatic at the International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence. All our material and digital communicative inputs...
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Off With Their Conveyor Belts

2011-11-21T15:52:00.008+10:30

Persons of the 18th century Enlightenment, and its 21st century enhanced version, should not be blamed for a hideously misunderstood invention, namely the conveyor belt. If you have been required to...
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Unfortunate States of Absurdity

2011-11-19T11:06:00.012+10:30

Whether you are familiar with the opinions expressed by Monsieur Camus, Mr Magoo, or a White-tailed gnu, I am sure you have something to say on the topic of absurdity. One of the most absurd situations in the world is...
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Suitably Scientific Twaklin

2011-11-18T06:09:00.002+10:30

Whilst looking at your glowing computational screen, dear reader, you may often be quite charmed by its luminous efficacy. You may appreciate...
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A Parlour Meant for Peace

2011-11-17T09:12:00.008+10:30

As you may be aware, dear reader, I am often envisaged as the personification of metropolitan Adelaide. I am a slim yet shapely lady, elegantly gracing...
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For the Good of Society

2011-11-15T07:29:00.002+10:30

Cleaning up corruption and creating world peace are important tasks for any suitably informed citizen. Such citizens know that freedom of the press is not the same as good journalism, change is not the same as...
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Universally Appropriate Proportions

2011-11-14T16:23:00.005+10:30

The leaders of the Australian Political Reform Club have asked me to take over their task during the current crisis of the global economy. Enlightened leadership is frequently lacking in the world today, hence...
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An Introduction to Timeless Wisdom

2011-11-11T12:41:00.008+10:30

There have been many interesting conversations in the hallway of my little villa recently, one of the most important of which has been on the topic of sovereignty. Queen Adelaide and Professor Erasmus have been the most notable contributors to...
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Sound Advice

2011-11-08T14:55:00.003+10:30

In the composition of an opera, the music is always of primary importance. In the performance of an opera, the voices of the singers are of primary importance. If anything else is given...
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The Floating Timeline of Twaklin

2011-11-04T17:03:00.004+10:30

One of my many beautiful duties is to assist anyone who suffers from an unfortunate excess of unnecessary misery. Admirable composure, like the composition of a great opera, requires a certain poise and inner stability within one's floating timeline. It is why...
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Something Especially Uplifting

2011-11-01T19:40:00.003+10:30

Industrial relations in Australia, as elsewhere, may often be observed as a comic farce, at least by persons who are not aware of any...
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A Well-Mannered Man

2011-10-29T09:29:00.004+10:30

All persons associated with the International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence are amongst the most well-mannered leaders of the 21st century Enlightenment. Most have spent many years perfecting...
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See Duly a Galliard

2011-10-28T06:55:00.010+10:30

Being a graceful and grateful sort of being, I frequently enjoy my presence in the ethereal and digital worlds of the 21st century in many beautiful ways. Today, I shall be dancing. Would you like to accompany me? Do you have a passion for...
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Credulity, Credit and Credibility

2011-10-27T12:16:00.005+10:30

Real life for many enlightened beings in the material world involves such creatively productive activities as cooking, sewing and gardening. An enlightened real life includes making and doing many useful, delicious and beautiful things for...
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A Lovely Place in History

2011-10-26T07:03:00.009+10:30

It is very reassuring to know that one has already been allocated a lovely place in history. Mine is very much like my ethereal little Adelaidean villa, a pleasantly...
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Reliable Sources

2011-10-25T17:57:00.006+10:30

As the editor of Australia's most enlightened news service, it is my duty to ensure that all contributions of information are adequately consensual, suitably informed and delightfully reliable. My staff and I always take great care of our sources. We provide...
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Maid in Australia

2011-10-24T12:18:00.006+10:30

If you are a regular reader of this blog-pamphlet, you will already know something about my difficulties in finding suitable domestic and political servants. You will also know...
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A Fair and Balanced Audience

2011-10-22T11:53:00.003+10:30

It is always difficult to find the right balance between being too stuffy and being too obsessed with the myths of informality. Stuffiness can lead to one being considered...
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Annual Gentle Meeting

2011-10-20T13:06:00.006+10:30

The International Training Centre for the Harmonious Interplay of Beauty, Understanding and Magnificence will be holding its Annual Gentle Meeting tomorrow...
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Singing About Australia's National Broadband Network

2011-10-19T09:02:00.001+10:30

How delightful! Australia's yet-to-be-achieved technologically advanced National Broadband Network will make it so much easier to present...
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How to Save a Fortune

2011-10-18T12:35:00.003+10:30

It is always important to remember that being clever should never be confused with being convincing. There are many ignorant and selfish people who make convincing arguments, especially when those individuals appear to have...
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Adelaide in the Universe

2011-10-17T09:26:00.003+10:30

It is always important for enlightened beings to be aware of where - and how - they live in the larger scheme of things. There is probably no larger scheme of material things than the universe, especially for...
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Suitably Elegant Sufficiency

2011-10-15T12:28:00.001+10:30

It is always important to remember that logical conclusions often ultimately lead to ridiculous consequences whenever...

