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Justin Drew Bieber (/ ˈ b iː b ər / BEE-bər; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is recognized for his multi-genre musical performances. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter Braun in 2008 and subsequently brought to American singer Usher, both of whom formed the record label RBMG Records to sign Bieber in October of that year.
In geometry, a nonagon ( / ˈnɒnəɡɒn /) or enneagon ( / ˈɛniəɡɒn /) is a nine-sided polygon or 9-gon. The name nonagon is a prefix hybrid formation, from Latin ( nonus, "ninth" + gonon ), used equivalently, attested already in the 16th century in French nonogone and in English from the 17th century. The name enneagon comes from Greek ...
The Lighthouse of Praia da Barra, on the west coast of Portugal Aerial drone footage of the Roman Rock Lighthouse off the southern coast of South Africa.. A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Etymology, names and titles The Buddha, Tapa Shotor monastery in Hadda, Afghanistan, 2nd century CE Siddhārtha Gautama and Buddha Shakyamuni. According to Donald Lopez Jr., "... he tended to be known as either Buddha or Sakyamuni in China, Korea, Japan, and Tibet, and as either Gotama Buddha or Samana Gotama ('the ascetic Gotama') in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia."
Snell's law. Refraction of light at the interface between two media of different refractive indices, with n 2 > n 1. Since the velocity is lower in the second medium (v 2 < v 1 ), the angle of refraction θ 2 is less than the angle of incidence θ 1; that is, the ray in the higher-index medium is closer to the normal.
Habits include acute to obtuse rhombohedra, tabular habits, prisms, or various scalenohedra. Calcite exhibits several twinning types that add to the observed habits. It may occur as fibrous, granular, lamellar, or compact. A fibrous, efflorescent habit is known as lublinite. Cleavage is usually in three directions parallel to the rhombohedron form.
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule after the region had been conquered by the Rashidun ...
O'Hare was the site of the world's first jet bridge in 1958, and successfully adapted slip form paving, developed for the nation's new Interstate highway system, for seamless concrete runways. In 1949, the City renamed the facility O'Hare Airport to honor Edward "Butch" O'Hare , the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in ...