5 Dakshina Kannada beaches to be developed

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Mangalore, Oct 28:

Five beaches along the coastline of Dakshina Kannada district will be developed with necessary infrastructure by March 2015.

AB Ibrahim, Deputy Commissioner of the district, said this on Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting to review the beach tourism development projects in the district.

The Karnataka Tourism Department had identified beaches in Surathkal, Someshwara, Talapaddy, Ullal and Sultan Battery for development. The Union Ministry of Tourism has approved the allocation of Rs 13.72 crore for the development of these beaches, he said.

Ibrahim asked the officials of Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Ltd (KRIDL) to begin work on the project by November 1. KRIDL has been assigned the work of developing basic infrastructure on these beaches.

Thulasi Maddineni, Chief Executive Officer of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, said that each beach has been identified keeping the tourist flow in mind. Someshwara beach will attract religious tourists, Surathkal beach will attract family tourists, and Talapaddy beach will be of attraction to nature lovers. Ullal beach is best suited for homestay tourists and Sultan Battery caters to the requirements of local tourists, she said. She also suggested improving road network to the beaches.

Yatish Baikampady, Chief Executive Officer of Panambur Beach Tourism Development Corporation, suggested developing multiple approach roads to the beaches identified for development. Such arrangements will help during emergencies, he said.

(This article was published on October 28, 2014)

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Dirty Beaches Calls It Quits

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Alex Zhang Hungtai has announced the end of his Dirty Beaches project. In a series of Tweets, he explained that he plans to keep making music, but under a different name:

Hi guys thank you all for the support of STATELESS, its sad to say goodbye to DB, but rest assured NEW PROJECTS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON 2015

this may not be a smart move & painful1 too, but in the long run I'll look back& be glad I moved on from Dirty Beaches. Thank you all x

RIP DIRTY BEACHES 2005-2014.

Time to move on.

Hungtai will release his final album as Dirty Beaches, the instrumental collectionStateless, on November 4. You can listen to it here, via Pitchfork Advance. A statement he wrote about the album included the line "Nothing is forever."

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5 Hidden Gems from Dirty Beaches Deep Back Catalogue

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Released in 2011, Badlandscatapulted Alex Zhang Hungtai's moody home recordings as Dirty Beaches onto world tours and festival stages. The record wasan organizational and stylistic leap; loops of earth-rending guitar noise t-boning pop samples with the vinyl scratches left on, and asui generisatmosphere that always seemed to defer to something truerather than the character Hungtai had created.

This reality, elicited by the charged music, could have beenboth acomplex set of feelings or a set of images (hence all those cinematic comparisons). Everyone loves a sequel, and 2013's double albumDrifters/Love Is The Devildidn't shortchange anyone who appreciated Zhang Hungtaifor his Tarantino levels (had to do it one time) of accoutrement, or the smouldering passionfrom which everything flowed.

Today, Alex Zhang Hungtaiannouncedthathis new album, Stateless, will be his last as Dirty Beaches. But if you'relamenting the loss of a project that still seemed to have so much potential, Dirty Beaches didn't just arrive fully formed at Badlands.Before all that, hedevelopedhis lo-fi experiments in Montreal at a prolific rate. His back catalogue contains both sketches of hissound to come and tangents that stand alone as great compositions in their own regard.

Hisdiscography is well worth probing further, so we've collected some great lesser-known Dirty Beaches Bandcamp gems below.

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Healthscope preferred bidder for Northern Beaches hospital

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Healthscope Limited (ASX:HSO) is selected as the preferred bidder for the new Northern Beaches Hospital in Sydney.

Healthscope chief executive Robert Cooke says the chance to build and manage a new $600 million hospital for the NSW government will showcase the company's ability to handle such arrangements as states increasingly turn to private operators to share the burden of public healthcare.

The company, which rejoined the market in a $3.6 billion listing in July, was named on Wednesday as the preferred bidder for Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital project, beating shortlisted rival Ramsay Health Care.

The 488-bed hospital in Frenchs Forest will treat privately insured and public patients. Healthscope and the government are expected to finalise a contract before the end of the year, ahead of construction starting next year. The hospital is slated to open in 2018.

Hoping to finalise the contract in coming months: Healthscope chief executive Robert Cooke. Photo: Luis Ascui

NSW Premier Mike Baird said the total cost for the project would be $1 billion, with $400 million of that dedicated to road upgrades in the area.

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Mr Cooke said the contract was "an opportunity for us to showcase our key performance indicators and most importantly clinical quality standards".

"This is the first [public private partnership] opportunity that has come up for many years and we believe that the many benefits in this model will see further projects along this line in Australia in the coming years," he said.

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Two crocodiles spotted near north Queensland beaches

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Two large crocodiles have been spotted near popular swimming beaches in Queensland's tropical north.

Two beaches including one in tourist hot spot Port Douglas, north of Cairns, have closed over the past fortnight after crocs were spotted near swimming areas.

"We're letting people know that there's been recent sightings and it's their choice whether they wish to swim or not," Surf Life Saving North Queensland regional manager Colin Sparkes said on Tuesday.

Ellis Beach, north of Cairns, was closed on Monday after a beachgoer reported seeing a three metre reptile.

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And Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas was closed for a day earlier this month after a four metre croc was spotted.

"He swam along Four Mile Beach, which is your premier tourist beach in north Queensland, so that caused a bit of a stir," Mr Sparkes said.

"Once they're in the open water there's not a great deal you can do other than monitor their movements."

Both beaches have since reopened with extra signage warning to swim between the flags and keep watch.

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Astronomy students experience eclipse

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Teens typically put glasses on to block the sun, not stare at it. But thats just what students in Steven Harness astronomy class at Kingsburg High School were doing during a recent partial solar eclipse.

Its actually pretty awesome, said freshman Marcus Reyes, 14, donning the special glasses that protect a viewers' eyes so they can look directly at the sun without damaging them. Its about 20 percent covered right now.

Harness students and Scott Silva, a member of Fresno's Central Valley Astronomers Club, set up four eight-inch wide reflector telescopes and sun spotters and donned eclipse shades to take advantage of the rare event Oct. 23.

This doesnt happen very often, so its something to see, Silva said. Itll last for only about an hour.

As teachers led their students out for brief turns peering into the view lenses, students and faculty alike took advantage of the ability to take pictures on their cell phones through the eclipse shades.

Its hard because of the light, senior Kristopher Dy, 18, said. It has to be completely dark to make (the sunspots) out. To see an actual eclipse is pretty rare where we live.

According to a NASA education website, the partial solar eclipse was visible as far north as the Arctic, as far south as Mexico and could be seen from the east to west coasts. Solar eclipses occur when the moon moves between the sun and Earth and blocks the light of the sun from reaching Earth. The moon also winds up casting a shadow on to the Earth at that time.

Harness freshmen students are learning about lunar eclipses and moon phases while English instructors are focusing on Greek mythology and constellation name sources in their classes.

Science students also get to examine moon rock samples and meteorites on loan from NASA during class, Harness said.

Were learning about space, time zones, the positions of the stars and constellations, said senior Matthew Flores, 18. Its interesting to learn about something thats not on this planet.

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