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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH) today announced the acquisition of the operations of The Exigence Group ("Exigence") and its related entities. Based in Amherst, New York, Exigence currently provides care to approximately 500,000 patients each year through the management and staffing of 12 emergency departments, 3 hospital medicine programs, and 8 freestanding, patient-centered urgent care centers operating under the name Immediate Care Centers. The group's current operations are located in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
The current Exigence leadership team will continue to serve its existing clients out of the Amherst-based office while seeking opportunities for growth in hospital-based staffing services throughout western New York and adjacent states. In addition to growing its hospital-based services, the existing Exigence management group will also provide leadership and oversight of TeamHealth's development of Immediate Care Center services, supporting both existing and new hospital clients in other markets around the country.
"Since 2000, The Exigence Group has earned a reputation for providing customized solutions for the healthcare industry that meet the ever-changing needs of patients," states Gregory F. Daniel, MD, CEO, The Exigence Group. "We chose to partner with TeamHealth to secure the additional resources and infrastructure necessary to continue to provide our hospital and health system clients with the highest level of service and optimal performance they have come to expect. In addition, this new partnership enables us to expand our Joint Commission accredited urgent care model nationally, providing the highest quality patient care at affordable prices."
"One of the most appealing aspects of The Exigence Group is their strong and growing Immediate Care Center business," states Oliver Rogers, President, TeamHealth Hospital Based Services. "Their expertise in the urgent care arena will be particularly valuable as we continue to expand our model as a comprehensive healthcare solutions organization that partners with hospitals and health systems throughout the entire patient continuum of care.""We are excited to expand our presence in the Northeast with the addition of The Exigence Group," states Greg Roth, President and CEO, TeamHealth. "The group's strong performance in the areas of physician recruitment and retention and superior customer service is strongly aligned with TeamHealth's mission and culture. I look forward to working with their seasoned leadership team on continued growth in this region." About TeamHealth TeamHealth (NYSE: TMH) is one of the largest providers of outsourced physician and clinical staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States. Through its 7 principal service lines located in 16 regional sites, TeamHealth's more than 7,700 affiliated healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, anesthesiology, hospital medicine, urgent care and pediatric staffing and management services to more than 750 civilian and military hospitals, clinics and physician groups in 47 states. The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes Team Health Holdings, Inc., and all of its related entities, companies, affiliates, subsidiaries and affiliated physician groups. About The Exigence GroupThe Exigence Group is a diversified healthcare management organization led by physicians. The Exigence Group designs and delivers customized solutions for patients, hospitals, health systems and communities. In addition to offering emergency medicine, hospital medicine, urgent care, occupational medicine and wellness programs, The Exigence Group also provides consulting services in areas such as Emergency Department design, information technology infrastructure, and electronic medical record systems. SOURCE Team Health Holdings Inc.
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New Zealand is bracing for an environmental disaster amid fears that a container ship stranded off the North Island could break up and spill oil into the pristine Bay of Plenty, the environment minister has said.Nick Smith told local media on Friday that the accident "has the potential to be New Zealand's most significant maritime pollution disaster in decades".The 47,000 tonne container vessel Rena, which hit a reef off the coast of Tauranga earlier this week, has already created an oil slick more than five-kilometres long that has killed a number of sea birds.It is not known why the ship ran aground in the early hours of Wednesday morning. None of the 25-man crew were injured in the accident.Officials said the pollution would be far worse if the ship broke up on the Astrolabe Reef, releasing the 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board into a marine environment that is home to whales, dolphins, seals and penguins.
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Steven Joyce, the transport minister, said salvage teams were scrambling to remove oil from the stricken vessel to protect
"It's certainly not in good shape, though not a lot of oil is in the water at this point - some oil [is] - and there is significant slick," Joyce told Al Jazeera.
"But it's more the worry of what could happen if the ship breaks up and certainly it looks difficult at this point to see it getting off the reef in one piece."
Joyce said he was not confident that an ecological disaster could be prevented.
"I'm not confident because of the state of the ship, and that it's not an oil tanker, so it's not designed to discharge oil."
MNZ said it was preparing for the possibility the existing oil slick would hit the coast in the coming days after dispersants sprayed from aircraft proved ineffective.
"It has the potential to be very, very serious indeed simply because of the age of the ship, the damage that she's sustained and the 1,700 tonnes of heavy fuel oil on board," Andrew Berry, MNZ pollution response manager, told Radio New Zealand.
The weather in the Bay of Plenty is forecast to deteriorate early next week, giving added urgency to efforts to remove the oil in case the ship breaks apart in heavy swells.
"The worst-case scenario is a significant shoreline impact, which is why we have teams on standby," MNZ on-site controller Rob Service said.
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The agency found four dead birds in the slick on Thursday and dispatched wildlife rescue teams on Friday to scour Bay of Plenty beaches looking for oil-covered animals and birds.It said two wildlife rescue centres had been set up, but could not confirm reports that seals had been seen covered in oil.Animal welfare group Forest and Bird said species of marine bird life at risk from the spill included blue penguins, shear-waters, gannets and petrels.The group's seabird specialist, Karen Baird, said the timing of the accident, in the midst of breeding season, was "disastrous"."Many of them are sitting on eggs and some of them have got chicks that are starting to hatch, so that's a big worry for us."
