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dimensionsunited · 6 years

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NOVEMBER 2017 DIMENSIONS ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULES & REVIEW

Note: As always, individual schedules are up to roleplayers within reason. Any major individual schedules, especially those related to points claims, should be cleared with the main first. These schedules may be updated throughout the month if new information needs to be added.

*Some schedules are more model artist-based than others this month due to needing to get them done quickly, but let me know if you have any questions.

Overall company

Inter-company relations are at their peak following the Hallyu Triple Fantasy concerts in Japan. All concerts sold out and all companies have agree to another event of the nature. They’re currently in the process of booking venues and arranging dates. The artists are aware of this, although the details have not made it down to them at this time. Dimensions Entertainment would especially like to push relations with BC Entertainment, in order to gain more mainstream recognition for their individual artists.

The CEO’s nephew, Choi Dongwook continues to take on an even larger role in the company. With the current creative director of the company stepping down, it has been announced that Dongwook will be the new creative director of the company, leaving him largely in charge of concepts and development of comebacks within the company from now on. He plans to work more closely with the artists themselves for his directing than the former creative director.

Artists are aware of a new girl group in the final stages of preparations for debut with a concept different from both Gal.actic and 7ROPHY. They're Choi Dongwook’s first official project as creative director.

November Company Schedules:

All groups and soloists begin preparations and rehearsals for Dimensions United concert, which is slated for the end of the year.

2017 MAMA on November 25 & 29 (& December 1).

Gal.actic

Gal.actic was unable to earn production costs back with their last album, so Dimensions would like to push them into individual music/acting/modeling/variety schedules depending on what they’re marketable in. Any executive preparations for another album are in their early stages as management brainstorms a way to get a profit from Gal.actic again.

November Group Schedules:

November 5: End of member Silver’s solo “And July” music show promotions.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

November 22 & 23: Photoshoot for men’s cosmetic brand EXCEED.

Alien

Coming up on their fifth comeback of the year, fans of Alien are getting suspicious that Dimensions is overworking the group. Dimensions wants to counter this by giving the group a more relaxed schedule for this comeback than the others this year, although many would say fans concerns about overworking are not unfounded.

November Group Schedules:

November 1: Performance at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics G-100 Concert alongside Knight, Unity, Origin, and WISH.

November 4: Performance at Dream Concert Pyeongchang alongside White Knight, MARS, 7ROPHY, Dimensions Soloist 2 and Silhouette.

November 7: Release of The Code & album Show-Con at Jangchung Arena, group promotions continue until December 7 with variety show and music show appearances.

November 10: Fansign in Yangcheon, Seoul.

November 12: Fansign in Hongdae, Seoul.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 15: 2017 Asia Artist Awards at Jamsil Indoor Stadium.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

November 20: Radio show appearance.

November 28: Fansign in Sinchon, Seoul.

November 29: MAMA in Japan.

MARS

MARS originally had a comeback scheduled for the end of the year, but it was pushed back after the old creative director resigned from his position. The comeback will likely be released in early 2018, but for now, the group is focused on their two fanmeeting concerts in mid-November that were scheduled last minute to replace the comeback.

November Group Schedules:

November 4: Performance at Dream Concert Pyeongchang alongside Alien, White Knight, 7ROPHY, Dimensions Soloist 2 and Silhouette.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 15: 2017 Asia Artist Awards at Jamsil Indoor Stadium.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

November 18 & 19: MARS hosts 2017 MARS Live Super NovaMEET Fan-meeting concert in Seoul at Jamsil Indoor Stadium.

November 28: Member Mark releases debut solo album Mirror + music video for title track “Eyes, Nose, Lips” + has album showcase, solo promotions continue until December 28.

7ROPHY

Dimensions wants to focus on strengthening 7ROPHY’s fanbase so that they can maintain their changing concepts concept. All of Dimensions’ other groups have passionate fanbases, even if they’re niche, and 7ROPHY hasn’t obtained that yet. To focus on connecting with fans, the members will do a V Live every week for the entirety of November, as well as do a fansign and mini-fanmeeting. Members will encouraged to do individual fan outreach as well.

November Group Schedules:

November 4: Performance at Dream Concert Pyeongchang alongside Alien, MARS, White Knight, Dimensions Soloist 2 and Silhouette.

November 6: Scheduled group V Live.

November 11: Fansign in Seocho, Seoul.

November 13: Scheduled group V Live.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

November 19: Mini fan-meeting at Olympic Hall Muse Live in Seoul.

