There are many hardstyle festivals around the world. Defqon.1 is held every year in the Netherlands and Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Qlimax is also held in the Netherlands yearly.
Desublimation
Desublimation is a phase transition in which gas turns into solid without passing through the liquid state. It is the reverse of sublimation.
It is how snow forms in clouds, and how frost and hoar frost form on the ground or on windows.
Another example is the soot on walls of chimneys. Soot molecules rise from the fire in a hot and gaseous state. When they come into contact with the walls they cool, and change to the solid state, without forming the liquid state.
The process is sometimes known as deposition (phase transition).
M5 motorway
The M5 is a motorway in England. It links the Midlands and the South West.
It runs from Junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. It is the main gateway to South West England. Congestion is common during the summer holidays, on Friday afternoons, and school and bank holidays on the section south of the M4.
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Royal Medal
The Royal Medal is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society. It is also known as The King's Medal and The Queen's Medal (depending on the monarch at the time of the award),
The awards are for work done within the Commonwealth of Nations. The award was created by George IV and awarded first in 1826.
At present, three medals are awarded each year. Two are for fundamental research ("the advancement of natural knowledge") in the physical and biological sciences). One is for applied research ("distinguished contributions in the applied sciences").
Darwin Medal
The Darwin Medal is awarded by the Royal Society once every two years. It is for work in the areas of biology in which Charles Darwin worked. This means evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity. It was first awarded in 1890. It comes with a £2000 prize.
The award is open to candidates from the Commonwealth of Nations or of the Republic of Ireland, with the requirement that they be either a citizen of such a nation or have lived in such a nation for at least three years before the nomination.
Since its creation the medal has been awarded over 60 times. The medal was first awarded to Alfred Russel Wallace, who independently developed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Source: Royal Society
Van Allen radiation belt
A Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of charged particles which come from the Sun as the solar wind. They are captured and held by the Earth's magnetic field.
Earth has two such belts and sometimes others.
The belts were discovered by James Van Allen. Earth's two main belts extend from the altitude of about
Most of the particles that form the belts are thought to come from solar wind and other particles by cosmic rays. By trapping the solar wind, the magnetic field deflects those energetic particles and protects the atmosphere from destruction.
The belts are in the inner region of Earth's magnetosphere. The belts trap energetic electrons and protons. The belts endanger satellites, which must have their sensitive components protected with adequate shielding if they spend much time in that zone. In 2013, NASA reported that the Van Allen Probes had discovered a third radiation belt, which was observed for four weeks. It was destroyed by a powerful, interplanetary shock wave from the Sun.
Achernar
Achernar is the name of the primary (or 'A') component of the binary system designated Alpha Eridani (α Eridani).
Of the ten apparent brightest stars in the night-time sky, Alpha Eridani is the hottest and bluest in color, due to Achernar being of spectral type B. Achernar has an unusually rapid rotational velocity, causing it to become oblate in shape.
The secondary is smaller, of spectral type A, and orbits Achernar at a distance of about 12 astronomical units (AU).
Hardoi
Hardoi is a city in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Hardoi district.
Stephanie Rice
Stephanie Louise "Steph" Rice (born 17 June 1988) is a former Australian swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She confirmed her retirement from competitive swimming on 9 April 2014.
Rice was born in Brisbane, Queensland. In 2013, she won the third season of "The Celebrity Apprentice Australia".
Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County is a county in the state of California. It is in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,049,025. The county seat is Martinez. It is in the northern part of the San Francisco Bay Area region.
Del Norte County, California
Del Norte County is a county at the far northwest corner of the U.S. state of California, along the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Oregon border. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,610. The county seat and only incorporated city is Crescent City.
Del Norte County was founded in March 2, 1857.
Fresno County, California
Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. As of January 1, 2018, the population was 1,007,229. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California. It is in the Central Valley, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield.
Imperial County, California
Imperial County is a county in the state of California. It is in the United States. As of the 2010 census, 174,528 people lived there. The county seat is El Centro.
Madera County, California
Madera County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, 150,865 people lived there. The county seat is Madera. It is in the eastern San Joaquin Valley and the central Sierra Nevada.
Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, 18,251 people lived there. The county seat is Mariposa.
Merced County, California
Merced County ( ) is a county in the northern San Joaquin Valley section of the Central Valley, in the U.S. state of California.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 255,793. The county seat is Merced. The county is named after the Merced River. It is located north of Fresno County and Fresno, and southeast of Santa Clara County and San Jose.
Guido Ceronetti
Guido Ceronetti (24 August 1927 – 13 September 2018) was an Italian poet, philosopher, novelist, translator, journalist and playwright. He was born in Turin, Italy.
In 1970, he founded the Theater of the Sensitive. His works are archived at the Cantonal Library of Lugano. He wrote columns for "La Repubblica", "La Stampa" and "Radio Radicale".
Emil Cioran dedicated to his book "Il silenzio del corpo" ("The Silence of the Body") a chapter of the essay "Exercices d'admiration" (1986).
Ceronetti died in Cetona, Italy on 13 September 2018 from bronchopneumonia at the age of 91.
Modoc County, California
Modoc County is a county in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,686, making it the third-least populous county in California. The county seat and only incorporated city is Alturas. Previous county seats include Lake City and Centerville; the latter is now a ghost town. The county borders Nevada and Oregon.
Mono County, California
Mono County (MOH-noh) is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202, making it the fifth-least populous county in California. The county seat is Bridgeport. The county is located east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. Mono County was founded in 1861.
Cameron County
Cameron County is the name of three counties in the United States:
Camden County