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The Duke Islamic Studies Center (Duke University), in partnership with the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations (UNC-Chapel Hill) and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (a Recognized Independent Centre of at University of Oxford), launched a Transcultural Islam Project in 2012 to deepen understanding of Islam and Muslim communities.
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Federal stimulus money meant to help poor people weatherize their homes is being mismanaged.
State auditors say out of the more than 400 records they reviewed, more than half were missing proof of income eligibility, inspection reports, and, in some cases, proof of whether work was even done.
Not ready for cash influx
The Department of Energy gave Tennessee $106 million over three years to help eligible residents make energy improvements to their homes. That's more than eight times the amount of money the state usually gets.
Tennessee's director for state audits, Art Hayes, says he wasn't surprised to find widespread problems. Local agencies simply aren't used to having that much money to give out to residents, and contractors.
"What happens is, the contractors that normally do it, they end up having to sub out to contractors that probably haven't done this sort of work, and in some cases those contractors even have to sub out again. So you're going to have questions with, at least, in regard to, quality."
Audit results preliminary
The records that the comptroller's office reviewed are a small sample, and Hayes says the preliminary audit is meant to show changes are needed now. The final findings will be included in a full audit for the federal government in March.
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New Poems (Yeats)
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- The Gyres
- Lapis Lazuli
- Imitated from the Japanese
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- The Lady's First Song
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- The Lady's Third Song
- The Lover's Song
- The Chambermaid's First Song
- The Chambermaid's Second Song
- An Acre of Grass
- What Then?
- Beautiful Lofty Things
- A Crazed Girl
- To Dorothy Wellesley
- The Curse of Cromwell
- Roger Casement
- The Ghost of Roger Casement
- The O'Rahilly
- Come Gather Round Me Parnellites
- The Wild Old Wicked Man
- The Great Day
- Parnell
- What Was Lost
- The Spur
- A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety
- The Pilgrim
- Colonel Martin
- A Model for the Laureate
- The Old Stone Cross
- The Spirit Medium
- Those Images
- The Municipal Galley Re-Visited
- Are You Content
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'American Idol' Champ Kris Allen Reveals His Favorite Season 11 Finalist!
Winning "American Idol" doesn't mean you stop watching it!
Season eight winner Kris Allen has been follow this season of "Idol," calling it "pretty hard-core."
Allen's favorite contestant? "The person who sticks out to me the most is Joshua Ledet. He's got something about his voice, and I think every time he gets up on that stage, he just brings it."
"He's so young, but he's got this thing about him," continued Allen. "He's a great performer and he puts everything into his performances. He's got something else. He's got a lot of grit to his voice, but he's dynamic about it. It's very cool."
Allen will get a chance to see Ledet and the other remaining finalists perform live when he returns to the "Idol" stage himself. The former "Idol" champ will be performing his new song, "The Vision of Love," on April 19.
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Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women
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Data on outcome measures such as quality of life, functional status, and patient satisfaction in the treatment of noncyclic CPP is very limited. These outcomes are important from a patient perspective and also guide treatment decisions in practice.
The available evidence on hormonal therapies for noncyclic CPP is mainly limited to endometriosis-related CPP. There are very few research studies that evaluate hormonal therapies in CPP not associated with endometriosis.
There is a paucity of noncyclic CPP studies evaluating non-hormonal and non-pharmacological interventions, and comparing medical and surgical management.
Keywords: data | future research needs | heterogeneity | noncyclic CPP | outcomes | studies | treatment | knowledge gaps
- Andrews J, Yunker A, Reynolds WS, et al. Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women: Comparative Effectiveness. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 41 (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10065-I). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 11(12)-EHC088-EF. Available at www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/pelvicpain.cfm.
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Time to open the tenth door in the advent calendar. Until the New Year, I'll be opening a door onto a different landscape from somewhere in the solar system. Where in the solar system is this jumble of bouldery fissures?Just after its near-south-polar flyby of Enceladus on November 21, 2009, Cassini snapped several photos along Baghdad Sulcus, one of the four main "tiger stripes" that cross Enceladus' south pole. The main fissure of Baghdad crosses the image from the upper left corner to the lower middle. The Sun is coming from the upper left; some of the otherwise shadowed interiors of the fissures are lit by light reflected first off the Sun-facing fissure walls. The seamed surface is covered with a knobbly texture; here and there, I see what look like fans of material cascading down from steep fissure walls. But I think my favorite feature in this image is something I hadn't noticed before, a set of tiny little skinny parallel fractures running transverse to the tip of Baghdad Sulcus near the bottom center of the image. Those tiny things speak of the complicated pattern of tensional stresses concentrated at the tip of the crack. What an amazing landscape Cassini has revealed to us at Enceladus!The Planetary Society Blog 2010 Advent Calendar
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Dáil Éireann - Volume 628 - 29 November, 2006
Written Answers. - Joint Policing Committees.
Ms O. Mitchell Ms O. Mitchell
Ms O. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if progress has been made on the setting of the 22 pilot Joint Policing Committees; their function; and the 22 pilot areas chosen for the pilot project. [40844/06]
Mr. McDowell Mr. McDowell
Mr. McDowell: Section 36 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a joint policing committee in each local authority administrative area and as part of the local government structures. The purpose of these committees is to provide a forum where a local authority and the senior Garda officers responsible for the policing of that area, with the participation of Oireachtas members and community interests, can consult, discuss and make recommendations on matters affecting the policing of the area.
