The British Science Association has their head office at the Wellcome Wolfson Building in Kensington, London. There are four regional staff elsewhere in the UK. The British Science Association offers a wide variety of activities and events that recognize and encourage people to be involved in science. These include the British Science Festival, British Science Week, the CREST Awards, Huxley Summit, Youth Pannle, Media Fellowships Scheme. There are regional and local events.
Dexter King
Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is an American civil rights activist. He is the son of activists Coretta Scott King and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.. He is the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King and Yolanda Denise King.
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was named for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
King was seven years old when his father was murdered.
Bernice King
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American minister. She is the youngest child of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist Coretta Scott King.
King was five years old when her father was killed. She works for nonviolence.
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Gasherbrum II
Gasherbrum II is a mountain in the Karakoram range, in China and Pakistan. It is also known as K4. It is the 13th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch, and Hans Willenpart, in 1956.
Angel Witch
Angel Witch are a British heavy metal band. They gained popularity during the NWOBHM due to the release of their first album, the self titled "Angel Witch". The album was released in December 1980. The band have split up and reunited many times over the years, first in 1982, then in 1986, 1998, 2003, 2005 and finally in 2008.
Colt Single Action Army
The Colt Single Action Army is a single action revolver that was made a standard issue firearm in the United States Army in 1873, as the name implies. It was also known as the "Peacemaker". It held six bullets and the user must pull back the hammer him- or herself every time before shooting the revolver.
Bici Bici
Bici bici or bicibici muhallebisi is a Turkish dessert.
It is a very light dessert, which is normal for the southern part of Turkey that it comes from, as well as the Mediterranean in general. It is eaten during the summer in the provinces of Adana and Mersin.
Bici bici is made of crushed ice, starch, and syrup. After the starch is cooked in water, it is left to cool in a tray, and is then chopped. Then, it is flavoured with syrup (usually rose flavoured), and it put on ice, with sugar on top.
Line of Duty
Line of Duty is a British BBC police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio. It was BBC Two's best-performing drama series in ten years with an audience of 4.1 million viewers. A second season was ordered. Its success led to the BBC ordering a further two series. The third series broadcast began on 24 March 2016, and the fourth on 26 March 2017 on BBC One. The fifth series was completed at the end of 2018. It was broadcast on BBC One on 31 March 2019. The BBC has ordered a sixth series.
It is the most popular drama series broadcast on BBC Two. It has won the Royal Television Society Award and Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Drama Series. "Line of Duty" was included in a list of the Top 50 BBC Two shows of all-time and in a list of the 80 best BBC shows of all time. It was the highest-ranked current series in a list of the best cop shows of all time. and third in a poll of the best British crime dramas of all time.
Gasherbrum III
Gasherbrum III is a mountain in the Karakoram range, in China and Pakistan. It is also known as K3a. It is the 15th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Krzysztof Zdzitowiecki, in 1975. As of 2018, only two expeditions had ever made it to the top.
Deaths in September 2016
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
Anne of Green Gables (1979 TV series)
Mamostong Kangri
Mamostong Kangri is a mountain in the Karakoram range, in Jammu and Kashmir. This region is disputed. While under control of India, it is also claimed by Pakistan. The mountain is also known as K35 and Mamostang Kangri. It is the 48th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were N. Yamada, K. Yoshida, R. Sharma, P. Das, and H. Chauhan, in 1984.
Dala Airport
Dala Airport, or Borlänge Airport (IATA:BLE IACO:ESSD) is 7.4 kilometers southeast of downtown Borlänge, in Dalarna, Sweden. Commercial flights have flown from there since the 1960s. The airport was built during World War II. The airport has domestic flights to Malmö, and Örebro. Air Europa has charter flights to Palma de Mallorca and Gran Canaria.
Michael Mastro
Michael (Mike) R. Mastro (born June 1, 1925), is a former American real estate developer. After declaring bankruptcy he became a fugitive in France. The United States tried to extradite him and his wife on charges of bankruptcy fraud but did not succeed.
On June 7, 2018, the Courthouse News Service reported that a Bankruptcy Appellate panel(BAP) ruled that Mastro might have to give information about his foreign accounts.
Mastro was in business for forty years in Seattle. He declared bankruptcy in 2009. Mastro and his wife moved to France in 2011. They were arrested in Lake Annecy of the French Alps in 2012 and faced extradition hearings.
After several months of house arrest, they were freed in June 2013, by a French court that denied extradition back to the United States.
Mastro’s bankruptcy has been described as the largest personal bankruptcy in the history of Washington state.
Mike and Linda met in 1974 when they both worked at the People's Bank. They got married in 1989 after Mike's wife, Joan, died of cancer.
Gasherbrum IV
Gasherbrum IV is a mountain in the Karakoram range, in China and Pakistan. It is also known as K3. It is the 17th highest mountain in the world. A well known feature is the west face, which is called the "Shining Wall". Gasherbrum IV is considered as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. The first people to reach the top were Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri, in 1958.
Distaghil Sar
Distaghil Sar is a mountain in the Karakoram range, in Pakistan. It is the 19th highest mountain in the world. The first people to reach the top were Günther Stärker and Diether Marchart, in 1960.
Hello, Dolly! (movie)
Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American musical and romantic comedy movie. It is based on the Broadway production of the same name. Louis Armstrong recorded the title tune of the same name. That tune hit #1 in May 1964.
In 1890, all of New York City is excited because widowed and brassy Dolly Levi is in town. She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy "half a millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. It becomes clear, however, that Dolly wants to marry Horace herself. She travels to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace.
Horace tells his two clerks, Barnaby Tucker and Cornelius Hackl, that he is about to get married because "It Takes a Woman" to do all the household chores. Dolly comes to Yonkers and sends Horace to the city.
Cornelius decides he and Barnaby need to leave Yonkers. Dolly knows two ladies in New York City they can call on: Irene Molloy, and her shop assistant, Minnie Fay.
After meeting an old friend, Gussie Granger, on a float in a parade, Dolly catches up with the annoyed Horace. He is marching in the parade. She tells him the heiress Ernestina Semple would be perfect for him. She asks him to meet her at the Harmonia Gardens that evening.