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Spartan Promotions will return to the MMA scene in May and June after nearly a year.
On Sunday May 30th we will be holding our first Amateur show in Antrim town. This show will be all Amateur D and C-Class fights fought in a ring much in the same way the EFR semi-pro series is run. It will be in a small venue and tickets will be considerably cheaper than the previous shows we have put on. The purpose of this show is to give the new lads training in the sport a chance to compete without being thrown into a cage in front of hundreds of people.
On Saturday June 26th will be Spartan 5: Resurrection.
This will be a full Pro show consisting of 10 Professional fights and an undercard of 4 C-Class bouts and maybe a couple of Thai or K1 style fights to mix things up. This show will be held in Belfast and aims to be a return to the type of show that many in the Irish MMA community have been looking for in the last couple of years. All four of our Irish titles will be fought for on this show and i aim to have one of the biggest names in Irish MMA topping the bill.
I will start matching fights now so anyone that wants on to either show get in touch.
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Geez I miss Annie Man!! I wish there's just at least a bit of news from her.
Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday.
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Finally came across some news on Annie. Credit to Jayne Stars http://jaynestars.com/index.php?name...rticle&sid=989
"Since Wong Jing joined See Corporation Ltd., he has produced numerous projects. Wong Jing will be filming a remake of "Wong Fei Hung," starring Dicky Cheung Wai Kin, Alice Chan Wai, Annie Man Chung Han, Lam Chi Chung, Leung Man Yee, and Lee Si Pui. Dicky will be playing the title character, Wong Fei Hung.
Dicky will be entangled in a romantic triangle with Annie Man and Alice Chan. Dicky will likely add his trademark humor when playing the famous folk hero, Wong Fei Hung.
Lam Chi Chung will play Chu Yuk Wing and Cheung Ka Lun will play Ga Chat So."
Also, there is a new site in English called "Annie Man Chung Han's Memory Lane" dedicated to Annie which will have recent updates. http://chibilite.livejournal.com/
finally i can see Annie on screen again. I'm glad that she back when they start filming you know?
to all the viet ppl, anyone saw the MV of Phi Nhung with Annie Man?? i been waiting for it for so long but never heard about it......so anybody know any info on it?
Finally some more news on her upcoming series.
Annie Man Spends Birthday Filming in Hengdian
Annie Man Chung Lan is currently filming mainland series, "Wong Fei Hung" 《黃飛鴻》in Hengdian. Co-stars include Dicky Cheung Wai Kin, Lam Chi Chung, Cheung Ka Lun etc.
On the day of her birthday, Annie had to work. Although she hoped for a romantic celebration, Annie could only drink red wine with her assistant in the hotel room. Fortunately, there was a handsome man who gave her a bouquet of flowers before filming started, giving Annie a pleasant surprise!
July 20th was Annie's birthday. Although she had high expectations for her birthday celebration, Annie received the notice to film in Hengdian one day before her birthday.
Quietly drinking red wine at 12 AM with her assistant in the hotel room, Annie was surprised when Producer Wong Jing and co-stars, Dicky, Lam Chi Chung, Cheung Ka Lun etc. appeared with a birthday cake. "Fei Jai Chung," (Lam Chi Chung), gave Annie a bouquet of flowers. Annie said happily, "Fei Jai Chung is so cute and offers security. Of course I was pleased!"
Filming under intense heat in Hengdian, Annie laughed that she was forced to wear sleeveless tops to reveal her figure. The temperates often soared above 40 degrees Celsius. "Each time we filmed outdoors, my body would be soaked with sweat before the cameras started rolling! My make-up often melted too."
"A crew member even had a heat stroke. In one scene, I was pushing a cart with an actor who played my father in the series. After pushing the cart several times, the actor started vomiting. I also grew dizzy as well. Fortunately, I drank a lot of water and used cold towels to cool off."
Despite the discomfort in filming under intense heat, Annie got along very well with her colleagues. She slowly adjusted to the local high temperatures and filmed happily in Hengdian.
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Thanks Botan for sharing the news.
I finally got my mom to watch Heroine of the Yangs and I hope she'll like it as much as I do.
OMG, who did Annie's makeup and hair in that picture? Maybe it's the sweat that makes her makeup look weird. Because she really looks tired in that picture.
Where is Gilbert Lam nowadays, Annie and Gilbert needs to get together in another series and this time play lovers/gf/bf or spouses, I don't care, just not stepfather-daughter or father-daughter roles.
I just love how you Captivate My Mind
Self reminder - Update blog more often and continue editing/writing for TOV fanfic.
You are welcome Suet Seung! I agree, Annie looks very tired in the picture, exhausted from heat. LOL, I agree with you about Annie and Gilbert being in another series together as well.
did she return to tvb? she was in a pillow case mystery with kenix and bobby.
No, I don't think she returned to TVB since she is filming a Mainland series with Dicky Cheung. I think A Pillow Case of Mystery was her last series with TVB.
Any news on Annie Man? She left TVB, but somehow she returned to film A Pillow Case Mystery. Her role was very small though I heard. If she's not coming back permanently, I find it weird that she returned to film this series because she was complaining about her roles were too similar and small always. That's why she left. Annie is a great actress and I so wish she will get more roles, but too bad, TVB is too absorbed into promoting their newbies that can't even act.
A Pillow Case Mystery was filmed over 2 years ago. She completed her TVB contract series before leaving to begin a career in China. I'm pretty sure she left TVB because the opportunities became very dim. She did say that her size and look became an obvious disadvantage, but mostly the roles she was given were too redundant with little chance for development or break-through. China is a huge market these days and so she thought, why not try to break into that market? I think last year at her birthday party her manager said her birthday present was getting her a role in a China series.
Annie and Frankie is the perfect couple. I wish both of them will act in a new series again. Too bad that Annie left TVB after her final series A Pillow Case of Mystery. She is a great actress. I still watch Colorful Life over and over again!
*A smile is contagious; be a carrier*
Annie still looks young and pretty..can't wait to see her new series.