The joint policing committees are being established by local authorities and the Garda Commissioner in accordance with guidelines which I issued in June after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
In view of the innovative nature of the committees and the number which will be established, I decided, following consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, to pilot the committees in 22 local authority areas for a limited period.
The guidelines make special provision for Dublin City Council. Because of the size of the City Council area, in addition to the joint policing committee, they provide for the establishment of five subcommittees of the committee, corresponding to the city's local areas.
The pilot phase has joint policing committees in Fingal, Offaly and Wicklow County Councils, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford City Councils, Drogheda and Sligo Borough Councils and Athy, Arklow, Ballinasloe, Birr, Bray, Edenderry, Greystones, Letterkenny, Mallow, Tralee, Tuam, Tullamore and Wicklow Town Councils.
Sixteen of these committees have already held meetings, and the remaining six are expected to meet in the near future.
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Korean drama
Korean drama (Hangul: 한국드라마; RR: hanguk deurama) or K-drama refers to televised dramas in Korean language, made in South Korea, mostly in a miniseries format, with distinctive features that set it apart from regular Western television series or soap operas. Korean dramas can be set in contemporary times or in historical settings, the Korean word for the latter being sageuk (사극). Different genres apply to these two types, from romantic comedies and action series to fusion science fiction dramas.
South Korea started to broadcast television series in the 1960s, today's mini deurama format of 12–24 episodes started in the 1990s, transforming traditional historical series to this format, as well, creating the notion of "fusion sageuks". Korean dramas are usually shot within a very tight schedule, often a few hours before actual broadcast, screenplays are flexible and may change anytime during production, depending on viewers' feedback, putting actors in a difficult position. Production companies often have financial issues.
Korean dramas are popular worldwide, partially due to the spread of the Korean wave, with streaming services that offer multiple language subtitles. Some of the most famous dramas have been broadcast via traditional television channels, as well, for example Dae Jang Geum (2003) was sold to 91 countries.
- 1 Format
- 2 History
- 3 Production
- 4 Crew
- 5 Music
- 6 Rating system
- 7 Reception
- 8 Viewership ratings
- 9 See also
- 10 Notes
- 11 References
Korean dramas are usually helmed by one director and written by one screenwriter, thus having a distinct directing style and language, unlike American television series, where often several directors and writers work together.[3] Series are likely to have only one season, with 12–24 episodes. Historical series (sageuk[4]) may be longer, with 50 to 200 episodes, but they also run for only one season.
The broadcast time for flagship dramas is 22:00 to 23:00, with episodes on two consecutive nights: Mondays and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and weekends. Different dramas appear on each of the nationwide networks, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and on the cable channels, Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company (jTBC), Channel A, tvN, and Orion Cinema Network (OCN).
The 19:00 to 20:00 evening time slot is usually for daily dramas that run from Monday through Friday. Dramas in these slots are in the telenovella format, rarely running over 200 episodes. Unlike the American soap operas, these daily dramas are not also scheduled during the day-time. Instead, the day-time schedule often includes reruns of the flagship dramas. The night-time dailies can achieve very high ratings. For example, the evening series Temptation of a Wife peaked at 40.6%, according to TNS Korea.[5]
Sageuk series[edit]
Traditional historical series tend to be long, very detailed and may likely contain archaic language, covering wars, concentrating on kings, famous military leaders or political intrigues. These series are mostly favoured by older people. At the beginning of the 2000s "fusion sageuk" was introduced, where colorful historical backgrounds were combined with modern drama making techniques, occasionally mixing the plot with fantasy, romance, action or science fiction, attracting younger generations. Famous fusion sageuks include Hur Jun, Damo, Hwang Jini, Dong Yi, Dae Jang Geum, Tamra Island, Chuno or Moon Embracing the Sun.[4][6]
Contemporary series[edit]
Series set in contemporary times usually run for one season, for 12−24 episodes of 60 minutes. They are often centered on a love story, with family ties and relationships being in the focus. Characters are mostly idealised, with Korean male protagonists described as handsome, intelligent, emotional, ready to love one woman for a lifetime. This has also been a contributing factor to the popularity of Korean dramas among women, as the image of Korean men became different from that of other Asian men.[3][7][8][9]
The daily dramas are also usually set in contemporary times, describing a family conflict or family relationships, centered on Korean women, who sacrifice themselves for family happiness.[10]
Most popular contemporary dramas include Winter Sonata, My Lovely Sam Soon, The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, Full House, Boys Over Flowers, Iris, Secret Garden and My Love From the Star.[11][12]
Radio broadcasting, including the broadcasting of radio dramas in Korea began in 1927 under Japanese rule, with most programming in Japanese, around 30% in Korean.[13] After the Korean War, radio dramas such as Cheongsilhongsil (1954) reflected the country's mood.[14]
Television broadcasting began in 1956 with the launch of an experimental station, HLKZ-TV, which was shut down a few years later due to a fire. The first national television channel was Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), which started up in 1961.[15] The first Korean television film was a 15 minute piece titled The Gate of Heaven (천국의 문, Cheongugui mun), on HLKZ-TV.[16]
The first television series was aired by KBS in 1962. Their commercial competitor, TBC had a more aggressive program policy and aired controversial dramas, as well.[17] The first historical TV series (sageuk) aired was Gukto manri (국토만리), directed by Kim Jae-hyeong (김재형), depicting the Goryeo era.[6][18] In the '60s, television sets were of limited availability, thus dramas could not reach a larger audience.[19]