November 20: Scheduled group V Live.

November 21: Member Bobo releases solo single “Beautiful”, solo promotions continue until December 8.

November 27: Scheduled group V Live.

Unity

Like MARS, Unity’s comeback has been delayed due to the change in creative director, but they are working in the studio some for their eventual comeback. Dimensions is being particularly careful with how they promote Unity now since they see them as their best investment at this time and they want to strike a careful balance between keeping them in the public eye and not over-saturating the market with them. A reality show is in the works for the group, but has not begun filming yet.

November Group Schedules:

In and out of the studio all month for a potential comeback before the end of the year.

November 1: Performance at Pyeongchang Winter Olympics G-100 Concert alongside Knight, Alien, Origin, and WISH.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

Soloist 1

As usual, he is being given a lot of artistic and personal freedom. The change of creative director doesn’t affect him nearly as much as most since he has such a large say in his own creative direction under the company and Dongwook has shown no sign of changing that.

November Schedules:

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

Soloist 2

Dimensions Entertainment is extremely pleased with the success of her latest single “Gashina” and consider her their most valuable act at the moment. They don’t want accusations of overworking to soil her spotlight at the moment, so her schedule is relatively light for the month.

November Schedules:

November 4: Performance at Dream Concert Pyeongchang alongside Alien, MARS, 7ROPHY, White Knight, and Silhouette.

November 11: Fansign in Hapjeong, Seoul.

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

Soloist 3

None of her singles have sold as well as her debut single “Fly”, but she still sells better than either of Dimensions’ current female groups, so she isn’t on the company’s bad side. As they brainstorm ways to garner her more publicity, she’s on a break to be allowed to pursue activities that interest her most.

November Schedules:

November 13: Rehearsal for MBC Fall Cover Song Festival.

November 16: MBC Fall Cover Song Festival. (Mini-event)

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magalyblazejewski · 5 years

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Katie Ormerod: British snowboarder to make World Cup return 18 months after breaking heel

British snowboarder Katie Ormerod will make her return to the World Cup circuit this week - 18 months after breaking her heel on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. from http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/49435326

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thisdaynews · 6 years

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Mom and son meet for first time in 68 years after Korean War

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Mom and son meet for first time in 68 years after Korean War

Korean reunions: Tears as mother and son meet for first time in 68 years-

“Sang Chol!” 92-year-old Lee Keum-seom exclaimed, as she fell into her long lost son’s arms at a holiday resort in North Korean Monday.

Lee had been waiting 68 years for this moment, after the two became separated during the Korean War and became trapped either side of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which now splits the two Koreas.

Sang Chol was four when she last saw him. He is now 71, himself an old man. On Monday he sat waiting for Lee’s arrival with his daughter-in-law. Lee was joined by her two daughters, who grew up in South Korea.

South Korean Lee Keum-seom, 92, meets with her North Korean son Sang Chol, 71, during a family reunion meeting at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North’s southeastern coast on August 20, 2018.

Theirs’ was one of multiple emotional family reunions taking place at a resort near Mount Kumgang, where buses full of South Koreans drove early Monday.

They were the 89 lucky families selected from the more than 57,000 who had applied for the reunions, agreed to under the Panmunjom Declaration signed by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an historic summit earlier this year.

More than 60% of those seeking reunions are over 80 years old, and are being accompanied on the bus trip north by their children and other relatives.

After the initial tearful reunion was over, Sang Chol showed his mother a photo of her husband, who had been with their son when the couple became separated but has since died.

“This is a photo of my father, mom,” Sang Chol said, dissolving into sobs.

Before she left for the bus trip north on Monday, Lee told CNN she had prayed for her son to have a long life so the pair could reunite.

“(My family) in North Korea didn’t live long so I prayed for my son’s health,” she said.

She felt nervous about meeting her now elderly son, after only knowing him as a small child, unsure about where to start catching up on a lifetime spent apart.

“What shall I ask?” she said. “Oh, I should ask him what his father told him about me. His father must have told him about how we got separated and where our house used to be. I should ask him about that.”

On seeing him however, there was no hesitation, and the two elderly Koreans embraced each other tightly, both in tears. During the whole reunion, they did not let go of each others’ hands.

South Korean participants of the inter-Korean family reunions stand for the national anthem as they undergo a briefing on the eve of the departure for North Korea, at a hotel resort in Sokcho on August 19, 2018.