How come most 江湖 (jiānghú) wanderers never worry about money? I wonder how a 大俠 (dàxiá) make a living...does meddling in people's business and righting wrongs pay well?
Was Diet Ma Hiep Dao not vampire expert II? Vampire Expert I was called Ma Dao Trang Ba and I don't think Frankie was in it (not sure though). Sadly Frankie and Annie did not end up together in Vampire Expert II. I was actually not talking about this show, however. I was talking about Coincidentally called Duyen Keip Luan Hoi in viet (I was too lazy to look this up earlier).
How come most 江湖 (jiānghú) wanderers never worry about money? I wonder how a 大俠 (dàxiá) make a living...does meddling in people's business and righting wrongs pay well?


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WICHITA — There's a little piece of popular Pratt restaurant Charlie's Home of Pizza Taco in Wichita's new Charlie's PizzaTaco.
Charlie's owner Charlie Hoffman has lent the little red oven that started it all to his son Dave Hoffman's new restaurant near Central and Tyler.
"He kind of wanted a piece of Pratt here," manager Adam Hoffman says of his great uncle.
Charlie Hoffman was helping his father run a gas station in Pratt in 1965 when he was approached by a food company to buy a $200 pizza oven. He says the company told him it would give him enough product to sell pizzas and make back his $200.
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I recently received 2 sets of swords from St. George Armoury/Mark Vickers. http://www.stgeorgearmoury.co.uk/index.html
The first set consists of identical blunt and sharp XIV Arming swords that have their hilts based on the Morosini XIV located in the Met. and the blade of an XIV located in the Royal Armouries at Leeds.
The stats on the XIVs:
31 1/4 inch blade
2 1/4 wide 1/4 thick at forte
balance 2 3/4
Approximately 3 Lb 5 oz
The XIV's are absolutley the finest balanced single handers I have ever used. When you hold them by the pommel with the blade pointing to the ground they feel heavy. However when you hold the grip and raise the tip, it seems like the extra weight vanishes completely. When swung, this has the effect of literally pulling the blade through whatever medium you are cutting, simply slicing through like a laser beam. Even cutting through the air is an absolute joy. While they pull themselves through the cut, they are also maneuverable and it's possible to start a cut and change direction, feint, etc and they respond extemely well. The blade is rigid enough to thrust and is extremely maneuverable, fast and accurate. The grind is an appleseed or clamshell grind and is well executed. The hilt is designed for a single hand, but has enough room to add the first 3 fingers of the offhand if necessary.
The fit and finish on these are extremely well done albeit purposely rustic. The rsutic elements include some slight carbon deposits left on the blades near the hilt, and some grind lines that are not geometrically perfect. However, these add to the charm of the sword and showcases that these are truly handmade using techniques similar to the period in which these were used. These visual elements add a feeling of warmth to the blade and fits their visual design as weapons of war that a man at arms or minor knight would use. No nonsense, practical and vicious. The hilts are finely blued and the wrap is extremely comfortable.
The second set is a sharp Durer style XVIIIb longsword and a less ornate blunt XVIIIb that is an almost exact match weight and balance and maneuverability wise as the sharp albeit with a different hilt.
XVIIIB's Statistics
Overall length: ~47"
Length of blade: ~36"
Width of blade: 2" at the Forte
Approximately 3.3 lbs
These XVIIIB's are incredibly fast, maneuverable and deadly weapons. They transition well from guard to guard and slice through the air like a laserbeam. Designed for two hands, these blades are amazingly agile fast when wielded with a single hand. They exhibit the same balance features as the single handers in that they get lighter in the hand when swung and literally pull their way through the cut. Again, these are extraordinarily maneuvable and go exactly where you want them to.
The blade is a hollow ground diamond with raised center rib. This produces an extremely sharp blade that is also extremely rigid and perfect for thrusting. Fit and finish on these is superb albeit also with the rustic elements mentioned with the XIV's above. The hilt of the Durer is extemely beautiful with a writhen pommel and cross. These are solid and extremely well done. The writhen aspect does create an optical illusion that the blade slightly curves to one side in certain lighting, however I have confirmed with a plumb line and T Square that the blade is true and this illusion only exists in certain lighting.
Both sets of blades are extremely well executed and cut incredibly well. Tatami, pool noodles, water jugs, roasts and pork legs have all fallen victim to both sharps. They literlly slice through without any resistance and the blades are still as razor sharp as when I received them. I was particulaly amazed at how well they slice through bone (a bit of an abusive test) without any mark or dulling. Truly Mark Vickers has his heat treament perfected.
Price wise these blades were a steal and even with the weak dollar vs the british pound I was able to get four custom swords for almost the same cost as 2 top end production swords from a US maker.
I would very much like to thank Mark Vickers for making these superb swords for me, Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria for turning me on to Mark, and a special thank you to Mike Stillwell for helping me with the shipping of these swords from the UK to the US.
Here are some photos of the swords as they were being made by Mark:


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Teachers are key to our children's success
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28 Oct 2013
- Written by Pastor DeAndre Brown/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
As a pastor and longtime member of the Frayser community, I have a strong interest in seeing our children do well in school. And although I believe their success is driven by a range of factors such as class sizes and the availability of good texts and other materials, I also know that having a great teacher is the most important school-based factor in student achievement.
Research in a recent report by Shepherding the Next Generation shows that a student assigned to an excellent teacher may gain more than a full year's worth of additional academic growth compared to a student assigned to a weak teacher. Indeed, a highly effective teacher has a greater impact on achievement than any other factor within the school environment.
That report also examined a Tennessee study that found that an average student with three highly effective teachers scored in the top 10 percent of students after three years, while a similar student with ineffective teachers scored in the bottom 40 percent after the same period of time.
'The key turns twice'
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17 Oct 2013
- Written by Earnest Townes
All too often when media coverage speaks of an individual who has been formerly incarcerated, it is usually in a negative context (i.e. arrested again, person of interest, not new to the criminal justice system, lengthy arrest record).
Following this coverage, depending on the gravity of the crime, there may be public outcry as to "why was he/she released in the first place?" As a result, seemingly all offenders are then cast into that same category.