In the 1970s, television sets started to spread among the general population, and dramas switched from portraying dramatic historical figures to introducing national heroes like Lee Sun-shin or Sejong the Great.[19] Contemporary series dealt with personal sufferings, one of the influential series was Kim Soo-hyun's Stepmother (새엄마, Saeeomma), aired by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in 1972 and 1973.[20] As technology and funding was limited, Korean channels could not make series in resource-heavy genres like action and science fiction; American and other foreign series were imported instead.[21]
The 1980s saw a turn in Korean television, as color TV became available. Modern dramas tried to evoke nostalgia from urban dwellers by depicting rural life. Kim Soo-hyun's first real commercial success, Love and Ambition (사랑과 야망, Saranggwa yamang), aired on MBC in 1987 is regarded as a milestone of Korean television,[22] having recorded a 78% viewership, "streets became quiet at around the airing time of the drama as 'practically everyone in the country' was at home in front of the TV", according to The Korea Times.[14] The most outstanding classical sageuk of the era is considered to be 500 Years of Joseon (조선왕조500년, Joseonwangjo 500 nyeon), a serial that ran for eight years, consisting of 11 separate series. The serial was produced by Lee Byung-hoon, who later directed one of the biggest international successes of Korean drama, Dae Jang Geum.[6][19][22]
The 1990s brought another important milestone for Korean television. As technology developed, new opportunities arose, and the beginning of the decade marked the launch of a new commercial channel, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), which facilitated and re-initiated a race for catching viewers' attention.[23] The first real commercial success among Korean television series was Eyes of Dawn (여명의 눈동자, Yeomyeongui nundongja), aired in 1991 by MBC, starring Chae Si-ra and Choi Jae-seong. The series led the viewers through turbulent times from the Japanese rule to the Korean War.[23] New channel SBS also produced successful series, one of them being Sanglass in 1995. Sanglass was a "trendy drama", which the Korean Culture and Information Service considers an important milestone, having changed the way Korean dramas are made, introducing a new format.[23] In this decade, the new miniseries format became widespread, with 12 to 24 episodes.[24] This era marked the start of export for Korean dramas, setting off the Korean wave.
The beginning years of the 2000s gave birth to a new genre, called "fusion sageuk", essentially changing the ways to produce historical series, with such successful pieces like Hur Jun, Damo or Dae Jang Geum.[6]
Korean series used to be produced by the television channels themselves, in the 21st century, however, they are usually outsourced to independent production companies. In 2012, as much as 75% of all K-dramas were produced this way. Competition is fierce among these companies, out of 156 registered firms only 34 produced dramas that were actually aired in 2012.[25]
The budget of the production is shared between the producing company and the broadcaster. The broadcasting channel usually covers around 50% of expenses, in case of employing top stars and famous scriptwriters, they may cover even more. The rest of the budget has to be brought in by the production company, with the help of sponsors, whose names are featured in the ending rolls. In case of product placements, incomes are shared by the producer and the channel. The channel keeps 100% of the advertisement income during airtime; this could amount to 300-400 million South Korean won. A typical Korean drama may cost as much as 250 million won per episode, and sageuks (historical dramas) cost more than that. For example, Gu Family Book cost 500 million won per episode.[25] Kim Jong-hak producer spent as much as 10 billion won on Faith, which was considered a commercial failure, resulting in the inability of Kim paying crew salaries and other due payments. Kim, who produced such successful dramas, like Eyes of Dawn and Sandglass, committed suicide, after he was accused with embezzlement.[26][27]
In Korea, much of the budget is spent on top star appearance fees, at times they may take up as much as 55-65% of the whole budget, while – in comparison – in Japan it is 20-30%, and roughly 10% in the USA.[25] Everything else, including salaries of lesser-known actors, extras, and technical staff, location rent and other expenses, have to be covered from the remaining amount. Often, production companies overrun their budgets and cannot pay salaries. In 2012 actors were holding a demonstration in front of the headquarters of KBS, expressing their concerns. Actors are usually paid after the last episode is aired, at the end of the month. In case of series made by smaller production companies for cabel channels, there were cases when the companies went bankrupt and could not pay their actors and crew, while the channel relegated all responsibilities of payment to the bankrupt production firm.[28] The biggest stars may earn as much as 100 million won per episode,[29] Bae Yong-joon, the star of Winter Sonata reportedly received 250 million won per episode for The Legend in 2007.[25]
As producing a series involves high expenses, production companies seek to shoot the episodes in the shortest time possible. In contrast to practices elsewhere, the first four episodes of Korean series are usually shot in advance, but the rest are shot continuously as the series is being aired. Scripts are not finished in advance, and may change according to viewer feedback and viewership ratings. These changes may occur a couple of hours before daily shooting, and sometimes the crew might only get a couple of ready pages. The production usually works with three camera crews, who work in a rotating manner to speed up filming. Because of unregulated script changes and tight shooting schedules, actors are almost continuously on standby on location, and have no time to leave the set or sleep properly. The Korean media have a separate word to describe irregular, short sleeps that actors resort to, in often uncomfortable positions, or within the set: jjok-jam (쪽잠), or "side-sleeping". Dramas usually air with two episodes a week, which have to be shot within that week. Some Korean actors have admitted to receiving IV therapy during filming, due to extreme schedules and exhaustion.[28][29][30]
