Mount Saint Elias is a mountain in Canada and the United States. It is also known as Boundary Peak 186. Mount Saint Elias is on the border of Alaska and the Yukon. It is the 2nd highest mountain in Canada and in the United States.
Mount Saint Elias the first part of the North American mainland to be seen by Russian explorers, in 1741.
The first people to reach the top were Luigi Amedeo (Duke of Abruzzi) and his expedition, in 1897.
Myrtle Devenish
Myrtle Devenish (29 July 1912 – 21 January 2007) was a British film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil".
Devenish was born in Ebbw Vale, Wales, UK.
Barbara Hicks
Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film "Brazil" and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning "Howards End".
Hicks was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. She lived in Little Maplestead, Essex. She was educated at Adcote School, Shropshire. She was married for forty years to Lt-Colonel Peter Taylor (25 January 1913 – 26 March 2010). He was an outstanding front line commander who won two MCs in Italy in 1944.
Hicks appeared in a National Theatre 80th birthday tribute to Lord Olivier. The tribute was called "Happy Birthday, Sir Larry". It was held on 31 May 1987 in the presence of Olivier.
She has a son, the actor Giles Taylor.
Nyagan
Nyagan (Russian: Нягань) is a town in the northwest of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is near the Ob River and northwest of Khanty-Mansiysk. It is named after the Nyagan-Yugan River, a tributary of the Ob River. In 2010, 54,890 people lived there.
Quonset hut
A Quonset hut () is a simple building made of steel and with the shape of a half-circle. Quonset huts are made at a factory and then later put together at their location. They use steel that is corrugated and galvanized.
The Quonset hut was first designed in the United States. It was based on the Nissen hut, which was made by the British during World War I. Hundreds of thousands of Quonset huts were made during World War II. After the war, the left over huts were sold to the public. The name comes from the site where they were first made. This was Quonset Point at the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island.
The first Quonset huts were made in 1941 for the United States Navy. They needed a building that could be used for many different purposes. At the same time, it had to be light and easy to ship. It also had to be possible to put it together without skilled workers. The George A. Fuller construction company made the first Quonset huts. They were made within 60 days of signing the contract. Afterwards Quonset huts were made by many factories around the world.
The original design was a × building with a radius. The most common design was × with a radius. This created of usable floor space with optional overhangs at each end to protect the entrances from the weather. Other sizes were also made.
The sides were made from corrugated steel sheets. The two ends were covered with plywood which had doors and windows. The inside was insulated and had pressed wood lining and a wood floor. The building could be placed on concrete, on pilings, or directly on the ground with a wood floor. The inside space was open, so it could be used for a variety of purposes. Some uses were as barracks, latrines, medical and dental offices, isolation wards, housing, and bakeries.
About 150,000 to 170,000 Quonset huts were made during World War II. The military then sold the extra huts to the public after the war. Many are still used in the United States for various purposes. Some are also still in active use at the United States military bases.
R. Sampanthan
Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (; ; born 5 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer. He has been the Tamil National Alliance party leader since 2001. He has also been a Member of Parliament since 2001. He was the Leader of the Opposition from September 2015 to December 2018.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, RWP, RSP, psc, GR (; ; born 20 June 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician, technocrat and military officer. He is the 8th and current President of Sri Lanka since 18 November 2019. He was Secretary to the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development from 2005 to 2015.
He led the Sri Lankan Armed Forces to the military defeat of the Tamil tigers, ending the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Karu Jayasuriya
Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya, MP (; born 29 September 1940) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the 20th and current Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka since September 2015.
He was Mayor of Colombo from 1997 to 1999, Minister of Power and Energy from 2001 to 2004, Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs from 2007 to 2008, and Minister of Buddha Sasana, Public Administration, and Democratic Governance in 2015.
Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
The Speaker of the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the presiding officer of the chamber. The current Speaker of the Parliament is Karu Jayasuriya since 1 September 2015.
M. H. Mohamed
Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed (15 June 1921 – 26 April 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician. Mohamed was the 14th Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1989–1994) as well as being a former member of Parliament and government minister.
Mohamed was the first Sri Lankan Moor to hold office as Mayor of Colombo from 1960 to 1962.
W. J. M. Lokubandara
Wijesinghe Jayaweera Mudiyanselage Lokubandara (Sinhala:විජෙසිංහ ජයවීර මුදියන්සේලාගේ ලොකුබණ්ඩාර, Tamil:விஜேசிங்க ஜயவீர முதியன்சேலாகே லொக்குபண்டார; 5 August 1941 – 14 February 2021), commonly known as W. J. M. Lokubandara, was a Sri Lankan politician. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2004 to 2010 and Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province from 2010 to 2015.
Lokubandara died at a hospital in the Colombo District from problems caused by COVID-19 on 14 February 2021, aged 79.
Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
The Chief Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head of the judiciary of Sri Lanka and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
Created in 1801, the Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are the Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
The Chief Justice is nominated by the Constitutional Council, and appointed by the President.. The first Chief Justice was Codrington Edmund Carrington. The 47th and current Chief Justice is Jayantha Jayasuriya.
Jayantha Jayasuriya
Jayantha Chandrasiri Jayasuriya PC is a Sri Lanka lawyer and politician. He is the 47th and current Chief Justice of Sri Lanka since 29 April 2019. Jayasuriya was approved by the Constitutional Council on the 26 April 2019 and sworn in three days later on the 29 April. He was the 45th Attorney General of Sri Lanka.
Mohan Peiris
Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, PC is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He was the Attorney General of Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2011 and was the "de facto" Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 2013 to 2015 when President Maithripala Sirisena made his appointment void in 2015.
Zeca Afonso
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, known as José Afonso, Zeca Afonso () or just Zeca (2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987) was a well known Portuguese folk and political musician. He became an icon in Portugal for his music criticizing the dictatorial regime of Oliveira Salazar.
Afonso died of ALS.
Aveiro, Portugal
Aveiro ( ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2011, the population was 78,450.
José Mário Branco
José Mário Branco (25 May 1945 – 19 November 2019) was a Portuguese singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. He was a critic of the Salazar regime and as a result, he was exiled in France in 1963. He worked with musicians Sérgio Godinho and Zeca Afonso, whose records he produced and recorded at the Château d'Hérouville studios.
Branco died of a stroke on 19 November 2019 at the age of 77.
Ross Barnett