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CNWB
About CNWB is a wikipedian from Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Perth in 1973 and lived briefly in Adelaide before his family moved to Melbourne in the late 1970s. CNWB is currently studying history via correspondence at Macquarie University. He enjoys a short gin and tonic with freshly squeezed lime, strong coffee, Coopers Sparkling Ale, and pinot noir. His favourite spice is cumin, his favourite herb is coriander, his favourite spice-mix is za'atar. Here is his blog and here are his Furl links. His user page design was ripped off from User:Vague Rant.	Wikipedia involvement CNWB has been a member of the Wikipedia community since July 1, 2004, and an administrator since January 20, 2005. He enjoys writing and contributing to articles about Melbourne and Victoria, Australia. You can often find him lurking at the Australian Wikipedians' Notice Board, patrolling New Pages, copyediting, speedy-deleting, and other assorted tasks.
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Big screen / Small screen The Cars That Ate Paris, Ghost World, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, At Home with the Braithwaites, The Office, The Royle Family, Twin Peaks, Mad Max, I ♥ Huckabees, Shameless, The League of Gentlemen.	Current musical interests Konono Nº1, Stella Chiweshe, Yegelle Tezeta, Ali Farka Toure, Bert Jansch, Shirley Collins, John Fahey, Charles Mingus, Cannonball Adderley, Os Mutantes, Sun Ra, Bridget St John, Ayelew Mesfin, Nass el Ghiwane, Toumani Diabate, Arthur Russell, and Ultimate Spinach.
Italo Calvino ...who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Each life is an encyclopedia, a library, an inventory of objects, a series of styles, and everything can be constantly shuffled and reordered in every way conceivable...	Claude Lévi-Strauss Each of us is a kind of crossroads where things happen. The crossroads is purely passive; something happens there. A different thing, equally valid, happens elsewhere. There is no choice, it is just a matter of chance.
Aust / NZ News 19 April 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks. (Times of Israel) 16 April 2024 – 2024 Wakeley church stabbing Australian police say that the stabbing attack at an Assyrian church in Sydney was an Islamic terrorist act. (Reuters) 15 April 2024 – 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations Former Australian political staffer Bruce Lehrmann loses his defamation case against Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson for broadcasting an interview with Lehrmann's former coworker Brittany Higgins in which she claimed that Lehrmann raped her. (The Guardian) 15 April 2024 – 2024 Wakeley church stabbing Four people are injured, including bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, in a mass stabbing at a church in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is arrested. A mob clashes with police outside the church while trying to attack the detained suspect. (Sky News Australia) 13 April 2024 – 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (The Guardian) (The Sydney Morning Herald) 13 April 2024 – 2024 Cook by-election Simon Kennedy of the Liberal Party of Australia wins the by-election in the seat of Cook, succeeding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (ABC News Australia)	World News Flooding in Bahrain Flooding (pictured) in the Arab Gulf states leaves at least twenty-four people dead. The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, catches fire. A knife attack in Sydney, Australia, leaves seven people dead. In retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Iran conducts missile and drone strikes against Israel. In the South Korean legislative election, the Democratic Party–led opposition alliance increases its majority in parliament. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Myanmar civil war Red Sea crisis Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline War in Sudan timeline Recent deaths: Ken Holtzman Bob Graham Lorenzo Palomo Carl Erskine Derek Underwood Beverly LaHaye
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