Production teams used to send two tapes to the channels (one as a backup copy), however, now due to tight filming schedules, a 70 minute episode might arrive to the broadcasting station on seven separate tapes in ten-minute installments. It happens that while the episode is being broadcast, the crew would be still shooting the last minutes or cutting the rest of the episode. This is the reason why during the airing of Episode 19 of Man from the Equator, screens countrywide went black for 10 minutes. Actor Kwon Sang-woo was openly complaining that he was still shooting Queen of Ambition 30 minutes before the last episode began airing.[28] In South Korea some production teams still do planning and scheduling manually, instead of using dedicated software.[31]
The larger broadcasting companies have their own dedicated shooting locations for historical dramas (saeguk), with extensive and elaborate sets. MBC's series are shot at MBC Dramia in Gyeonggi,[32] while KBS dramas utilise the Mungyeongsaejae Studio (문경새재 KBS촬영장) in North Gyeongsang[33] and their studio in Suwon.[34]
Some of the leading actors of Korean dramas have become popular outside of South Korea, as well, due to the Korean wave. First wave stars include:[35]
- Bae Yong-joon (Winter Sonata)
- Choi Ji-woo (Winter Sonata)
- Ha Ji-won (Hwang Jini, Damo, Secret Garden)
- Hyun Bin (My Lovely Sam Soon, Secret Garden)
- Kim Tae-hee (Stairway to Heaven, Iris)[36]
- Lee Byung-hun (All In, Iris)
- Lee Joon-gi (Iljimae, Two Weeks, Arang and the Magistrate)[37]
- Lee Young-ae (Dae Jang Geum)
- Song Hye-gyo (All In, Autumn in My Heart, Full House)
- Song Seung-heon (Autumn in My heart, My Princess)
Stars of the younger generation include:[35]
- Jang Geun-seok (Beethoven Virus, You're Beautiful, Pretty Man)
- Lee Minho (Boys Over Flowers, City Hunter, The Heirs)[38]
- Lee Seung-gi (Gu Family Book, The King 2 Hearts, You're All Surrounded)[36]
- Kim Soo-hyun (Moon Embracing the Sun, My Love From the Star)
- Park Shin-hye (You're Beautiful, The Heirs)[39]
- Song Joong-gi (Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Innocent Man)[36]
In the 2000s it became customary to cast popular K-pop idols in dramas. Their critical reception is mixed, however, some of them became successful as actors, including:[35][40]
- Bae Suzy (Dream High, Gu Family Book)
- IU (Dream High, You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin, Pretty Man)
- Kim Jae-joong (Protect the Boss, Triangle)[41]
- Kim Hyun-joong (Boys Over Flowers, Playful Kiss, Inspiring Generation)
- Park Yoo-chun (Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Missing You, Rooftop Prince)
- Rain (Full House, The Fugitive: Plan B)
- Seo In-guk (Reply 1997, Master's Sun)
Scriptwriters and directors[edit]
Scriptwriters and directors of Korean dramas are often as well known as actors are. An overwhelming majority of scriptwriters (90% according to the Beijing Metro Reader) are women, who not only write love stories but action series, as well.[42] Compared to Korean cinema, television is more appealing for scriptwriters, as contract conditions are better, acknowledgment is greater and the job is higher paid. Famous scriptwriters tend to have a say in their field.[43] The most well-know scriptwriters include the Hong Sisters, who wrote popular series like You're Beautiful and Master's Sun; Kim Eun-sook, the screenwriter of Lovers in Paris and Secret Garden; Lee Kyung-hee, famous for A Love to Kill and The Innocent Man; male writer Choi Wan-kyu of Midas and Triangle; Noh Hee-kyung, the author of That Winter, The Wind Blows; or Park Ji-eun, who wrote My Love From the Star and My Husband Got a Family.[44]
Acknowledged TV directors include Lee Byung-hoon, who directed Dae Jang Geum and Yi San;[6] Kim Jong-hak, the director of Eyes of Dawn, and Sandglass,[45] who committed suicide; and Pyo Min-soo, the director of Full House and Iris II.[46] While scriptwriters are mostly women, directors are usually men, there are only very few female directors in Korean television.[47] Some of them rose to prominence, like Lee Na-jeong (이나정), who directed The Innocent Man,[48] or Lee Yun-jeong (이윤정), whose most famous work is The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince. The latter director is also the first female television producer employed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).[49]
Music plays an important role in Korean dramas. Original soundtracks, abbreviated OST, are explicitly made for each series, and in contrast to American series, fans have a need to buy the soundtrack album of dramas. This trend started in the 1990s, when producers swapped purely instrumental soundtracks for songs performed by popular K-pop singers. Tom Larsen, director of YA Entertainment, a distributor of Korean TV series, thinks that Korean soundtracks are polished enough musically to be considered standalone hits.[50]
During the 2000s it became customary for lead actors to participate in original soundtracks, also partially due to the employment of K-pop stars as actors. Actor Lee Min-ho, and leader of boy band SS501, Kim Hyun-joong both recorded songs for Boys Over Flowers, while actor Jang Keun-suk and singer Lee Hong-gi of F.T. Island sang for You're Beautiful.[51]
OST songs of popular K-dramas can also become hits on regular music charts, with good sales of both physical and digital albums. Songs from the OST album of Secret Garden, for example, had high digital sales and high ranking on music charts.[52] My Destiny, performed by Lyn for My Love from the Star led music charts in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as in South Korea and performed well in other Asian countries, too.[53] It also won the Best OST award at the 2014 Paeksang Arts Awards.[54] Performers of OST songs for action series Iris held two concerts in Japan in front of an audience of 60,000 people.[55]
OST composers usually look for singers who have previously had success in the genre. Songs are written to reflect the mood of the series and their structure. these songs are also capable of reaching high ranks on charts and high sales. Sometimes performers give their own songs for a series, for example Baek Ji-young thought her song That Man, originally written for her own album, would fit Secret Garden. There are popular OST singers, who are often employed, like Baek Ji-young, Lyn and Lee Seung-cheol.[56] Rarely, foreign singers are invited to perform songs for Korean OST, for example Swedish artist Lasse Lindh sang several songs for series like Angel Eyes, Soul Mate and I Need Romance.[57]
Rating system[edit]
The television rating system is regulated by the Korea Communications Commission, and was implemented in 2000. According to the system, programs, including Korean dramas, are rated according to the following principles (ratings irrelevant to dramas are omitted):[58]
- : programs that may be inappropriate for children under 15. Most dramas and talk shows are rated this way. These programs may include moderate or strong adult themes, language, sexual inference, and violence.