It would be asinine to even suggest every offender returns to society with positive goals and the desire to be a productive member of his/her community. I, too, cringe upon hearing the news of another ex-offender having committed the same or a more appalling crime. Yet, I do contend that amidst that population is a sector with aspirations and hopes of moving forward in their lives!
'Head start' for children merits pre-K sales tax
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08 Oct 2013
- Written by Keith Norman/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
If every child in Shelby County is given a head start in life, there is a preponderance of evidence that that child would go on to become a productive member of society – which means skilled workers would be added to the workforce, crime and poverty would decrease, and the need for public assistance would be reduced.
We're at a crossroad where a decision has to be made to bring the aforementioned scenario into reality. But that decision would have to be made by the voters of Memphis via a referendum that will be on the ballot this fall to increase the sales tax by a half-cent. If approved, $47 million could be generated, with about $30 million earmarked for pre-K and $17 million to reduce property tax rates.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is not alone in its support of a half-cent sales tax increase for early childhood education. It is a civil rights issue and one of the NAACP's "5 Game Changers for the 21st Century." There are others in support of this initiative as well, including city officials and a number of education advocates who see the significance and critical need of supporting the education of children at the pre-K level.
Positive parenting protects and pays
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08 Oct 2013
- Written by Tarrin McGhee/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
"I grew up poor, but I didn't know it."
Many of us have heard and been inspired by rags to riches stories told by adults who overcame risk factors in their childhood, and avoided becoming products of their environment.
Poor upbringing, single-parent family homes, resource-deprived neighborhoods and communities are all conditions that many young children confront, but still manage to excel and beat the odds stacked against them.
So what is it that separates the stories of triumph from those of defeat?
Common Sense Rules: Black Boss Pays Price for Using N-Word at Work
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20 Sep 2013
- Written by Dr. Jason Johnson
There are few social ills in the African American community that can't be solved by listening to a little bit of old Public Enemy. There's a great song on the Apocalypse 91 album called "I Don't Wanna be Called Yo Nigga" The song is pretty simple actually, it's just Flava Flav (the pre - Flavor of Love version) rapping about how he and most black people don't want to be called "Nigga" by anybody, under any circumstances.
How can you say to me, "Yo my nigga!"
Cursin' up a storm with your finger on a trigger
Feelin' all the girls like a big gold digger
Take a small problem
Make a small problem bigger
You say, "Yo; I ain't poor I got dough
You Don't consider me your brother no more?"
Goddamn kilogram, how do you figure
I don't want to be called yo nigga!
The point of the song is that no matter how common the term is amongst black people, and black culture it's still stings and there are very, very few circumstances in which calling somebody "nigger," or "nigga," or "niggaz" is appropriate. Perhaps someone should have explained this to Robert Carmona, the head of the STRIVE work program. It might've saved him $30,000.
Rob Carmona, 61, is the founder and director of STRIVE an employment agency in East Harlem that focuses on helping convicted criminals find work and get back into the economy. Brandi Johnson, 38, was a STRIVE employee. Both are African American. It's not hard to figure that the N-Word was going to come up eventually right?
Apparently on March 14 of 2012 Carmona went on a four-minute expletive and racial slur laden rant on Johnson about her workplace attire and professionalism. However this wasn't the first time that Carmona had gone off on Johnson at work, and because her previous complaints had been ignored she secretly recorded the entire conversation. After the tirade, she claims she ran to the bathroom and cried for 45 minutes. On the stand in her workplace discrimination case she testified: "I was offended. I was hurt. I felt degraded. I felt disrespected. I was embarrassed," At this point this is still a simple discrimination suit, something that happens all of the time in America, just ask Paula Deen, or anybody who's ever worked at Denny's. But the reason ganered national attention is because Rob Carmona and his defense lawyers tried to argue that he was using the term "nigger" as a term of endearment, and since nigger has different meanings in different contexts that he in fact wasn't really creating a hostile work environment for Brandi Johnson.
When asked to be more specific as to why he called her nigger eight times in the span of four minutes Carmona testified he was trying to tell Johnson that she was being "….too emotional, wrapped up in her[self], at least the negative aspects of human nature." You know…. being a nigger. Of course the jury didn't buy his ridiculous story either, and Carmona will pay Johnson $25,000 in punitive damages and STRIVE will pay another $5,000 on top of that.
To be honest with you, if every black person in America got paid $30,000 every time we've been called ''nigger,' collectively or individually I think I'd stop complaining about reparations, but I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen. Already many press outlets are reporting this court ruling as some sort of major sea change in language, now that there is no longer this "double-standard" where black people can say "nigger" and white people can't.
This is completely wrong of course and another example of the disingenuous double standard of race that we all still live under. The workplace is the workplace; you are not supposed to use foul language at any job, no matter what race you are, or who happens to be working there that day. If Carmona was a woman and had gone on a four-minute rant calling Brandi Johnson a "bitch" eight times and lost a discrimination suit, nobody would be calling this ruling a sea change in language or culture. Why? Because anyone with a lick of common sense and professionalism knows that words like bitch, faggot and especially nigger, may be okay when you're joking with your friends and family, but those words never have, and never will have a place in a workplace that isn't a recording studio or on the set of the newest Showtime drama.
Only white Americans who obsess over "not" being able to use the n-word and black people who don't know any better, would view this court ruling as anything significant. The rest of us know better.
Of course Robert Carmona knew this from day one and simply got caught for being a verbally abusive boss. He could have saved himself $30,000 if he'd just listened to Flava Flav, nobody wants to be called "Yo nigger".
Dr. Jason Johnson is a professor of Political Science at Hiram College and an analyst for CNN, HLN and Al Jazeera English.
He can be found at @Drjasonjohnson on Twitter and at www.drjasonjohnson.com
Is being fat normal?
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19 Sep 2013
- Written by Dr. Timothy Moore
Pants with expanding waistlines are sold in most stores now, and big and tall retail shops are popping up everywhere. More and more, society is moving toward the acceptance of being overweight and obese as "normal."
