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# Proposed acquisition of Dish Network by DirecTV

On September 30, 2024, broadcast satellite and streaming company DirecTV reached an agreement to acquire Dish Network from EchoStar. EchoStar and DirecTV expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, contingent on regulatory approval and bondholders writing off nearly $1.6 billion in Dish-related debt.

## Background

In 2002, Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen attempted to merge the network and DirecTV. Ergen's proposal was blocked by the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Department of Justice over concerns that the merger would harm competitors. The Department of Justice expressed objections to a potential merger in 2020 over the availability of broadband cellular networks in rural areas, according to The New York Times.
Dish Network informed investors in August 2024 that it was unable to accrue additional capital to resolve US$2 billion in debt due in November; the company has an estimated US$500 million in liquidity.

## Agreement

On September 30, 2024, DirecTV agreed to acquire Dish Network and Sling TV for US$1. Under the agreement, DirecTV would take on Dish's debt. EchoStar, Dish Network's parent company, would continue to retain its wireless Boost Mobile and satellite connectivity businesses. Two-thirds of Dish Network's creditors must agree to the agreement and exchange their debt under DirecTV.
Investment company TPG Inc. also announced that it would acquire a AT&T's 70% stake in DirecTV for US$7.6 billion, giving it complete ownership over the company. This deal is expected to close in the second half of 2025, regardless of the outcome of DirecTV's proposed acquisition of Dish Network.
# Mount Zion Covered Bridge

Mount Zion Covered Bridge was a 280 feet (85 m) long Burr truss covered bridge near Mooresville, Kentucky. It was built in 1871 and burned down in 2021. For 150 years it spanned the Little Beech Fork north of Mooresville on Kentucky Route 458.
The bridge had been closed to vehicular traffic when a new bridge was constructed beside it, but it remained a tourist attraction as the longest multi-span covered bridge in Kentucky.
Beech Fork, Mooresville, and Mount Zion were all accepted names for the bridge. Mount Zion appears to be the most used historic name. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Records from 1871 indicate it to be 280 feet long and 18 feet wide, but a measurement taken by Kentucky's Department of Transportation in the 1970s measured it at 211 feet.
During a 2015-2017 restoration of the bridge it was determined by the contractor, Arnold M. Graton Associates of Ashland, New Hampshire, that the arches were a very early modification to the bridge. As such, the bridge was reclassified as a Multiple Kingpost Truss with added arches.
It burned down on March 9, 2021; suspected arson.

## Gallery

* Bridge before 2015 renovation
* Covered bridge side by side with newer vehicular traffic bridge (2019)
* Interior view of arches (2019)
# Pteria penguin

Pteria penguin, commonly known as the penguin's wing oyster, is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. It is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region and is used for the production of cultured pearls. The generic name comes from Greek πτερον (pteron) meaning wing.

## Distribution and habitat

Pteria penguin is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region. Its range extends from the East African coast and the Red Sea to India, southern China, southern Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and northern Australia. It is found attached by its byssal threads to a number of different substrates, rocks and corals (especially to Gorgonacea), at intertidal depths of less than 35 m (115 ft).

## Description

Pteria penguin can reach a common shell length of about 20 cm (7.9 in), with a maximum length of 30 cm (12 in). The shells of this rather large species are solid and ovate. The posterior ear develops a narrow, elongated, wing-like expansion. The left valve is more inflated than the right one. The outside color of the shell ranges from dark brown to black, while the interior is nacreous silvery, a wide non-nacreous glossy black margin

## Biology

As well as most of the species of the class Bivalvia, these wing oysters are gonochoric. Embryos of this species at first develop into a free-swimming planktonic marine larva, then followed by a veliger, quite similar to a small clam.

