'Huge' Snake Removed From WASCO Property
A Forestry Department employee Wednesday removed a 'huge' snake from the Water and Sewerage Company Inc (WASCO) property at Union, it has been reported.
WASCO's Communications and Marketing Officer, Cherry Ann Williams, told St Lucia Times that after a video of the reptile was posted on social media last night, the company launched an investigation to determine whether the snake was still on the premises.
Williams said a worker was able to locate the creature which was hidden under a concrete slab near a storage container.
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The University of Queensland (UQ) was established on 10 December 1909 by the Queensland Parliament to mark the 50th anniversary of Queensland's independence from New South Wales. The University's first classes in the Government house were held in 1911 with 83 commencing students and Sir William MacGregor is the first chancellor (with Reginald Heber Roe as vice-chancellor). The development of the University was delayed by World War I, but after the first world war the university enrollments for education and research took flight as demand for higher education increased in Australia. Thus, in the early 1920s the growing University had to look for a more spacious campus as its original site at George Street, Brisbane has limited room for expansion.
In 1927, Dr James O'Neil Mayne and his sister Mary Emelia Mayne, provided a grant of approximately £50,000 to the Brisbane City Council to acquire 274 acres (111 ha) of land at St Lucia and provided it to the University of Queensland as its permanent home. In the same year, the pitch drop experiment was started by Professor Thomas Parnell. The experiment has been described as the world's oldest and continues to this day.
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The pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment that measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. Pitch is the name for any of a number of highly viscous liquids that appear solid, most commonly bitumen. At room temperature, tar pitch flows at a very low rate, taking several years to form a single drop.
Lack of finance delayed development of the St Lucia campus. Hence, the construction of the University's first building in St Lucia only began in 1938. It was later named the Forgan Smith Building, after the Premier of the day and it was completed in 1939. During World War II, the Forgan Smith Building was used as a military base and it served first as advanced headquarters for the Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific.
Stonemasons John Theodore Muller and Frederick James McGowan began work on the carvings in 1939, but progress stalled in 1942 due to World War Two. McGowan died before the carving program resumed in 1945, and Muller worked on the project alone until his death in 1953.
The program was revived when work began on the Michie Building in 1972. Rhyl Hinwood won the commission over several other Queensland sculptors, and began work in 1976, completing many grotesques, coats of arms and figures. To this day, the carvings remain a work in progress.
Coats of arms, arches and roundels
The columns that support the cloister around the Great Court are adorned with coats of arms representing the tertiary institutions of the British Commonwealth, other significant international universities, and the UQ residential colleges. The external walls of the cloister feature archways and roundels that depict native Queensland flora and fauna and exotic and agriculturally significant species.
James O'Neil Mayne and Mary Emelia Mayne
The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre is named after two key benefactors to The University of Queensland: James O’Neil Mayne (1861–1939) and his sister Mary Emelia Mayne (1858–1940).
Dr James Mayne, who was a medical superintendent of the Brisbane General Hospital (now Royal Brisbane Hospital) from 1898 to 1903, was a long-time supporter of the University. In 1923, James and his sister donated land at Pinjarra Hills, formerly the University’s Veterinary School Farm, and in 1927 they paid £63,000 to resume riverside land at St Lucia for the University. In 1939, as the sandstone-clad buildings were taking shape at St Lucia, James Mayne died. Upon Mary Emelia Mayne's death in 1940, their Estate went to benefit the University Medical School, their names perpetuated in the naming of the Mayne Medical School.
The Mayne Estate bequeathed a significant number of artworks to the University’s Collection, including works by Thomas Balcombe, Walter Isaac Jenner, Melville Haysom, Marian Ellis Rowan and Romain Steppe, among others. Artworks depicting the family home of ‘Moorlands’ by John Campbell and Robert Rayment were included in this bequest.
Paintings portraying James Mayne by Melville Haysom and Mary Emelia Mayne by Charles Gosford are on display in the UQ Art Museum. Melville Haysom’s 1936 portrait depicts James Mayne holding a map of the St Lucia site
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Veterans, tourists, comment on anniversary
1. Dien Bien Phu valley shrouded in mist
2. Wide top shot of Dien Bien Phu town
3. Locals on street with banners commemorating 50th anniversary of battle of Dien Bien Phu
4. Ethnic Thai women wheeling bicycles with children past commemorative banner
5. Street with banners
6. Commemorative T-shirt being held by vendor
7. Tourists visiting A1 Hill (known as 'Helene' by French), site of battle
8. Vietnamese in front of commemorative monument at A1 Hill
9. Tourists, including veteran Vuquy Hoanh, climbing up hill
10. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Vuquy Hoanh, Dien Bien Phu veteran
Today is the day of the historical victory of the Vietnamese nation and military, to which I contributed my part. I am 80 years-old now and still try to come back to visit my former battlefield.
11. Stone monument with relief depicting French commander Colonel Christian de Castries' bunker - pans to real-life bunker being visited by tourists
12. Vietnamese veterans
13. Set-up shot of Nguyen Tuong Muu, Dien Bien Phu veteran
14. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Nguyen Tuong Muu, Dien Bien Phu veteran
When I come back home I can tell my offspring about how hard I tried to fight to achieve this glorious victory.