- : programs intended for adults only. These programs might include adult themes, sexual situations, frequent use of strong language and disturbing scenes of violence.
According to a researcher at the University of Vienna, popularity of Korean dramas have their foundation in Confucian values they transmit, with which Asian viewers can easily identify. Respect for elders, filial piety, family-orientedness and the display of perceived "Asian moral values" play an important role in Korean series.[59] YA Entertainment, the American distributor of Korean dramas believes that part of the attractiveness of these series come from the quality of camera work, carefully chosen, scenic locations, spectacular costumes, while the "final product is very stylish and attractive, with arguably some of the highest TV production values in the world."[60] Korean series follow their own formula, are innovative and don't conform to Western television productions.[60] Stephan Lee from Entertainment Weekly called Korean dramas "fascinating and weirdly comforting".[61]
Exports of Korean series yielded 37,5 million USD in 2003, which was triple the amount reached in 1999.[62] According to data from Korea Creative Content Agency, in 2013 K-dramas constituted 82% of the culture content export of South Korea, with an income of 167 million USD, which is four times more than a decade before.[31]
International reception[edit]
The first Korean drama to gain widespread popularity in Japan was Winter Sonata, which was broadcast on the NHK satellite channel NHK BS2 in 2003. The program was aired twice in the same year due to high demand from viewers.[9] NHK also hosted a classical concert featuring Winter Sonata's tunes performed by Korean musicians.[9] Korean dramas boost tourism between Korea and Japan,[9] and is considered a possible way of improving strained relationships between the two countries, as series have become increasingly popular with Japanese viewers.[63][64] Conversely, the series Iris had several pivotal scenes shot in Akita, Japan, which led to an increase of Korean tourists in that part of Japan.[65][66][67]
In 2006, South Korean programs on Chinese government TV networks accounted for more than all other foreign programs combined.[68] Hong Kong has its own channel for airing Korean dramas, TVB J2, but ATV also airs Korean series in prime-time slots.[69]
Korean dramas have become popular in India, particularly in Manipur, where Hindi films and TV serials were banned in 2000. As a result, local television stations began broadcasting subtitled Korean dramas instead. Many young people in Northeast India, Mizoram, Nagaland, Kolkata and Tamil Nadu copy the hairstyles and clothes of the Korean actors.[70][71] As a part of cultural exchange Indian Public Broadcaster i.e. DDNational telecasted Emperor of the Sea and Dae Jang Geum.[72]
In Malaysia, Winter Sonata began airing on TV3 in 2003 which started an interest in Korean pop culture in the country. Jewel in the Palace and Autumn In My Heart were also aired in Malaysia. The popularity of Korean dramas have resulted in a friendly reception of Korean expatriates in Malaysia. [73]
In the Philippines, Korean dramas began airing on TV in 2003 with GMA Network airing Successful Story of a Bright Girl. GMA Network, ABS-CBN, TV5 and Net 25 air Korean dramas and are dubbed in the Philippine language.
When Dae Jang Geum was on air in Thailand, Korean food started gaining wide popularity.[74] Due to lop-sided nature of entertainment exports favoring South Korea, the Thai government requested increased introduction of popular Thai films to South Korean media outlets. This led to the signing of an Agreement of Cultural Cooperation between the two countries in August 2004.[75]
In Singapore, Prime 12 (now known as Suria) originally aired the only Korean drama series Sandglass in 1996 on a weekly basis. Since 2001, Korean dramas are shown on Chinese language channel MediaCorp Channel U on a daily basis.[76]
In Sri Lanka, The Independent Television Network aired Full House in 2009 and it proved popular. Dae Jang Geum aired on Rupavahini in 2012 and was dubbed in Sinhala under the title Sujatha Diyani (සුජාත දියණී), meaning "The Pure, Valuable Daughter". The Independent Television Network, Rupavahini, TV Derana and Swarnavahini air Korean dramas some of which have included, Yi San and Sungkyunkwan Scandal which aired under the title Asaliya Mala (අසලියා මල).[77][78]
Watching films or TV dramas from South Korea is a serious offence in North Korea, punishable by execution,[79] but people still manage to acquire them on CD's and DVD's.[80]
North America[edit]
In November 2008, Netflix began offering several Korean dramas as part of its video selection. In August 2009, DramaFever began offering free subtitled video streaming service, with video advertisements, in the United States.[81] As of May 2010[update], Korean dramas began airing on a DramaFever channel on Hulu.