## Pearl culture

Wild oysters of this species seldom contain pearls. When they do, they tend to be irregular in shape and have the same range of pinkish hues that are typical of the nacre lining the shells. The maximum diameter of the pearls is about 13 mm (0.5 in). Because the shell valves of this species are so thin, it was beyond the competence of nineteenth century oyster culturists to use it for pearl production.
With modern techniques, seeding has become easier and Pteria penguin has joined Pteria sterna, another member of the genus Pteria, as being a major producer of cultured pearls. Most of the pearls produced by Pteria penguin are "mabé pearls", also known as bubble or half pearls, formed between the mantle and the shell valve and having one flattened side. The production of round pearls is possible but requires more advanced techniques in seeding. Naturally occurring spat can be collected on spat collectors for growing on into mature oysters, and there are some hatcheries producing spat on a commercial scale. These oysters are cultured on the Ryukyu Islands, along the southern coast of China, on Phuket Island in Thailand and on Vava'u in Tonga.

## Gallery

* Intetrior valve with pearls
* Museum specimens
* Two specimens live
# Contemporary Review (Chinese magazine)

Contemporary Review (traditional Chinese: 現代評論; simplified Chinese: 现代评论; pinyin: Xiàndài Pínglùn) was a weekly Chinese literary magazine published from December 1924 to December 1928.

## Publication history

Established in Beijing, Contemporary Review began printing weekly editions on December 13, 1924. The publication featured work from new literature writers, covering topics such as politics, economics, law, philosophy, education, science, and the arts. Many scholars affiliated with the magazine had studied in Europe or the United States, including Hu Shih (胡適), Gao Yihan (高一涵), Tang Youren (唐有壬), Chen Yuan (陳源), and Xu Zhimo (徐志摩). After 209 issues, the magazine ceased publication in December 1928. During its run, it produced 3 extra issues and a series of specials.
In the January 24 and January 31, 1925 issues, Zhang Dinghuang (張定璜) published "Mr. Lu Xun" (魯迅先生), a two-part review of Lu Xun's (鲁迅) writings.
Early Republic of China journals such as Contemporary Review, Fiction Monthly (founded in 1910), New Youth (Xin Qingnian) (founded in 1915), Creative Quarterly (founded in 1921), and Tattler (founded in 1924) were published during a period of significant change in written Chinese. These publications featured writers and scholars who lived through the 1911 Xinhai revolution, which marked the end of the Chinese monarchy and the establishment of the Republic of China. Hu Shih (胡適) later served as Education Minister for the Republic of China and Cheng Fangwu (成仿吾) of Creative Quarterly worked on the Red Army education system.

## Representative issues
### First Issue Table of Contents

* Editorial—Current Events
* Government by Law and Revolution by Yan Shutang
* The Critical Moment by Wang Shijie
* Generous Settlement Terms for the Qing Imperial Family
* "Beggar," a novella by Xi Lin
* "November 3rd" a novel by You Dafu
* "Difficulties of Translation" by Hu Shih
* "Philistines" by Xi Gu
# Église Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien

The Church of La Baconnière, officially Église Saint-Corneille-et-Saint-Cyprien, was a church located in the commune of La Baconnière, in the Mayenne department of France.

## History

The Church of La Baconnière was built to replace an earlier church dedicated to Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian. Its nave dated back to the 12th century and it was flanked by two 17th-century chapels. Due to population growth, a new building was planned in 1844 to replace its small predecessor, being covered by a subscription in 1862.
Built in the Romanesque Revival style by the architect Pierre-Aimé Renous, the foundation stone was laid in 1864 and the church was blessed in 1866. Acceptance of the work took place on 19 June 1868.
Its condition became a cause for concern in the 1980s, and on 16 May 2014, the church was closed to the public for safety reasons. The Miguel Storm [fr] tore off part of the roof of the church on 7 June 2019, causing the choir to collapse. A historical study about the site was carried out in 2021. The cost to the municipality, which owns the church, to restore it was deemed too high, 6 million euros for a complete renovation, 4 million for restoration of the transepts and apses and 1.4 million for the bell tower.
On 21 January 2023 the mayor announced the decision to demolish the church following a decree of deconsecration issued by the Bishop of Laval. On 30 January, this decision was unanimously approved by the town council. However, it was opposed by heritage associations and the inhabitants of the town.
Demolition began on 31 July 2023 and was concluded one week later.
A small part of the frontal façade and the outline of the church were kept but the site is still vacant.
# Harbourside Shopping Centre