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Enlightened and Healthy Opinions

2011-10-14T15:26:00.006+10:30

Nutrition and hygiene are essential habits to maintain in the 21st century, wherever we might find ourselves. I have observed, however, that many seemingly affluent persons are sometimes...

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An Exceedingly Mysterious Consortium

2011-10-11T13:26:00.008+10:30

There has been complete silence next door to my little villa for some time now. The...

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Variable Investigations of Unpleasantness

2011-10-10T07:38:00.012+10:30

There are many very silly people in the world who appear to lack even the slightest ability to distinguish between meteorology and climatology. They may not even know how to identify...

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Astronomical Examinations, Ancient Adventures and a Sense of Place

2011-10-09T06:47:00.001+10:30

Being in Adelaide is often conducive to a creative exploration of the meaning of life, the universe and enlightenment. How do you gain an understanding of...

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Understanding the Material World

2011-10-08T18:01:00.006+10:30

It has been another beautiful day in Adelaide. I have managed to do three large loads of washing with the assistance of my electrical laundry machine and have now placed them outside to adorn...

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How to be a Visionary and Creative Genius

2011-10-07T15:53:00.007+10:30

Being an innovative CEO is always difficult. Such a CEO is a rare being, as most CEOs have no creative abilities whatsoever. To be innovative as a CEO is never enough however.

Creativity without entrepreneurship is empty when there are investors waiting for...

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Useful, Beautiful and Necessarily Difficult

2011-10-06T11:20:00.015+10:30

One of the most interesting facets of the recent Australian tax forum in Canberra has been the response of journalists, many of whom have been quite at a loss about what to say or do. Usually, Australia's political journalists just...

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Australian Political Reform Club Tax Forum

2011-10-05T12:25:00.017+10:30

Readers of this blog-pamphlet will be aware that financial matters are of frequent concern in the ethereal world. Whether I am counting jelly beans, drinking tea or dancing to a glass armonica, I know that...

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Interconnections and a Suitably Gentle Form of Journalism

2011-10-04T15:10:00.009+10:30

I have been extremely busy over the past few days, with a picnic yesterday on Kangaroo Island, an important afternoon tea on Sunday in Adelaide, and a great deal of...

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Glorious Explorations

2011-10-02T13:28:00.004+10:30

Knowledge should never be a competitive pursuit. In the 21st century, a large amount of knowledge is available for little cost at all, and is accessible to all sorts of personages, including...

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Latitudes and Attitudes

2011-10-01T06:47:00.004+09:30

Although longitudes and altitudes are amongst my many interests, I am more especially interested in...

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A Delightfully Open Purpose

2011-09-30T06:31:00.004+09:30

A sense of purpose is quite a useful motivation, especially if that sense of purpose is...

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Understanding the Twenty-First Century Enlightenment

2011-09-29T10:39:00.003+09:30

Enlightenment, in both its intellectual and spiritual forms, is based on overcoming chaos, ignorance and tyranny by fair and peaceful means. I have written extensively on the subject of...

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Enlightened Policies

2011-09-28T13:38:00.008+09:30

Preparing the Mozarty Party's Magnificent Global Manifesto is a time consuming process. Our democratic principles mean that we are attempting to gain as many useful opinions and contributions as possible prior to full publication.

So, where can useful opinions and contributions be found? What is...

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The Celebration of Flowers

2011-09-25T07:19:00.007+09:30

My very dear friend, Baron de Montesquieu, has again been assisting with the spring cleaning here in my little Adelaidean villa. He is a wonderful conversationalist but not particularly inspiring as a singer. He is an excellent...

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World Enlightenment Outlook

2011-09-22T07:18:00.003+09:30

Now that the International Monetary Fund has giving its latest World Economic Outlook, I am able to respond with my own overview of the global situation. Are you sitting comfortably?

Firstly, it is important to remember that too much growth is unhealthy, whether it is derived from the excessive consumption of an overly rich diet or is like...

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Realists and Removalists

2011-09-20T18:28:00.004+09:30

There has been a great deal of noise and activity in my neighbourhood today, with a stream of removalist trucks coming and going, and such a clatter and clamour as I have never heard before. A personage by the name of...

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A Winner in the Wind

2011-09-17T12:01:00.001+09:30

It is very windy in Adelaide today, and rather warm for the time of year. The house next door to my own has just been sold for a record price, I believe, though the mystery buyer bought it as a job lot with the household contents and the art collection. The final bid was for...

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Cause for Celebration

2011-09-15T17:08:00.010+09:30

One of the most important causes I support is the cause for celebration. You may like to celebrate with me today as I write this, the 300th blog-pamphlet posting of Adelaide Zone Twaklin.

At present, I am also preparing for a most important celebration indeed, namely...

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Around the World in Ethereal Ways

2011-09-14T13:34:00.006+09:30

My most urgent task over the next few days, apart from attending the auction of the house next door, is to improve the global economy in the fairest way possible. I have decided to do so from the point of view of...