It's official that the United States is fat. According to the Centers for Disease Control, two thirds of Americans are obese. Even though some seem to be taking such news lightly and as if it's just a fad, it is no laughing matter. Millions of people die each year from overusing a fork, spoon and a latte.
I frequently talk with individuals who deny they even have a weight problem. They argue that God created them to eat and enjoy life to the fullest and not worry about the outcome. I've also found that overweight people often overlook their weight because they feel everyone looks like them.
Apartheid lives in Memphis and there is no easy way out
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17 Sep 2013
- Written by Tony Nichelson
It is impossible for intelligent people to look at the situation faced by young urban men in America and not conclude that something is very wrong with the group. Whether it is self-inflicted or caused by sinister external forces, the fact remains that millions of black boys have been systematically excluded from the American mainstream.
Incarceration is the most visible evidence of their plight, but mental illness, poor health, educational deficiencies, chronic unemployment, illiteracy and immature decision-making are all personal characteristics of the six-million troubled souls who can not contribute anything to their race or culture, at least not in their present state.
Beef up your plate with a new health journey
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12 Sep 2013
- Written by Dr. Timothy Moore
It's back-to-school time and students are faced with so many weighty challenges – what clothes to wear, food to eat, which hair style is best, who to hang out with and the perception of peers.
What happened to the good old days when a child could just be child? Back then a lot of these concerns really didn't matter as much because everyone tended to look and dress alike. People bought their clothes from the same five-and-dime store.
It was a rare occurrence that someone missed school or was sick. If that happened, someone went out the way and checked on them; and usually there was a health situation going on, but not for long.
We are all toxic – really?
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03 Sep 2013
- Written by Dr. Timothy Moore
In the past 50 to 60 years our environment has become progressively more polluted, which has resulted in a larger human toxic burden than ever before. Chemicals are being produced, tested and introduced into our environment at a frightening rate. It doesn't matter where we are or in what part of the county we live, everyone will have some level of exposure to toxins.
These invisible toxins are in our prescription drugs, household cleaners, alcohol, tobacco, and over-the-counter drugs. It is virtually impossible to keep our bodies free of these substances, unless of course we live in a bubble.
Our bodies are composed of many organs, but our liver carries the greatest burden. The liver has the task of disposing of foreign substances, as well as body-produced hormones. We can assist in this process by providing our body with enough of the proper nutrients to help the liver function.
50 years later What do we do NOW?
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29 Aug 2013
- Written by Bernal E. Smith II
Fifty years, half a century, five decades – a milestone by any standard, and a sufficient passing of time to allow for deep reflection and measurement of one's relative position and progress with great expectation of significant growth and accomplishment.
One might simultaneously reflect in some disappointment with a lack of forward progress and achievement and even more so with a retardation of growth during a space of 600 months.
Understanding of both are necessary to answer the most urgent question of today: Where do we go from here?
Memphis Branch NAACP takes on toxic waste fight
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22 Aug 2013
- Written by Tri-State Defender Newsroom
In African-American communities across the United States, young men are besieged by violence and their families struggle to overcome economic deprivation, which threatens their way of life. In those depressed enclaves, African Americans are often relegated to poor housing conditions, and escaping such conditions has been fruitless in some cases.
But there is another threat to the African-American community that looms overhead, and in the ground water, like a modern-day plague: residue from chemical and coal burning plants. That's because African-American neighborhoods are often located in close proximity to these "killing" plants. It's happening across the United States and it's happening in Memphis and Shelby County.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has consistently been concerned about the quality of air and water in the United States on a daily basis. Our poor African-American communities are routinely oppressed with the deadly residue from coal burning plants that is emitted in the air and found in the water supply. Memphis is not immune to this plague.
The new definition of homelessness
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14 Aug 2013
- Written by Javier Bailey/Special to The New Tri-State Defender
The City of Memphis and its surrounding areas are faced with a real fiscal and social dilemma that promises to get worse before it gets better. Simply, that dilemma is this: how will local government address and serve the growing community of homeless citizens?
To properly address the issue, it is imperative that we first define "homeless." The traditional definition and the images that arise in the minds of most people when referring to the homeless is that of the man or woman living on the street, pan-handling for money, and digging through dumpsters for food. This image no longer fits the contemporary reality of homelessness.
Today's homeless often go to work but are unable to keep a roof over their heads. Many are victims of foreclosure and oftentimes are unable to keep the utilities on in their homes. Indeed the new homeless Memphian is one that awaits eviction at any moment and has no idea where the evening meal for the family will come from. Although this person I just described is not out in the streets, effectively, this is a "homeless" citizen.
Mo' Kelly Did Not Expose Crystal Wright Or the GOP Because we Already Knew
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Now, nine days before the Republican Convention, vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is under similar scrutiny. The questions in his case are different, but interrogators' motivations are the same. By understanding what a politician believes about God and by taking the measure of his or her moral compass, people believe, it is possible to better understand the thing that in some circles is called "character."


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LOOKING UP: South Africa and Australia are each developing precursors to the Square Kilometer Array of radio telescopes. Above, an Australian dish built in 2010.
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MURCHISON SHIRE, Western Australia—The pilot of the eight-passenger Cessna turboprop lines up the nose of his plane with a red-dirt landing strip ahead, a band of cleared Earth not all that different from the flat, sparsely vegetated terrain below.
He eases the plane down to an altitude of 90 meters, then levels off, buzzing the airstrip for a visual inspection. At the remote Boolardy pastoral station here in Western Australia, about 600 kilometers north of Perth, any manner of debris might have blown onto the landing strip since it was last used. Or perhaps a stray cow or goat has wandered into harm's way. But no—the airstrip is clear. The pilot circles back for a gentle landing and taxis the Cessna to a halt near a collection of farm equipment belonging to a nearby homestead. Heat mirages shimmer on the smooth red dirt of the airstrip as a dust devil looms over the airplane's right wing.