15. Various of monument to French soldiers killed at Dien Bien Phu
16. Close-up of inscription on monument - tilts down to incense at base
17.SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean Daniel Guerregenton, 58 year-old, French tourist
I recall, 50 years on, that the day of eighth birthday was the day of the defeat at Dien Bien Phu - so I had a very, very, very unhappy birthday.
18. Wide top shot of Vietnamese military cemetery
19. Pan across graves
20. Set-up shot of Michele Marszalek
21. SOUNDBITE: (French) former pilot and Dien Bien Phu French veteran
The government decides to go to war, and the soldiers obey. Then wars finish and there is a winner and a loser and then we shake our hands and after, perhaps, we start again.
17. French tourists with Vietnamese veteran standing in front of tank to pose for photograph
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The mist-shrouded mountains surrounding the tiny Vietnamese border town of Dien Bien Phu served as the backdrop for a siege 50 years ago that that is still being studied by military historians.
Today, tourists and veterans alike have returned to the site of the battle which ended the French colonial war in Indochina on May 7, 1954.
The town of Dien Bien Phu, now home to 70-thousand people, sprawls out below the hills, a patchwork of colourful blocks surrounded by emerald rice paddies.
The main boulevard is named 7th of May.
Over the decades, the bomb craters and trenches have been filled in and flattened into farmland.
On Friday, veterans returned to the site where the 56-day siege of the French troops by the Vietnamese ended.
They climbed up A1 Hill (known as 'Helene' by the French) - the last hill captured by the Vietnamese during the fighting.
Trenches and barbed wire have been left here for tourists.
Clad in their original uniforms, former Vietnamese soldiers laughed and cried during their reunions.
Thin, small men with feathery whiskers dangling from their chins, some walked with limps or missing limbs. Their bodies may be weak their spirit remains strong.
Visitors - including many French - swarmed to the bunker where Colonel Christian de Castries, the French commander, surrendered.
The Vietnamese flag was raised above this site, ending the colonial war and setting the stage for a conflict with the Americans.
The human price was terrible: the French suffered more than two-thousand deaths in battle and countless others died during a forced prison march.
The Vietnamese suffered at least three times as many deaths during the fighting, plus tens of thousands wounded.
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Bucklers Hard, Historic Maritime Museum & Village, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England ( 6 )
Bucklers Hard is a hamlet situated on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire. With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Bucklers Hard is part of the 9,000 acres ( 36 km2 ) Beaulieu Estate. The hamlet is located some 21⁄2 miles ( 4.0 km ) south of the village of Beaulieu. The hamlet, originally called Montagu Town, was built by the second Duke of Montagu, and was intended to be a free port for trade with the West Indies.
Bucklers Hard was the birthplace of many British naval vessels, including many of Admiral Nelson's fleet, using the timber of the New Forest. The Hard, under the control of Master shipbuilder Henry Adams was responsible for building many famous ships during the late 18th century and early 19th centuries. These included HMS Euryalus, HMS Swiftsure and HMS Agamemnon, all of which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The industry declined in the nineteenth-century and today the hamlet is given over to tourism, with a small maritime museum, and a modern yachting marina. During World War II, the village was used to build motor torpedo boats and the river was a base for hundreds of landing craft for the Normandy invasion, Operation Overlord. Bucklers Hard was where Sir Francis Chichester began and finished his single-handed voyage around the world in Gipsy Moth IV.
Discover the fascinating story of Montagu Town as it was originally known. Founded as a free port for the trading of sugar from the West Indies, the newly re-designed Maritime Museum tells why the ambitious plans for a new town were never realised and why its name changed to Buckler's Hard. Learn about the machine gun that fired round and square bullets and see characters from the village at the time of Henry Adams, the Master Shipbuilder who lived and worked at Buckler's Hard. Buckler's Hard developed as a thriving shipbuilding village where warships for Nelson's Navy were built, three of which took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. See models of these ships including HMS Euryalus on which the dispatch was written containing the news of the great victory and of Nelson's death. View Nelson memorabilia including his baby clothes, made for him by the citizens of his birthplace, Burnham Thorpe, in Norfolk.
In more recent times, the village played a significant role in the D-Day landings. Learn about the activity on the river during the years of WWII, the building of segments of the Mulberry Harbour, which were towed across to the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day, and the many hundreds of landing craft that sailed from the Beaulieu River to support the Normandy landings. A film presentation tells the story of Buckler's Hard at war.
Admission price includes entrance to the Maritime Museum and Buckler's Hard Story and all day car parking.
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Child prices apply to children aged 5-17 inclusive. A family ticket covers one adult and up to four children or two adults and up to three children.
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Enjoy Buckler's Hard all year round with a great value annual pass. Visit as many times as you like within a year for just £10. Holders of the Buckler's Hard Annual Pass also receive 10% off gift purchases from the Maritime Museum shop, as well as discounted entry to two other local museums - New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst and St Barbe Museum in Lymington. For full details of the discounts available please enquire at time of purchase or call 01590 616203.