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New Species Found

2011-09-13T16:54:00.002+09:30

Eddie

Eddie, one of my assistants, is currently examining a very important topic with a view to formulating a series of lectures likely to be of great interest to many members of the global public, as well as the world's media. A new species has just been found in Australia by one of our most intrepid teams of researchers. The species has provisionally been named Bona fide australis though there are a great many uncertainties regarding its biological classification.

The species appears to be of a zoological nature. Its habits are yet to be determined and its habitat is yet to be examined with any scientific precision. The species appears to...

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Infusions and Confusions

2011-09-12T10:05:00.008+09:30

It is always important to be able to distinguish between the genuine and the fake, especially in a parlour. It is easy for most people to tell the difference between proper tea and...

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A Simulacrum on the Carpet

2011-09-10T04:57:00.014+09:30

It has recently come to my attention that the esteemed institution for which I am CEO is the last remaining independent repository of the world's cultural excellence. We provide...

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Great Aunt Twaklin Advises

2011-09-09T05:49:00.003+09:30

Nepotism is exceedingly annoying, especially when one's own great, great, grand, etc. nephews and nieces believe...

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Polling Australia's Most Creative Minds

2011-09-08T10:37:00.004+09:30

You may have heard a few whispers about what is likely to be the most important news story of the year. Rumour has it that the findings of a scientifically valid poll of an entirely random selection of Australia's most creative minds are about to be released.

To put any rumours to rest, I have an important announcement to make. As the sponsor of the poll, I shall be...

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Twaklinology and Apology

2011-09-07T05:26:00.001+09:30

Frivolous? Cute? Moi? How dare they! The British Broadcasting Corporation's editors should know better than to allow the disparagement of my good name. I have not been described as cute for almost 250 years. It is an outrage. I shall be taking up the matter with my eminent legal advisers in due course, of course.

If you are wondering why I am all of a fluster today, dear reader, do consider how you would feel if your worthy and distinguished given name was considered frivolous. Would I be considered so if I was...

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A Peace of Art

2011-09-06T07:07:00.002+09:30

Although the world in which you live may choose to celebrate World Peace Day on 21 September each year, dear reader - in an attempt to cease violence temporarily - my ethereal friends and I usually take the view that it is better to contribute to perpetual peace in the material world and eternal peace in the ethereal one. Temporal and temporary considerations may be most suitable for...

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To Buy or Not to Buy

2011-09-05T12:48:00.004+09:30

I am seeking your advice, dear reader. Should I, or should I not, buy the house next door? It has five bathrooms and eight bedrooms, one small kitchen and a digital home theatre. There is also...

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Political Elegance and Political Relevance

2011-09-04T16:11:00.002+09:30

Just as spinning was a common occupation in pre-industrial economies, it has become so again in post-industrial ones. I do hope political spin has not yet...

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Beautiful Developments

2011-09-03T13:36:00.005+09:30

There is a clearly defined distinction between an Australian villa, an Australian palace, and an Australian affordable dwelling, at least amongst the most enlightened of beings. A villa is...

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A Suitably Stylish Manner

2011-09-01T09:16:00.004+09:30

Stylishness is often a matter of varied opinion. My own view is that it is not possible to be suitably stylish unless one is at least twenty eight years of age. Younger persons are usually...

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A Proper Guide to Property and Proper Tea

2011-08-31T06:42:00.000+09:30

Dr Piscopia, my principal private secretary, has informed me that one of her distant relatives, Caterina Cornaro, is keen to purchase my Venetian property for an excellent price. It is an offer I cannot refuse, unless...

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Tortoise Economies and other Leisurely Pursuits

2011-08-30T13:15:00.009+09:30

Monsieur Saint-Saëns and I have been sitting in my garden over luncheon, discussing tortoise economies, household management, and the qualities of a perfect sales pitch. He was most amused to hear of...

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On the Market

2011-08-29T12:12:00.008+09:30

It has just come to my attention that there will be an open inspection of the house next door on Saturday. The asking price for the property is somewhere in the region of...

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How to Develop a Pleasingly Cohesive Global Society

2011-08-26T11:43:00.003+09:30

Many members of the Mozarty Party are currently campaigning far and wide to ensure the development of a pleasingly cohesive global society. We know how each person over the age of twenty eight can achieve his or her true potential, either in...

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Changing the Notepaper and Changing the World

2011-08-25T13:40:00.003+09:30

What beautiful weather we are having in Adelaide today! I have spent much of the day sitting in the sunshine in my north-facing antipodean boudoir, thinking about the power and influence of...

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Suitably Elegant Frugality

2011-08-24T06:16:00.005+09:30

One of the most beautiful of human expressions is the art of suitably elegant frugality. Being frugal can take many forms, some of which are not particularly pleasant, yet there is no reason for frugality to be so.

My own work is always an aesthetic example of frugality, rather than an ascetic one. It incorporates...

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Social Structure and Status in Australia and the World

2011-08-23T12:21:00.011+09:30

Social class is such a vulgar term. It relates purely to the stratification of material wealth, and what it can buy, yet gives no recognition at all to ethereal qualities, or the lack of them. Many Australians consider themselves to be middle class personages, even though most Australians are...
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