This is hard country, a place where the barren wilderness stretches to the horizon in every direction, where termite mounds and the droppings of feral goats are about the only signs of life. But the Boolardy homestead in Murchison is plenty lively, occupied by a rotating cast of engineers, construction workers, scientists and, now, four North American reporters on a government-sponsored visit. Federal and state agencies plunked down about $5 million to purchase some 3,500 square kilometers of this rangeland in 2009, then signed a land-use agreement with the indigenous Wajarri Yamatji people worth more than $18 million to allow for construction on a core region of almost 130 square kilometers. Since that time the site has seen numerous upgrades in power generation, water storage and high-speed communication infrastructure. The dirt roads leading from the homestead to the core of the site have been graded to a flatness and smoothness that rivals most highways.
Nine thousand kilometers to the west, across the Indian Ocean, a similar scene is unfolding. Near the town of Carnarvon in the Karoo region of South Africa, a government-backed project has acquired 140 square kilometers of farmland about 450 kilometers northeast of Cape Town. Surrounding the remote plot is a newly designated 125,000-square-kilometer protected reserve. Like Murchison, the Karoo site has undergone a progressive makeover since its 2008 purchase—better roads, new fiber-optic cables, new power lines—to become ever more incongruous with its rugged surroundings.
The multibillion-dollar reason for all this parallel activity in Australia and South Africa has recently become clearer. At each of the far-flung sites, a handful of radio telescopes has sprung up like clusters of white mushrooms blooming from the red earth. Radio telescopes, which look like oversize satellite dishes, receive emissions from space at the longest wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Those emissions may come from natural radio sources in the galaxy, such as the spinning stellar remnants known as pulsars, or may originate as shorter-wavelength signals, such was microwaves, that have been stretched into the radio band as they travel from distant sources, across an expanding universe, to reach Earth.
Australia has six dishes, with designs on 30 more; South Africa has built seven of a planned 64. When the two projects, the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT), are finished, each will be among the most powerful radio observatories in the world. But both countries have set their sights on a bigger prize. South Africa is building MeerKAT, and Australia is building ASKAP, in the hopes of landing the $2-billion Square Kilometer Array, one of the most ambitious telescope projects in history.
In 2012 an international consortium will choose Murchison or Karoo as the home of the Square Kilometer Array, or SKA, a vast network of 15-meter radio telescopes that, as proposed, would comprise 3,000 steerable dishes that pivot on multiple axes to aim at celestial targets. (The project's name is a bit of a misnomer; the dishes would together provide about a half a square kilometer of collecting area.) With an array of interconnected dishes, astronomers can yoke all the telescopes together, essentially combining the collective observing power of the group into one super telescope. Adding more collecting area—that is, building more dishes—boosts the array's sensitivity, whereas spacing the dishes out across great distances gives the array better resolution.
A complementary array of stationary antennas—more like old-fashioned rooftop TV antennas than satellite dishes—would collect lower-wavelength radio waves and would bring the project closer to its nominal square kilometer of coverage. At full build-out, slated for the mid-2020s, the digital output from the SKA could exceed the current volume of Internet traffic worldwide. The project's cost would be split among a number of partner countries. But just how many of those 3,000 planned dishes will ever be built, and just who will foot the bill for them, remain unsettled.
Regardless, both South Africa and Australia are eager to reap the economic benefits and scientific glory that would come from hosting such a world-beating project. And representatives of each nation are quick to point out the advantages of their respective site.
"I think Australia is the site for the SKA, undoubtedly," says Phil Diamond, the chief of astronomy and space science for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the Australian national science agency that is leading the country's bid for the project. Diamond points to the extreme remoteness of the Murchison site and the sparsely populated region surrounding it, which means a quieter background of radio waves generated by Earthlings—key for sensitive radio astronomy. "There are no people, no mobile phones, no microwave ovens, no garage-door openers," Diamond says. His CSIRO colleague Brian Boyle, director of the Australian SKA project, is fond of tossing off population density figures for Murchison Shire—in "nanopeople" per square meter. "It has no towns," Boyle says of the shire. "It prides itself on having no towns."
The South African contingent contends that remoteness is not everything and that the Karoo site offers important cost savings. "It's a lot cheaper to build infrastructure in South Africa, and it's a lot cheaper to carry out maintenance and upkeep in South Africa," says Bernie Fanaroff, project director for that country's SKA program. Plus, the MeerKAT site now has grid power, which the ASKAP site does not. Powering thousands of telescopes, their receivers and all the associated computer equipment would be costly off the grid. Justin Jonas, the South African SKA associate director for science and engineering, sums up his nation's rationale for choosing a proposed home for the SKA as, "Let's find a site that is remote enough to satisfy the science goals, but is not so remote that it's going to cost an arm and a leg to establish anything there."
Diamond says that the core of the SKA, where about half of the telescopes would be clustered, would require about 40 megawatts of electricity. The other half of the telescopes would fan out in long arms that would stretch to New Zealand to maximize the array's resolution; in Africa the arms would spread across several nations.
Although Murchison shire is an ideal site for solar power—it has both abundant land and abundant sunshine—a 40-megawatt solar plant would be a huge undertaking on its own. "Energy is a big problem for us," Diamond acknowledges.
An international committee short-listed the two sites in 2006 from four proposals, which also included a pitch from China and one from Argentina and Brazil. "The SKA science board said that these two sites were acceptable" from a science standpoint, says Cornell University astronomer Yervant Terzian, a member of the SKA siting group. "I think that's pretty good. The rest is refining."


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We stayed here for a night. Unit 6, right on the water next to the pool and the restaurant. Wonderful views out the windows, deck and the patio. Love how they have furnished the place. Its not cheap, but if you want to be by the water, in a quiet place, this is it. Walking distance to an IGA, a... More
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Fall essential! Tee features turtleneck with shirring detail, long sleeves and sharkbite hem for a flattering silhouette.
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Library of Virginia Literary Awards Three prizes of $2,500 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year. Books by writers who were born in or are... |
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How Much To Get Matt Flynn Back on the Packers?