Long awaited reunions

Lee was one of dozens of South Koreans who gathered Sunday at the Hanwha resort hotel, in Sokcho, south of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas, where medical checks were carried out and participants were warned about nuances of visiting North Korea. They’re told to avoid saying anything that could be misconstrued, or considered insensitive north of the border.

Participants were applauded by Red Cross workers as they arrived, some in wheelchairs, passing under banners reading “We sincerely congratulate the reunions of the separated families!”

In the hotel there was an air of excitement and tension as they prepared to meet husbands, wives, brothers, sisters and children who are now only vague memories, their faces blurred by time.

They then registered their names and were invited to take a professional family photo in a corner of the lobby. It was then framed for them so they could then take it to North Korea as a gift.

A convoy of buses carrying participants of an inter-Korean family reunion makes its way through the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) towards North Korea.

Park Kyung-seo, president of the South Korean Red Cross, told CNN that while he was overjoyed to be assisting in family reunions, the small number of those taking part was a “human tragedy.”

“I share fully with the disappointment of those who are not selected so I am trying with North Korean partners to try and find other solutions, huge numbers are waiting, the numbers are very much limited,” he said.

“Imagine 73 years long without knowing whether their family members are still alive or passed away — no news at all. The agony and anger, that’s an unthinkable human tragedy.”

In a statement Monday, President Moon urged both Koreas to work towards more reunions in future, noting his own family history as the child of North Korean refugees.

“Expanding and expediting the reunion has the utmost priority out of all the humanitarian projects that both Koreas must conduct. The Koreas must more boldly make an effort towards solving the divided families issue,” he said. “As a member of a divided family myself, I sympathize deeply with that sadness and pain. There really is no time”

Ahn Seung-chun was headed to North Korea to see family members she’s never met. “I applied to see my older brother,” he said. “But he passed so I’ll never see him now.”

“I’m going to see my nephew and my brother’s wife,” she added. On one hand, I’m sad that I won’t see my brother. But on the other hand, I’m happy to meet the nephew. At least I will be meeting a fruit of my father.”

Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans set off for North Korea on August 20 to meet relatives for the first time since they were separated nearly seven decades ago by a war that divided the peninsula and their families.

Bittersweet process

In the decades since the Korean War, the Red Cross has reunited many families but thousands of others have missed out.

As family members age, each delay adds to fears that they’ll no longer be around to finally meet with their long lost relatives. More than 75,000 applicants have already passed away since the reunion process began.

One protester attended Sunday’s event to voice his elderly father’s case for a reunion, after the man was unlucky this round.

“I don’t know when he will die. He is beginning to show signs of dementia. Before he loses everything, he wants to go too,” Kim Seong-jin said. “But all he can do is to watch through television each time and get hurt.”

Amid all the joy and happy scenes on both sides of the border this week, this is the reality for most whose families remain split by the Korean War.

“My father is all alone here in the South. Can you imagine how much he misses his family?” Kim said. “He wants to hear the news of his hometown before he dies.”

Lee Keum-seom undergoes a health check as she prepares to head to North Korea to reunite with her long-lost son.

Legacy of war

The pain felt by the families split by the Korean War is one of the most visible legacies of the conflict which, 68 years after it began, still hasn’t technically ended.

An armistice agreement which paused fighting in 1953 never became a formal peace treaty, and small skirmishes have happened since on either side of the heavily fortified DMZ, even as North Korea has built up its nuclear armaments and the US has maintained a heavy military presence in the South.

Officially ending the war was a key element of the Panmunjom Declaration, and both North and South have said they are continuing to work towards that goal, even as negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington appear to have stalled.

North Korean state media called on the US to agree to an official end to the war last week, saying it was a “preliminary and essential process to pave the ground for detente and permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.”

“The U.S. should implement phased and simultaneous measures, like the end-of-war declaration, to build mutual trust and make a breakthrough in the security of the world,” state media Rodong Sinmun said in a commentary.

The Unified Korea delegation enters the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2018 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on August 18, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

As well as the family reunions, Saturday saw the fulfillment of another commitment made by Moon and Kim, as a joint Korean team marched in the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

That move came after a unified Korean team took part in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea earlier this year, negotiations over which helped kick start a breakthrough in North-South relations and lead to the current detente on the Peninsula.

Correction: This story has been updated to correct who accompanied Sang Chol to the meeting.

#Korean #Korean War

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usatrendingsports · 6 years

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Vacation hockey awards: Greatest presents, largest lumps of coal from 2017-18 NHL season

It is the vacation season, and the NHL is skating into the brand new 12 months.