Harbourside was a shopping centre in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1988 as part of the urban redevelopment of the Darling Harbour area during the 1980s, it was located in close proximity to other notable buildings such as the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and the Australian National Maritime Museum. On 9 December 2022, the centre closed permanently preceding its demolition. The site will be redeveloped for a mixed-use tower and retail complex.

## History

Harbourside was opened on 4 May 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II, in which she formally opened the Darling Harbour redevelopment as part of the Australian Bicentennial celebrations. Sydney Aquarium was the first attraction to open and was soon followed by a host of museums, shops, restaurants, hotels and bars.
Beville Group acquired the centre for $127 million in 2004. In 2005, Harbourside underwent a full refurbishment which unveiled a new and expanded food court, an entertainment level which is home to a 20-lane Kingpin Bowling Centre, M9 Laser Skirmish and Australia's first Boeing 737-800 flight simulator, Flight Experience.
On 7 November 2013, Harbourside Shopping Centre was acquired by Mirvac for $522 million.
As part of the $3 billion project underway Mirvac planned for a significant new retail shopping centre and commercial office tower," documents, lodged with the Department of Planning & Environment as part of the Harbourside Shopping Centre development in 2015.
In August 2016 Mirvac dropped plans for an office complex at Darling Harbour and instead looked to build a taller, skinnier apartment tower as part of its proposed $400 million redevelopment of the Harbourside Shopping Centre.
In October 2020, Mirvac updated its plans for the new retail centre and apartments which will include a new public domain of over 8,200m². This redevelopment will include the demolition of the existing shopping centre and removal of the existing pedestrian bridge over Darling Drive and the old monorail station. The development will include a mixture of non-residential and residential uses, including a new shopping centre containing retail and restaurants, residential apartments and public open spaces. The centre closed on 9 December 2022 and demolition commenced in early 2023.

## Tenants

Harbourside had 20,566m² of floor space. The major attractions included Kingpin bowling alley (includes M9 Laser Skirmish), Australia's first retail Jet flight simulator, RaceCentre, 9D motion moving cinema and Hard Rock Cafe (Sydney's only store).
# Mykola Shchors monument

The Mykola Shchors monument was an equestrian statue to Red Army commander (and member of the Russian Communist Party) Mykola Shchors erected in 1954, and located at an intersection of Symona Petliury Street [wikidata] and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard [wikidata], Kyiv, Ukraine, that was dismantled on 9 December 2023.

## History

Mykola Shchors was a participant in the Russian Civil War serving as Red Army commander, member of the Russian Communist Party. In 1918–1919 he fought against the newly established Ukrainian government of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Later he commanded the Bohunsky regiment, brigade, 1st Soviet Ukrainian division and 44th rifle division against the head of the Ukrainian People's Republic and their Polish allies. Shchors was killed in battle with soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army near the Biloshytsi village (near Korosten) in Zhytomyr Oblast on 30 August 1919. Shchors died after receiving a bullet in the back of his head. After being ignored for more than a decade Shchors became a glorified character in the Soviet Union following the mid-1930s.
The initiator of the monument had been Joseph Stalin in 1936. In the 1930s (and 1940s and 1950s) the Soviet authorities issued numerous orders to erect monuments to Shchors in many cities in the Soviet Union. Work on this monument began in 1940, but World War II held back the unveiling of the monument to 1954. The monument was unveiled in 1954 specifically for the anniversary of the 300th anniversary of the Pereiaslav Agreement of 1654.
The monument was an equestrian statue with a total height of 13.8 meter. The statue was made of bronze and placed on a granite pedestal 6.5 meter high. This pedestal was decorated with a cornice and a frieze with bas-reliefs depicting episodes of the Ukrainian–Soviet War. The monument weighed a reported 7 tons.
Following the February 2014 Revolution of Dignity the authorities planned to dismantle the monument in accordance with the law prohibiting names of Communist origin and Ukrainian nationalists had desecrated the monument (multiple times). During the Russian aerial attacks of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the monuments of Kyiv were sandbagged and protected, the only exception being the monument to Shchors. The monuments was dismantled on 9 December 2023. It was moved to the Ukraine State Aviation Museum.