While not exactly Packers news, I don't think there are many readers of AllGreenBayPackers.com who aren't at least a little bit interested in one Matt Flynn, who parlayed a couple solid games (including a spectacular week 17 game against Detroit) into a stepping stone to a NFL starting quarterback. Most fans were sad to see Flynn go, who might have been the best backup quarterback in the league, but with the demand for quarterbacks as high as it is in the NFL, many fans were happy with the compensatory pick that Flynn would likely net the Packers.
Fast forward a couple months, and the story is quite different; Flynn was signed to a lucrative contract, but nothing remotely close the deal many were expecting; I was the first to assume that Flynn would get something in the ball park of Kevin Kolb, another backup with lots of potential but not a lot of tape, who had received a 6-year $65 million contract, but Flynn got a 3 year, $19.5 million deal instead.
Also inexplicably, the Seahawks front office has decided the best way for Flynn to get used to his new team is to throw him into a quarterback competition with Tavaris Jackson (who realistically is first trying to make the team) and 3rd round rookie Russell Wilson (also signing Terrell Owens and Braylon Edwards makes little sense to me either). To me this means that Seattle isn't all too confident in Flynn's abilities, which is understandable considering Flynn played with some of the best offensive talent in the NFL and didn't play all that much to boot (then again Seattle did pretty well with another Packers backup in a similar situation named Matt Hassellbeck).


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One Asian-American Mom Breaks the Silence About Postpartum Depression
by Julianne Hing on November 14 2013, 9:00AM
Sharline Chiang chips away at the stigma around Asian Americans and mental illness.
One Asian-American Mom Breaks the Silence About Postpartum Depression
by Julianne Hing on November 14 2013, 9:00AM
Sharline Chiang chips away at the stigma around Asian Americans and mental illness.
Alison Gold's Awful 'Chinese Food' Makes Billboard Top 100 Debut
by Jamilah King on October 25 2013, 3:29PM
The song has watched five million times on YouTube and sold more than 1,000 digital copies.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW
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by Von Diaz on September 13 2013, 4:05PM
CBS' "The Talk" host Julie Chen recently revealed she was pressured into eyelid surgery.
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TV Host Julie Chen Says She Was Pressured Into Eyelid Surgery
by Jamilah King on September 12 2013, 3:03PM
The TV anchor made her admission on CBS this week.
Asian American Students Still Face Bullying in New York City Schools
by Jamilah King on September 6 2013, 12:56PM
It's time to go back to school, and for too many students, that's not a good thing.
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A New Plan Emerges to Restore Yoga To Its South Asian Roots
by Jamilah King on August 7 2013, 12:29PM
A new initiative called South Asian American Perspectives on Yoga in America is underway.
'Asian Girlz' Is Quite Possibly the Worst Video on the Internet Right Now
by Jamilah King on July 31 2013, 8:45AM
But it's a good lesson in how the impact of someone's words or actions carry more weight than their intention.
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A Long Overdue Celebration of Asian Food, From the Fung Brothers
by Jamilah King on July 10 2013, 11:50AM
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
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by Julianne Hing on June 11 2013, 8:35AM
A new report from Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy takes a rare look at an often overlooked subgroup of young people.
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Dramatic Reading of Racist YouTube Comments Left on 'What Kind of Asian Are You?' Video
by Jorge Rivas on June 6 2013, 10:18AM
Actors read real comments from "What Kind of Asian Are You?"
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by Jorge Rivas on May 29 2013, 1:06PM
If we were all only so bold.
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Asian American women ages 65 and older had a higher suicide rate - 6.5 per 100,000 - than any other racial or ethnic group.
Asian-American Voters Really, Really Loved Barack Obama in Election 2012
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Menu to Galleries and Other Jazz Photos Recent Publications Galleries Exhibits Jazz T-Shirts Links Events Featured Artists Information Sales & Availability |
Welcome to the website of jazz photographer Michael Wilderman. Here are some samples of my photos from the broad spectrum of music known as "jazz": Click on images for enlargementsNeed a photo of a jazz musician?
Photo Sales - New PayPal Account Payment Link Established! What's New and Recent Vita Brevis, a new CD by Borah Bergman, with Kidd Jordan, William Parker, and Michael Wimberley. The CD package contains two of my photos. This moving music is available at Downtown Music Gallery.
Interinfinity, New CD by Joel Futterman and Alvin Fielder Duo This music was recorded June 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. Marc medwin wrote, "Rising from crystalline whispers to title waves of tone, timbre and rhythm, this is music born of the power that only instant communication and listening on the deepest level can foster." I provided the photos, design and did the graphic layout for the CD package.
My photos were exhibited December 4th at the
Orensanz Center in NYC as part of the important Under_Line fundraiser to
help develop a permanent music and arts space in the Lower East Side.
This is one of the photos displayed:
The William Parker Ensemble at Sound Unity II, at the old Knitting Factory, October 14, 1988. Jazz T-shirts with my photos have been unavailable since Gear, Ink. went out of business last year. But, a new company, Delta Haze, has taken over and is in production. So, NOW the T-shirts are available again. Click HERE for images and a link.
Check out the updated DC Jazz Gallery - with photos of Washington, DC jazz artists, venues and activities. Vision Festival 17 took place Monday June 11th, 2012 through Sunday June 17th. The festival honored Joe McPhee for a "A LifeTime of Achievement" and my photo of him was featured on the cover of the festival program. Click HERE or on the cover image to see this photo and selections from the festival.
On their page, click on the "Community" button to see a Joe McPhee video from the festival The new jazz text book, DISCOVERING JAZZ by John Edward Hasse and Tad Lathrop contains ten of my photos. A sample chapter is temporarily available for review on the Pearson web site, just click on the cover image. I did the photo, oil pastel, and layout for Joel Futterman's new CD Remembering Dolphy. It's piano solo explorations of the music of Eric Dolphy. Nothing like this has ever been done before! I also did the cover for his CD, The Fall, a unique musical experience. Music samples (and other photos of mine) at: I provided the layout and photo montages for Byron Morris' new CD Unity, A Retrospective. The music is a collection of recordings that Unity made during the late '70s and early '80s. Listen to the music samples at the site. There are also many of my photos on Byron's website at www.bymormusic.com. I am now Byron's "webmaster" and have added many photos of Byron, Hilton Ruiz, and others. Click HERE for a New page with a slideshow exhibit of my photographs of New Orleans musicians and scenes. These photos are all pre-Katrina.