Rosters have been “frozen” till Dec. 28, however the groups are nonetheless on ice because the 2017-18 marketing campaign rolls towards its third month — one nearer to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Taking part in Santa Claus, let’s name out a number of the finest presents — and the most important lumps of coal — from the NHL season so far:

Greatest presents

Steven Stamkos: Nikita Kucherov is the person on hearth for the Tampa Bay Lightning, as his 23 objectives are tied for finest within the league alongside a man you would possibly’ve heard of, Alex Ovechkin. However we can not overstate Stamkos’ worth to a crew that is been sitting comfortably because the NHL’s prime canine for weeks — no, months — on finish.

Steven Stamkos’ resurgence has been an enormous power in Tampa Bay. USATSI

Do not forget that his 45 factors are tied for second within the NHL behind solely Kucherov. His presence alone after 2016-17’s premature harm would’ve been a present, however his evolution because the — dare we are saying — ace sidekick for Tampa Bay is an enormous purpose the Lightning are so explosive, setting the tone for the remainder of the league.

Vegas Golden Knights: There was a variety of speak concerning the NHL’s latest enlargement crew being a bit of feistier than most first-year golf equipment, particularly after a good summer time setup. However did anybody actually equate feisty to a 22-9-2 report coming into Christmas Eve weekend? The Golden Knights have been a present to Vegas, clearly, however they’ve additionally been a present to the NHL. For goodness sake, these guys are a few factors out of first place in a division that was supposed to provide us the Connor McDavid Present, and so they’re a possible postseason projection (sure, actually) regardless of dropping Marc-Andre Fleury and three — rely them: three — different goalies to harm.

Nico Hischier: Throughout the league, there are many arguments to be made for different gamers and groups, just like the Nashville Predators. However Hischier has been the definition of a present for New Jersey. He was hyped as a draft prospect, certain, however so was Nolan Patrick. Largely because of his addition, the Devils have outraced time, showcasing themselves as elite scorers a minimum of a season forward of schedule. Even when the remainder of their season falls aside, nobody had them in first place on the finish of December, and Hischier has been the centerpiece of a dynamic younger core.

Largest lumps of coal

Winter Olympics: Actually? We had to go right here once more? Properly, sure. Due to all of the lumps of coal from this season, this is absolutely the largest and dirtiest.

There will not be any NHL gamers on Olympic ice in February. Getty Photos

The NHL had no qualms about speaking up its China Video games preseason experiment, and that is positive and dandy, however all of it turns into a tougher promote when the league refuses to ship its overly keen stars to the most important stage on Earth. It is positive to be involved about accidents, but when the league’s true concern about partaking within the PyeongChang Video games was breaking apart its February schedule and taking eyes off its product, do not you suppose the league would additionally take into consideration, you realize, placing its finest expertise on prime-time TV? By not permitting gamers to go to the Olympics, the NHL has left Crew USA barren of recognizable names — names that will very effectively have helped offset Russia’s personal outright ban from the Video games.

Edmonton Oilers: This lump of coal may be helpful for a hearth, as a result of the Oilers are lastly beginning to see issues click on as of late. A 3-game win streak has them up from the cellar within the Pacific, and Cam Talbot has actually discovered himself within the web. It is arduous to not name them a vacation disappointment, although, contemplating we’re about to hit January and so they sit behind all however one crew within the Western Convention. That is a variety of floor to make up. Possibly McDavid and Co. teased us with their run into the 2016-17 playoffs, however you’d’ve been arduous pressed to seek out somebody who did not suppose the Oilers a minimum of had a shot at going all the way in which to the Last. Now? On paper, they’re nonetheless solely higher than the Arizona Coyotes in their very own division.

Growth course of: We all know Vegas is an enormous present, so the NHL paving the way in which for an additional franchise to land in Seattle is not inherently dangerous information, particularly when you concentrate on all of the cool names a Washington crew may have. However there additionally comes some extent when it’s a must to ponder whether this future enlargement course of is not a bag of coal in disguise. Houston and Quebec Metropolis are additionally looking out for groups, and there have been whispers that commissioner Gary Bettman may finally attempt to take this factor to 34 groups. Once more, that is gossip. Nothing extra. However even when it is simply Seattle within the fold, at what level does the NHL notice it is already diluting its product with pedestrian markets in Arizona, Carolina and Florida? Vegas labored, however an over-expansion in all probability is not going to.

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