## Gallery

* Shchors monument in Kyiv in 1961
* Shchors monument in Kyiv in 2010
* The monument in Kyiv in 2016
* The monument in 2022, including graffiti, translating to slogans such as “demolish me completely!” and “butcher”
# John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay

John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (died 1563) was a Scottish judge.
John Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay of Pitcruvy, the Master of Lindsay, and grandson of Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay. He became Lord Lindsay of the Byres in 1526, and also assumed the disputed office of Sheriff of Fife. According to Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie he was compelled to give over some of his lands to the Earl of Angus, who was at that time very powerful because he had custody of the young James V of Scotland. He was made an Extraordinary Senator of the College of Justice on 27 June 1532. John, an Extraordinary Lord of Session in 1541, was present at the trials of Sir John Borthwick (for heresy) and James Hamilton of Finnart (for treason).
John witnessed the death of James V at Falkland Palace. In 1543, John Lindsay and seven other lords took custody of the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, and conveyed her from Linlithgow Palace to Stirling Castle. 264. John was one of the commanders at the Scottish victory against England at the battle of Ancrum in 1545. During the Scottish Reformation, John according to Pitscottie, (or his son, Patrick Master of Lindsay), mediated between the French troops of Mary of Guise and the Protestant Lords of the Congregation at Cupar Muir on 19 June 1559, arranging a truce.
# Stadhouderlijk Hof

Stadhouderlijk Hof in the city of Leeuwarden is a former residence of the Dutch royal family and was owned by them until 1971.

## History

The palace was originally built in 1564 by Boudewijn van Loo, the rentmaster-general of the Spanish king and leader of the Court of Friesland. In 1587 it was purchased as the residence of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Countess Anna of Nassau. The couple was childless and the residence passed in 1620 to Ernst Casimir, and on his death in 1632 to his eldest son Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and then in 1640 on his death to his younger brother William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, whose claim to fame was becoming the guardian of the future William III of England for seven years. Today he is remembered in Leeuwarden for creating the Prinsentuin garden that still exists today.
In 1672 his son Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz and in 1696, his grandson John William Friso, Prince of Orange inherited the building. This string of royal names resulted in several paintings of the royal family by leading artists of the day. Many of these paintings once hung in the portrait gallery and are now spread throughout other royal collections in the Netherlands.
Since 1996 the building has become a hotel, that has preserved the 18th-century decorations as much as possible, such as the former portrait gallery redesigned in 1710 by Daniel Marot that held 17th- and 18th-century paintings by Adriaen Hanneman, Gerard van Honthorst, Lancelot Volders, Jan van Rijmsdijck and others.
# Seefelder Formation

The Seefelder Formation (German: Seefelder Schichten) is a geologic formation in Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Triassic period.
# Edgerton Park Arena