Viki streams most of the popular dramas from the last few years, with subtitles in 70 languages.[82]
Additionally, Korean dramas are available at online DVD retailers. Some Korean dramas, however, are not available for region 1 (North America) encoding and NTSC video format. Amazon offers streaming of Winter Sonata for a fee.[83]
Viewership ratings[edit]
Viewership ratings are provided by two companies in South Korea, AGB Nielsen Media Research and TNmS. Originally Media Service Korea was the only company providing such information, and it was later acquired by Nielsen Media Research. In 1999 TNS Media Korea also began such service, and later changed its name to TNmS. AGB collects viewership data based on 2050 households, while TNmS has 2000 households with measuring devices. Drama ratings usually vary between the two companies by 2-3%.[84]
Korean dramas with the highest views of all time[edit]
|First Love
|20 April 1997
|What is Love
|24 May 1992
|6 February 1995
|Hur Jun
|27 June 2000
|Sunny Place of Youth
|12 November 1995
|You and I
|12 April 1998
|The Son and the Daughter
|21 March 1993
|Taejo Wang Geon
|20 May 2001
|Eyes of Dawn
|6 February 1992
|Dae Jang Geum
|23 March 2004
The list was compiled from data by AGB Nielsen Media Research, based on the episode of the highest viewership since 1992, when AGB Nielsen entered the Korean market.[85]
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The 130,000-ton Fantasy is a sister to the much-heralded Disney Dream, which debuted last year, but not a carbon copy of the earlier vessel. Disney has made a number of changes to the Fantasy with an eye to the longer, seven-night itineraries that it is scheduled to sail (the Disney Dream operates three- to five-night cruises).
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2008: Year of the bailout
Howie Rich
We don't name calendar years in America like they do in China, but if we did, it wouldn't be hard to find a moniker for 2008.
It was "The Year of the Bailout."
A.I.G, Bear Stearns, Chrysler, Citigroup, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, Indy Mac and GM are just a few examples of taxpayer-funded benevolence this year, as our government veered wildly (and expensively) toward nationalization and rule-by-decree in attempting to resolve a crisis largely of its own making.
While there is some confusion as to the current price tag of this growing "Bailout Mania," we know that over the past sixteen weeks the U.S. government has poured nearly $10 trillion dollars into "correcting" the market.
You heard that right, $10 trillion dollars.
Think about that number for a moment, because it's a lot larger than the $700 billion financial services bailout George Bush signed on October 3, which effectively marked the end of capitalism as we know it in this country.
That so-called "Emergency Economic Stabilization" is the bailout most Americans are familiar with, including the $17.8 billion chunk of it that was awarded to Detroit automakers. But what about the rest of the money?
What about the $2 trillion in FDIC assurances, $1.75 trillion in Federal Reserve commercial paper purchases, $900 billion in term auction facility lending, $600 billion to insure money market funds, $600 billion to cover Fannie and Freddie's worthless mortgage-backed securities, $550 billion for discount Federal Reserve loans, $500 billion to insure FDIC deposits, $300 billion for FHA mortgage relief, $250 billion for Citigroup debt, $225 billion for securities loan facility lending, $200 billion for Fannie and Freddie's debt, $112 billion for A.I.G., and on down the line.
Add all those numbers up and you're dealing with more than twice the inflation-adjusted cost of rebuilding post-World War II Germany, the Louisiana Purchase, NASA's entire budget (since its inception), the S&L bailouts, Roosevelt's New Deal, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the Iraq War – combined.
Again, that's inflation adjusted – and all of it spent or pledged by our government within the last 16 weeks.
2009 could bring additional bailouts, as well, with President-elect Barack Obama proposing another $800 billion plan this week and a number of states announcing that they will seek $1 trillion from the federal government to bail them out of bad spending decisions.
The dimensions of this bailout culture are truly staggering, but other than trillions in "troubled assets," what exactly have 'We the Taxpayers' purchased?
For starters, a lot of debt. With only a fraction of the total bailout tab on the books, our national debt has already soared to more than $10.7 trillion dollars.
That's an astounding 72.5 percent of our gross domestic product (GDP).
Eight years ago, the debt was $5.6 trillion, or 58 percent of our GDP.
Throughout this crisis, we were told by leaders of both parties that government had to "do something" or else we would face an "economic Pearl Harbor."
I would argue that with wealth disappearing, unemployment skyrocketing, productivity vanishing and consumers burying their money, the "economic Pearl Harbor" is upon is – and that the trillions in bailout funds did nothing to slow its fury.
In a recent article published in the Wall Street Journal, former American Express CEO Harvey Golub proposes a different solution.
"We must get back to our historic reliance on personal responsibility and market forces, and get government out of economic management," Golub wrote.
"It doesn't do a good job, as the current economic mess amply proves."
I couldn't agree more.
Let's not continue down the same road this year. Let's make 2009 the "Year of Fiscal Responsibility."
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Predictive Texting – A Blessing Or A Curse?
Most mobile phones in this day and age have an option for predictive texting – a system whereby using the alphanumeric keypad on your phone, you can tap in messages one key press at a time, as opposed to the older way of hitting the "2" key twice to get a letter B, and so forth. This is a beneficial innovation in many ways, but as is the nature with all predictions, predictive texting can be inaccurate. If your phone has an alphanumeric keypad, take it out and have a look at it. As you will notice, the keys each ...
