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VICTORY CHARGE: Shannon Eckstein on his way to winning a fifth Australian ironman title at the national championships at North Kirra. Picture: Michael Ross Source: Gold Coast Bulletin

SHANNON Eckstein has taken a step closer to lifesaving immortality by claiming his fifth Australian ironman title on the Gold Coast.

On an emotional final day of the Australian championships at North Kirra, Eckstein moved to second on the all-time winners' list, while Metropolitan Caloundra's Rebecca Creedy erased the pain of last year's near miss to win the ironwoman race.

Eckstein led the men's race from start to finish to win from Tugun's Hugh Doherty and Mooloolaba's Ali Day and skip clear of Ky Hurst and Grant Kenny on the all-time leaderboard.

Only legend Trevor Hendy has more, with six.

Eckstein battled numerous injuries during a disappointing Kellogg's series (won by his brother Caine), but he was back to his best today, completing successive national titles for the first time in his stellar career.

It was also his first win as a dad after the birth of his baby daughter two weeks ago.

Eckstein grew up idolising Hendy and said it was surreal to be on the cusp of dethroning him as the most decorated national champion in history.

"That's the next challenge," he said.

"In this sport you need to find a new challenge to keep getting out of bed at five o'clock in the morning.

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Eckstein's exhibition for fifth title

Publicity images from "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour."

In March 2009, Michael Jackson announced a 50-night stand in London. It was comeback time for pop music's biggest superstar, who hadn't toured since 1997.

Sadly, Jackson died just weeks before opening night. While the world mourned, it quickly became apparent this guy was going to be worth more dead than alive. Forbes confirmed it, reporting Jackson's estate brought in nearly a half billion dollars in the two years after his death.

Which brings us to "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," a revenue-generating collaboration between Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soleil that landed at Target Center on Tuesday, March 27, for a two-night residency, with top tickets ringing in at $175 a pop. Cirque, of course, has long since

But what is "Immortal," exactly? With Jackson's vocals all obviously on tape, it's not a "real" concert. But it's not just a Cirque du Soleil show with a bunch of Jackson remixes playing in the background, either. Instead, it's a sometimes eye-popping, sometimes boring and almost always vaguely unsettling marriage of the two.

Tour director Jamie King does a fine job of cranking up the sound and fury. A native of Verona, Wis., King began his career as a dancer with Jackson in the early '90s. These days, he produces mega-tours for Madonna and Celine Dion. King even has

But with no single (living) personality at the center of the action, King's giant, motorized screens and bombastic live band start to get repetitive and even grating. Too often, the Cirque folks are underutilized as mere backup dancers. Those there more for Cirque than MJ are bound to leave disappointed.

To be sure, there are some terrific moments.

After a glacial opening - look, a mime on a moving sidewalk!

Ultimately, though, it takes patience to get to the good parts of "Immortal." All too often the filler feels like the 10th production number of an Oscar telecast entering its fourth hour. For every breathtaking one-legged breakdancer, there's a guy dressed as Bubbles the Chimp, hugging (and terrifying) audience members.

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MJ/Cirque show falls short of immortality

Pyongyang, March 27 (KCNA) -- Books and a collection of poems were published in Bangladesh to mark the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung. They are books "Songun international", "The DPRK I saw -- the country centered on the popular masses", "Great man and immortality" and a collection of poems "A hymn dedicated to a great man."

The book "Songun international" was written by M. Jahangir Khan, chairman of the Bangladesh Group for the Study of the Songun Policy, which consists of "1. Kim Il Sung, leader I worship", "2. Kim Jong Il, brilliant commander I eagerly want to meet" and "3. Songun international."

The book deals with the sacred revolutionary career of Kim Il Sung and the immortal feats performed by General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

Nothing can quell the ardent desire of humankind and strong trend of the times to follow the invincible Songun politics of Kim Jong Il, it noted.

The book "The DPRK I saw -- the country centered on the popular masses" was written by Raymond Ferguson, national secretary of the Australia-DPRK Association for Friendship and Culture. It deals with the advantage of socialism in the DPRK which is shedding its rays all over the world thanks to the peerlessly great men possessed of immensely sublime outlook on people.

The book "Great man and immortality" was authored by Garib Newaz, president of the Bangladesh People's League. It consists of chapters "Brilliant life", "Weight of earth and Kim Il Sung", "The sun is immortal" and "Peerlessly great man and eternal life."

The author praises the immortal revolutionary career of the President, who founded the Juche idea and successfully embodied it to develop the DPRK into a powerful country independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in defence.

The collection of poems "A hymn dedicated to a great man" written by Bangladeshi poet Chowdhry contains more than 40 poems including "We pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung on the Day of the Sun", "Comrade Kim Jong Il -- happiness for world people", "In memory of Kim Jong Suk" and "Invincible DPRK -- our beacon of hope".

Those poems laud the personalities of the three commanders of Mt. Paektu as peerlessly great persons and depict the real picture of Songun Korea.

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Birth Anniversary of Kim Il Sung Commemorated in Bangladesh

Publicity images from "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour."

In March 2009, Michael Jackson announced a 50-night stand in London. It was comeback time for pop music's biggest superstar, who hadn't toured since 1997.

Sadly, Jackson died just weeks before opening night. While the world mourned, it quickly became apparent this guy was going to be worth more dead than alive. Forbes confirmed it, reporting Jackson's estate brought in nearly a half billion dollars in the two years after his death.

Which brings us to "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," a revenue-generating collaboration between Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soleil that landed at the Target Center on Tuesday for a two-night residency. Cirque, of course, has long since nailed the art of spectacle and Jackson himself

But what is "Immortal," exactly? With Jackson's vocals all obviously on tape, it's not a "real" concert. But it's not just a Cirque du Soleil show with a bunch of Jackson remixes playing in the background, either. Instead, it's a sometimes eye-popping, sometimes boring and almost always vaguely unsettling marriage of the two.

Tour director Jamie King does a fine job of cranking up the sound and fury. A native of Verona, Wis., King began his career as a dancer with Jackson in the early '90s. These days, he produces mega-tours for Madonna and Celine Dion. King even has experience with prerecorded vocals, as he oversaw

But with no single (living) personality at the center of the action, King's giant, motorized screens and bombastic live band start to get repetitive and even grating. Far too often, the Cirque folks onstage are underutilized as mere backup dancers. Those there more for Cirque than MJ are bound to leave disappointed.

To be sure, there are some terrific moments.

After a glacial opening - look, a mime on a moving sidewalk! - things picked up with a tribal

Ultimately, though, it takes patience to get to the good parts of "Immortal." All too often the filler feels like the 10th production number of an Oscar telecast entering its fourth hour. For every breathtaking one-legged breakdancer, there's a guy dressed as Bubbles the Chimp, hugging (and terrifying) audience members.

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