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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 teaching History and English at a public high school in Melbourne's western suburbs. 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. His user page design was ripped off from User:Vague Rant. Talk to me by clicking HERE.	Wikipedia involvement CNWB has been a member of the Wikipedia community since 1 July 2004, and an administrator since 4 December 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, checking Proposed Deletions, copyediting, speedy-deleting, and other assorted tasks, and updating his ever-increasing Task List. Here is a gallery of photos uploaded to Commons, and an older gallery of stuff here.
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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.
Jean-François Lyotard No self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations now more complex and mobile than ever before... one is always located at a post through which various kinds of messages pass	Shakespeare All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players: / They have their exits and their entrances; / And one man in his time plays his parts...
Jorge Luis Borges Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.	John Peel Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don't have any surface noise. I said, 'Listen, mate, life has surface noise.'
Aust / NZ News 9 May 2024 – Australia–Tuvalu relations Australia and Tuvalu sign a new security agreement, where Australia vows to protect Tuvalu in cases of natural disasters, pandemic or military aggression. (AP) 5 May 2024 – Terrorism in Australia A man is injured in a stabbing at a car park in Perth, Australia. The 16-year-old perpetrator is killed by police officers and is described as a "religious radicalized individual". A possible Islamist motive is behind the attack. (DW) 3 May 2024 – Mexican authorities locate the bodies of three tourists, one American and two Australians, in Baja California, where they were reported missing in April. Three people have been arrested and are being questioned in relation to the case. (Reuters) (BBC News) 28 April 2024 – Nicole Kidman becomes the first Australian to earn the AFI Life Achievement Award for her contribution to American cinema. (Rolling Stone) 19 April 2024 – 2024 Iran–Israel conflict The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 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)	World News Flooding in Porto Alegre Flooding (pictured) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaves more than 100 people dead and at least 130 others missing. Kyren Wilson wins the World Snooker Championship. In horse racing, Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby. Following the Solomon Islands general election, Jeremiah Manele becomes the prime minister. Acting prime minister of Haiti Ariel Henry resigns, and the Transitional Presidential Council is sworn in. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Myanmar civil war Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline War in Sudan timeline Recent deaths: Obi Ezeh Steve Albini Hootie Ingram Frank Stella Kristin Hallenga Frank Shrontz
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