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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 30 September 2024 – Australia–Tuvalu relations, Climate change in Tuvalu Tuvalu's climate minister denounces the Australian Labor government's decision to expand three coal mines as an existential threat to the nation, due to the role of the mines in causing rising sea levels that have forced mass displacement across Tuvalu's low-lying islands. (The Guardian) 28 September 2024 – 2024 AFL premiership season The Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans 120–60 in the Australian Football League Grand Final to win their fourth AFL premiership title. (The Guardian Australia) 26 September 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict Israel rejects proposals from the United States, Australia, and the European Union to initiate a temporary 21-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Reuters) (Reuters 2) 23 September 2024 – 2024 AFL season In Australian football, Patrick Cripps wins his second Brownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting system was introduced, and also becomes the seventeenth player to win the award more than once. (ABC News Australia) 18 September 2024 – Alleged Ghost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested in Sydney, Australia, on five charges related to the encrypted communication network's development and operation. (The Register) 11 September 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests Victoria Police arrest 39 people and fire stun grenades, rubber bullets, and pepper spray at anti-war and pro-Palestinian protestors picketing outside a military weapons expo in Melbourne, Australia. (Al Jazeera)	World News Daron Acemoglu Yahya Sinwar, the acting leader of Hamas, is killed in a firefight with Israeli forces in Gaza. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Daron Acemoglu (pictured), Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson for their comparative studies of prosperity between nations. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is launched to investigate Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Japanese atomic bomb survivors group Nihon Hidankyo. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israel–Hezbollah conflict Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Mike Bullard Victoria Roshchyna Liam Payne Leif Segerstam Mike Jackson G. N. Saibaba
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