The VISION FESTIVAL - XVI took place Monday, June 6th through Sunday, June 12th, 2011.
Vision Festival XV in June 2010 celebrated a lifetime of achievement
by Muhal Richard Abrams on an evening with an emotional Muhal solo
performance dedicated to Fred Anderson, who was scheduled to appear that
night, but had passed away that morning in a Chicago hospital. Muhal
also played a dynamic trio set with Ari Brown and Harrison Bankhead.
Other festival highlights that I heard were the Charles Gayle Bass
Choir's tribute for Norris "Sirone" Jones; The Blues Escaped band with
Roy Campbell, jr., Kidd Jordan, Jason Kao Hwang, William Parker, and
Hamid Drake; Billy Bang's Spirit of Sir One; the David S. Ware Trio; and
the Sabir Mateen Ensemble.
For more information, see the Vision Festival website.
The 2009 Vision Festival in New York City, June 9-15, honored a lifetime of achievement by Marshall Allen.
Click HERE to link to a NEW page with an exhibit of my Marshall Allen photographs, After the outstanding Sun Ra Arkestra set, all the musicians were called to the stage for a group photo:
In 2008, the Vision Festival honored the musical achievements of Edward
"Kidd" Jordan. I was pleased to be able to present a digital projection
of photos of my friend Kidd. I have converted the slideshow for viewing
on a new page and have added more images, including those from the 2008
Vision Festival and beyond.
Click HERE to link to a NEW page with the slideshow exhibit of my Kidd Jordan photographs. My links page has been updated with additions. Check out the updated Latin Jazz - Exhibits & Photo Gallery page.
Click HERE TO CONTACT Jazz Visions and Michael Wilderman by email The site was established in 1997 on John Coltrane's birthday and was relocated to this domain in June 2001.
All images are copyright by Michael Wilderman/JazzVisionsPhotos. Thanks! Please return soon.


text: I've got two reasons to like Andrew Bockner, who designs and manufactures outdoor furniture , which you can see at the Andrew Richard Designs showroom at 571 Adelaide East. First of all, I love good quality, well-made things, such as the Bockner's very new and very lovely Osaka line (shown left). Bockner's furniture is sturdily made from woven high-density polyethylene reinforced with nylon thread. That's why it costs more than the stuff you can buy at your local big box. It's also why it will retain its shape through rain, wind and sun for years, unlike woven vinyl. Non-corrosive cast aluminum and stainless steel are used for frames, while teak is kiln- and air-dried after finishing to avoid rot. If you're thinking about investing in new outdoor furniture, do yourself a favour and check Bockner's stuff out. And ask out the outdoor living feature he'll be launching in his store soon, or watch this space for more details. Second reason that I think Andrew is a kindred spirit? During a recent store preview, he gave me a huge bunch of pussy willows, which are one of my favourite things on the planet. How did he know that when I was a kid, my mother and I would head "uptown" in King City in search of these fuzzy harbingers of Spring? The best spot was behind the Cold Storage building on King Sideroad. Apparently, others must share my affection — at least ten people on the transit ride home struck up a conversation with me about them. Which proves, once again, that Torontonians are actually pretty friendly folk...or that we're really, really ready for Spring.


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Emerging issues in water and infectious disease
New diseases, including water-related diseases, periodically "emerge" either because they are newly recognized or because their importance increases. This may be due to the micro-organisms themselves evolving, to changes in the way we manage water resources and supplies; changes in the tools and methods used to study the organisms and the health effects they cause; or due to changes in the human population itself.
WHO, USEPA and other agencies collaborate to address some of these challenges through an initiative. The initiative leads to development and publication of state-of-the-art reviews based on wide international expert consultations.
Reviews published on emerging issues in water and infectious disease
Animal waste, water quality and human health
October 2012 - Heterotrophic plate count measurement and drinking water safety
Information sheet: Pharmaceuticals in drinking-water
June 2011 - Legionella and the prevention of legionellosis
- Pathogenic mycobacteria in water: A guide to public health consequences, monitoring and management
Pharmaceuticals in drinking-water
June 2011 -
Questions & answers on potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water, sanitation and hygiene and ways to reduce the risks to human health
pdf, 338kb - Review of latest available evidence on risks to human health through potential transmission of avian influenza (H5N1) through water and sewage
- Safe management of shellfish and harvest waters: minimizing health risks from sewage-contaminated shellfish
- Toxic cyanobacteria in water: public health consequences, monitoring and management
- Waterborne zoonoses: identification, causes and control
Other information that may be of interest
Recent WSH publications
Management of wastes from immunisation campaign activities
11 December 2013 -
Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target
11 December 2013 -
Water quality assessments
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Water quality monitoring
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Health impact assessment
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~ Lovely Key West Style Beach Side Villa ~ in Longboat Key
- bedrooms 1
- baths 1
- sleeps 4
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Cabana Beach Club
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$ 630 - $ 1,400 / week
Longboat Key Villa deals
stays between: 12/9/13 & 12/21/13
deal expires in: 6 days
~~~ Great December Special ~~~ $560 per week or $90 per night
Lovely 1 bdrm villa/condo, 20 seconds to the beach...no street to cross. Enjoy this spacious villa at great savings of our already discounted rate Heated pool. Free internet and a washer & dryer in unit. 3 persons max. Min stay required. $45 cleaning
- $700 $560/week ($140 off)
deal# DSAWET
vacation rental description
Tropical nine unit intimate complex located directly on the white sandy beach overlooking the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Relax in a tastefully furnished condo and walk out of French doors onto a private large patio surrounded by fragrant jasmine, hibiscus, oleander and many varieties of palm trees and walk 100 feet to a pristine white sandy beach.
Our beautiful 1 bedroom villa is on a private Gulf of Mexico beach, there is no street to cross, but it does not have a direct gulf view.