The attraction is open every day of the year except Christmas Day as indicated below. The last admission each day is 30 minutes prior to closing time.
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Capas, 2315 Tarlac
Capas is a 1st Class Municipality and the tourism center of the province of Tarlac, Central Luzon region. We have a population of more than 140,000 and a land area of about 44,000 hectares, the biggest among the municipalities in the province.
Our town covers the foothills of the world famous Mt. Pinatubo at the Zambales mountain range to the west, and part of the Central Luzon plain down to the east. It is located 100 kilometers north of Metro Manila and can be reached by a 30-minute ride from the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Angeles City or an hour’s drive from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
Capas is strategically located within the Luzon Urban Beltway and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac growth corridor that connects the province with the Subic Freeport Zone and the Clark Special Economic Zone. We have abundant land, forest and mineral resources. We are aiming to be a major tourism and agro-industrial center in the country.
Under the dynamic leadership of the Hon. Mayor ANTONIO ‘TJ” C. RODRIGUEZ JR., we are fully developing our God-given natural resources and world-class tourist destinations for our people and country’s benefit.
Capas is the only gateway to the Mt. Pinatubo crater lake--destination of the world-famous Pinatubo trek or hike to the volcanic crater. From Mt. Pinatubo flow numerous natural hot springs and meandering rivers, some still packed with lahar and volcanic debris from the 1991 eruption. Tambo Lake, another creation of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, is here to be seen and enjoyed.
The Capas National Shrine and Death March Memorial attract thousands of visitors each year. They were built in honor of the 30,000 American and Filipino soldiers who died during and after the infamous march in World War II.
The O’Donnell resettlement was built in our town where more than 30,000 people from Capas and other towns have found a new home after the 1991 Pinatubo disaster.
More than 8,000 Aeta and Abelling indigenous peoples live in our mountain villages. We have the biggest concentration of indigenous people in the province of Tarlac.
Constituents in our twenty barangays or villages are engaged mainly in agriculture and related businesses. Jobs can be had at the increasing number of factories and establishments producing goods for export and the local market, and of course in tourism-related activities.
With our favorable geographic location, rich history, abundant resources and an industrious and dedicated citizenry under the visionary leadership of Mayor TJ RODRIGUEZ, we are confident that we will attain our goals and usher a modern and progressive Capas into the 21st Century.
Barangays
Aranguren
Bueno
Cubcub
Cutcut I
Cutcut II
Dolores
Estrada
Lawy
Manga
Manlapig
Maruglu
Navy
O'Donnell
Santa Juliana
Santa Lucia
Santa Rita
Santo Domingo I
Santo Domingo II
Santo Rosario
Talaga
History
The history of Capas can be traced back to 1710 with the establishment of a Spanish missionary outpost along the Cut-cut River in the Pagbatuan and Gudya settlements or sitios. The sitios, which were inhabited mainly by the Aeta indigenous people, were later consolidated together with other settlements by Capitan Mariano Capiendo, the acknowledged founder of the municipality.
The origin of the name Capas is disputed, but sources say that the town was either named after the edible plant called Capas-Capas, the cotton tree called “Capas” by the natives in Ilocano or was taken from the first three letters of the surnames of the first settler-families: Capiendo, Capitulo, Capunfuerza, Capunpue, Capili, Capongga, Capunpun, Capati, Capadosa, Capil and Capuno, then adding the letters a and s thus forming the name Capas.
Capas is formerly part of Pampanga but was incorporated as one of the nuclei towns of Tarlac when the province was constituted in 1874. Capas joined the call to arms when the Katipunan rebellion broke out in the late 1890’s. The bravery of the Aetas in resisting the Spanish colonizers is noted in that because of their attacks on Spanish convoys in what is now the route of the McArthur Highway, the construction of the railroad from Manila to Pangasinan was delayed for many years.
The municipality gained international prominence during World War II when it became the final destination of the some 65,000 Filipino and American soldiers who were forced to endure the infamous Death March in March 1942. About 30,000 of the soldiers died during and after the Death March. Today, the Capas National Shrine in Barangay Aranguren and the Death March Memorial in Barangay Cut-cut I stand as the nation’s tributes to the gallantry and sacrifice of our war heroes.
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Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan, (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Cabanatuan; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Cabanatuan; Ilokano: Siudad ti Cabanatuan; Kapampangan: Lakanbalen ning Cabanatuan; Pangasinan: Siyudad na Cabanatuan; also known as Cabsy), or simply Cabanatuan City is a 1st class city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 302,231 people, making it the most populous city in Nueva Ecija and the 5th populous in Central Luzon.
The city is popular for being home to more than 30,000 tricycles, thus priding itself as the Tricycle Capital of the Philippines and its strategic location along the Cagayan Valley Road has made the city a major economic, educational, medical, entertainment shopping and transportation center in Nueva Ecija and nearby provinces in the region such as Aurora and Bulacan. It has also earned the moniker Gateway to the North.
Cabanatuan remained as Nueva Ecija's capital until 1965 when the government created nearby Palayan City as the new provincial capital. Nueva Ecija's old capitol and other government offices are still used and maintained by the provincial administration.