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1 day ago · The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ), nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons ( intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles ). The concept was announced on March 23, 1983, by President ...
9 hours ago · 1869; Plan published in Hobbs Architecture, 1873 Isaac Hobbs, architect; David Kerr, builder 1 Breck Drive Leetsdale 2007 Elmhurst Road Historic District 1904-20 Wilbur M. May et al. Elmhurst Place Fox Chapel 2007 Elroy Elementary School 1920 and 1925 3129 Elroy Avenue Brentwood 1997
1 day ago · The Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS ), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6 ), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners. SIS is one of the British intelligence ...
9 hours ago · On March 22, the 2024 Global Awards were held. Cassö, Raye, and D-Block Europe won Best Song for "Prada". Central Cee won Best RnB or Hip Hop. [27] On March 24, the Juno Awards of 2024 were held. TOBi won Rap Album/EP of the Year for Panic and Rap Single of the Year for "Someone I Knew".
1 day ago · 2024 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films, and notable deaths.Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 100th anniversaries, Miramax will celebrate its 45th anniversary and 20th Century Animation, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation and Searchlight Pictures will celebrate their ...
9 hours ago · This paper presents a comparative study of entropy estimation in a large-alphabet regime. A variety of entropy estimators have been proposed over the years, where each estimator is designed for a different setup with its own strengths and caveats. As a consequence, no estimator is known to be universally better than the others. This work addresses this gap by comparing twenty-one entropy ...
9 hours ago · Gozu and Mezu ( 牛頭, lit. 'Ox-head', and 馬頭, lit. 'Horse-head') – In Shinto-Buddhism, Gozu and Mezu are the Japanese names for Niútóu and Mǎmiàn, two guardians of the underworld in Chinese and Shinto-Buddhist mythology. Both have the bodies of men, but Gozu has the head of an ox while Mezu has the face of a horse.