It is very rare to find a quiet, private complex on the beach such as this one, that is meticulously landscaped and well maintained.
Enjoy the relaxed pace of our tropical condominium.
The villa features completely equipped kitchen, separate living room, dining room and bedroom with a queen size bed.
There is also a Murphy Bed- a very comfortable queen sized bed with normal mattress and springs, as well as a sleeper sofa, which together can accommodate comfortably family of 2 adults and 3 children.
Heated pool surrounded by green foliage, flowers, palm trees make your stay comfortable and carefree
This is a condo that you will want to return to year after year.
We take great pride in our property and hope you will too!
*Our unit has its own Bosch washer and dryer and secure wireless internet *
We have no hidden costs, our rates are posted and the only additional fee
to that is Florida state and county tax...sorry there is nothing we can do about that.
villa rental amenities
New HV/AC - "Home Comfort System" protects from allergens and combats mold
free high speed wireless internet in the unit
Smooth surface cooktop range, microwave, dishwasher, refrigerator
with ice maker, in sink septic food waste disposer
3 cable TV, DVD, VCR, 2 mobile phones, propane gas grill
lounge chairs on the private beach, heated pool
Bosch front load washer and dryer in the unit for your convenience
activities and attractions in Longboat Key Gulf Coast Central
Over 60 golf courses within Sarasota area, tennis (free) hardcourts, basketball at Bayfront Park
choices in extraordinary award winning restaurants and shopping can be found on the key and internationally known St. Armand's Circle with its array of upscale boutiques and galleries.
After a day of fun in the sun, in nearby Sarasota just minutes away your choices include Florida West Coast Symphony, opera, ballet, live theaters, Van Wezel Performing Arts Center and The Ringling Museum with its marvelous gallery, jazz, blues, dance clubs, piano bars are all here for you to enjoy.
vacation rental rates
Oct01 - Dec20,2013....$125/night...$115/3 nights...$700/week
Dec21 - Feb11,2014....$150/night...$945/week
Feb12 - Apr25,2014....$200/night...$1330/week
Apr26 - Aug08,2014....$140/night...$840/week
*Maximum 4 persons (children included)
*Jan-Apr* Week or longer. Some partial weeks may be available. Saturday check in or check out. Remainder of year 3 nights min. Higher rates apply for Holidays. Add 11.5% tax & $45 departure cleaning fee. We do not accept credit cards as we don't want to add any unnecessary extra charges to your stay. We accept: Personal Checks, PayPal (3% fee applies),Western Union, Money-Gram
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice
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As you can see, Owen's totally bored of always being assigned the catcher position. He is ready to pitch damn it. Luckily his gym teacher deconstructed the process of throwing a baseball and gave him 5 easy steps to become a pitcher. I had to share it. As soon as the weather warmed up, we headed to our favorite field and grabbed a few high-bounce balls to put it to the test . . . Step One: Make a T shape with your arms
Step Two: Make a L with your throwing arm
Step Three: Point in the direction you want to throw the ball
Step Four: Step forward with your front foot
Step Five: Throw the ball.
5 Easy Steps to Throw a Ball: Teach Your Kid to Pitch a Baseball
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5 International guest Comedians packed in to one huge 2 hour show.
In 2013 producer, comedy.co.nz productions, is taking the 5 Star Comedy On Tour to the North Island for the first time. The show features 5 world class comedians in one big 2 hour show providing comedy fans with an even bigger International Comedy Festival experience.
For the guest comedians it is an opportunity to also experience more of New Zealand often providing some fresh perspectives and material for their own live shows.


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Jinja Safari announce Australian Tour
1/7/2013Jinja Safari invite Australian audiences to gather in, breathe deep and discover the mysteries within The Bay Of Fires; a new show that traverses the largest tour footprint Jinja has made on Australia this September and October.
The 16 shows across this glorious land have Jinja Safari chomping at the bit to get back on their native terrain: The Stage. Their legendary on-stage force - seen everywhere from New York, London and India to rapturous audiences at Splendour In The Grass and Falls Festival - will reach its summit on Australian soil this September and October. Sydney and Perth fans under 18 are in for an extra special treat, with both shows all ages.
Armed with their triple j-featured and self-titled debut album, Jinja Safari summons you to participate in a brand new performance, bringing the LP to life. Thealbum has received a bucketload of praise from Australian fans and critics alike, seeing Jinja Safari quickly climb the post to one of Australia's most loved bands.
Check out their new clip for the single Dozer below.
THE BAY OF FIRES tour:-
Thursday 12 Sept: Spotted Cow, Toowoomba
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Friday 13 Sept: The Hi-Fi, Brisbane
Tickets available from The Hi-Fi / 1300 843 443 // Oztix: 1300 762 545,
Saturday 14 September Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545,
Wednesday 18 September: ANU, Canberra
Ticketek: 132 849, Ticketek
Thursday 19 September: Uni Bar, Wollongong
Tickets available from Bigtix / Oztix
Friday 20 September: Cambridge, Newcastle
Tickets available from Bigtix / Oztix
Saturday 21 September: The Metro, Sydney [ALL AGES]
Tickets available from Venue: (02) 9550 3666, Metro Theatre / Ticketek
Wednesday 25 September: Loft, Warrnambool
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Thursday 26 September: Barwon Club, Geelong
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Friday 27 September: Forum, Melbourne
Tickets available from Ticketmaster: 136 100
Saturday 28 September: Karova, Ballarat
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Thursday 3 October: Adelaide Uni Bar, Adelaide
Tickets available from Moshtix: 1300 438 849 /
Friday 4 October: Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Saturday 5 October: The Astor, Perth [ALL AGES]
Tickets available from Show Ticketing | 08 9370 5888 | From Astor Theatre Box Office direct
Sunday 6 October: Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Tickets available from Oztix: 1300 762 545
Tickets on sale Tuesday July 2nd, 9am.*
* Tickets to the Melbourne forum show on sale Tuesday July 2nd 3pm.
Buy Jinja Safari's self-titled debut album on Getmusic now.