A World Without Cell Phones
It often seems difficult to imagine yourself in a world without mobile phones, even if to all intents and purposes we were all doing exactly that not so long ago. But when you think about the prevalence in the present day of the cell phone, it is clear that if they were taken away tomorrow the world would be a very different place. Think about how you react now if you are delayed in returning from work or a shopping trip. If you are stuck in transport, you couldn't get to a pay phone to call home and tell your ...
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Although the issue of mobile phone bullying is one that has a sense of ignoring the "real issues" – that is to say that it's bullying per se that should be addressed, rather than a small section of that bullying – it is difficult to defeat bullying as a whole without looking at how it is carried out. And in the case of mobile phone... [Read more of this article]Cell Phones And Bullying – The Manufacturer's Fault?
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As a result of the ongoing government shutdown, the two major contractors who service and refuel the planes are on furlough.
L-3 Vertex stopped working as of Friday evening and BAE plans to stop as of 11 p-m tonight, according to Navy officials.
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Which Key Piece of Evidence Can Make or Break a Case?
Posted on January 27, 2014 by jchasenovelist
I have received so many questions, comments and emails about fingerprint evidence and crime scene investigations, so I decided to keep with the theme from one of my previous posts about fingerprints. There is so much more the fingerprint evidence … Continue reading →
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Syracuse Is Also Legit...
One thing about Syracuse is they're so deep. They're so tall. You look at the stats with their bench — their bench scores just as much as their starters do. It's crazy the talent Jim Boeheim has on his squad right now.
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And other London shenanigans...
Wow, I really do fail at keeping an up-to-date journal... Must try harder! Anyway... I thought I'd quickly update as I have some news to share for once: tomorrow I'm off to London with two outernet friends. We are lucky enough to be attending the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday and we're making a proper geek-out fest!
So we're all getting up absurdly early tomorrow to catch the train to London, and upon arriving we shall be haul-assing across the city and out again the other side to the Harry Potter Studios at Leavesden (I cannot tell you how excited I am for this, I'm like a child who's been fed too much sugar!). We're then heading back to our hotel by the ExCel arena and getting a good nights sleep for Doctor Who geek-out on Friday. I'm going to be cosplaying for the first time ever (nervously excited about this), and the lucky character is the Eleventh Doctor, female version. I shall be posting lots of pictures (including a professional one at the TARDIS console) and I'm hoping to get some photos with other cosplayers as well. Saturday we have a free day in London, anything could happen!, before catching a train back to our rural backwater that evening. It gon' be gooood!
In other news, I have finally been offered a job doing something I love, working with animals at last, which should start on the 2nd of December. Its a little way away from home, so it means that at last I can move out of my parents and set up on my own! At last I will have a place to call my own and my parents can have some peace and quiet. Sounds a bit grown up but at 25 I really should be being a bit grown up, don't you think?


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The Most Stylish Designer Gifts for Men
Because you deserve something special for the holidays. And the Fashion Department suggests you start suggesting to your loved ones now.
By Josh Peskowitz
For the Passenger, Not the Pilot: Dior Homme's Leather Bomber
Based on the leather jacket worn by aviators, this version by Dior Homme would be much more at home in the cabin first class, that is.
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"You're not happy"
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|Mon, 02-20-2012 - 5:38pm
So Bf and I had a good weekend together and were talking about a lot of things. One of the things that came up was whether or not we would have made the same choices regarding careers if we knew now what we knew then. Well one of the things he mentioned was the fact that I don't seem happy. My job is so demanding that I have managed to give up almost all other aspects of my life. I work, come home, sleep and do it again.
So I am going to start taking small steps and see if I can work at rebalancing. My new manager starts tomorrow (yay) so I am hoping that it will help. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
|Wed, 02-22-2012 - 10:52pm
|Wed, 02-22-2012 - 12:14pm
We all work so hard to have these great careers, but then spend the best part of every day giving what we have to that career, neglecting ourselves and our needs.
If the career is such that you do not see some goals, accomplishments, and a bit of fun, it is really hard to keep that positive energy up day after day - especially in this northern weather.
I have been thinking about it myself, while I love marketing, I do not like my current position and teaching is leaving me really tired each day. I don't have time to work out and feel like we are just on this roller coaster.
Vacations help a lot, as they are something to look forward to and a time to refresh.
How about a leadership course? This could help you utilize your team more effectively and make the workplace a great place to be?
|Tue, 02-21-2012 - 10:49pm
|Tue, 02-21-2012 - 7:38am
I only work 40 hours a week (plus 15 hours on the bus) and it feels like all I do is work, come home, cook, sleep and do it all over again. So I can only imagine how much worse it is for you!
|Mon, 02-20-2012 - 8:40pm
Good luck!! I hope it gets better. :) My now husband has been telling me for years I seem stressed by my job and unhappy. I admit, I was much happier when I met him and I was making alot less money, but enjoying life a heck of a lot more. I started volunteering again, working out again, etc. But I realized after 5 years of that, it really is my work. I gave notice a few weeks ago and I am moving on to a job that pays me about 15% less. And I cannot wait! I hope it doesn't take going this route for you - I know I am not pleased about losing income, but I am looking forward to the change and I've found ways to make it work in my budget. Perhaps you can strike that balance and be happy and financially well without making a job change!