Edgerton Park Arena was an indoor arena in Rochester, New York. The building was originally constructed in 1892 as the drill hall for a training school for delinquent boys. When the school moved early in the 20th century, the building was turned into an indoor sports arena and exhibition hall. An artificial ice-making system was installed in 1935.
The first professional team to use the building was the Rochester Cardinals hockey team in 1935–36. The Cardinals played in the International Hockey League and were a farm team of the New York Americans of the National Hockey League. Rochester could have been a charter member of the International-American Hockey League which formed in the summer of 1936 upon the merger of the IHL and the Canadian-American Hockey Leagues. However, the Cardinals went into receivership before the end of the 1935–36 season and no suitable owner could be found to operate the team. Also, the arena sat only 3,500 for hockey and officials of the new league wanted a minimum capacity of 5,000. The City of Rochester, the arena's owners, refused to expand the building. This refusal to expand the building meant Rochester had to wait until the Community War Memorial Arena (now Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial) opened in 1955 to join what by that point had become the American Hockey League. Rochester was awarded a new franchise in the American Hockey League in 1956 after Pittsburgh withdrew. The Rochester Americans began play in the 1956–57 season.
Edgerton Park Arena was the primary home of the NBA's Rochester Royals from 1945 to 1955. On April 21, 1951, The Royals won the franchise's first and only NBA championship over the New York Knickerbockers 4 games to 3. The Royals moved into the new Rochester Community War Memorial for the 1955–56 NBA season. But because of periodic scheduling conflicts and the two-month-long 1956 American Bowling Congress Finals scheduled for the War Memorial, the Royals returned to the Arena to play several games during the 1955–56 season. It also hosted performances by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and cowboy star Gene Autry in the 1940s. The arena held 4,200 people for basketball. The building's last user, the Monroe County Fair, moved to what is now The Dome Center in Henrietta in 1957; the building was demolished shortly thereafter. The space is now the site of baseball fields behind the Rochester International Academy; the western wall of the building ran along what is now the far diamond's right field line, parallel to RIA's western wall.
# Azmeera Chandulal

Azmeera Chandulal (17 August 1954 – 15 April 2021) was an Indian politician who served as Tourism and Tribal Welfare Minister of Telangana and Member of Legislative Assembly from Mulugu constituency until 2018.

## Early life

Azmeera Chandulal was born on 17 August 1954 at Jaggannapet in Warangal District.

## Political career

He once served the state government of Andhra Pradesh as Minister for Tribal Welfare as a ruling party member under Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR). He was elected three times to Assembly from Mulugu Constituency as Legislative Member, and twice as a Member of Parliament from Warangal.
In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Mulugu Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on June 2, 2014, and made Tourism and Culture Minister of Telangana.

## Personal life

He was married to Sharada and had 3 sons.

## Positions held

* 1981-85 Sarpanch, Village Jaggannapet Mandal, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh
* 1985-89 and Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1st term)
* 1986-88 and chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
* 1989 Cabinet Minister, Tribal Welfare, Andhra Pradesh
* 1994 to 1996 Re-elected to Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
* 1994-96 Member, Politbureau, Telugu Desam Party
* 1996 Elected to 11th Lok Sabha (1st term) Warangal
* 1996-97 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
* 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Warangal
* 1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
* Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
* Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
* 1999-2001 S.T. Cell State President, Telugu Desam Party
* 2001-2003 Director TRIFED, New Delhi, Govt. of India
* 2003-2005 TRICOR Chairman, Andhra Pradesh
* 2004 Joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi
* 2006 Politbureau Member, Telangana Rashtra Samithi
* 2014 Re-elected, Member of Legislative Assembly, Mulugu Constituency, Warangal Dist., Telangana State (3rd term)
* 2014 to December 2018 – Minister Tribal welfare, tourism and cultural portfolios, Telangana
# Carolyn Gardner

Carolyn Gardner is a World Series of Poker champion in the 1983 $500 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud event.
As of 2008, her total WSOP tournament winnings exceed $61,701.

## World Series of Poker bracelets

| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
| 1983 | $500 Ladies - Limit 7 Card Stud | $16,000 |
# Big Brother 2004

Big Brother 2004 may refer to two reality television shows:
* Big Brother (Australian TV series) season 4
* Big Brother (British TV series) series 5