question: who wrote the theme song to law and order

answers: Mike Post

title: Theme music

text: even has a title sequence. Notable is the "Law & Order" series, which started out with one theme song for "Law & Order", and remixed it for its four spinoffs ("", "", "" and ""). The related shows "Crime & Punishment", "New York Undercover". "Arrest & Trial" and "Stars Earn Stripes" also aired with a remix of the theme. "" uses the first strophe of "Baba O'Riley" for its opening sequence, but with a remixed version of the instrumental track. Radio programs with notable theme music include "Just a Minute", which uses a high-speed rendition of the "Minute Waltz" by

title: Mike Post

text: as #2 as a single record on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The iconic "dun, dun" sound effect he created for the Law & Order franchise has entered popular culture. At the peak of his career, Post was the go-to composer for all of the series created by Donald P. Bellisario, Steven Bochco, Stephen J. Cannell and Dick Wolf. Due to the considerable amount of music to be created, Post operated an office with multiple staff composers, among them Walter Murphy, Velton Ray Bunch, Frank Denson, Jerry Grant and Greg Edmonson, all composing side by side in cubicles. Each would write

title: Mike Post

text: of the television shows "Hill Street Blues" in 1981 and "L.A. Law" in 1988 as well as another Grammy in 1981 for Best Instrumental Performance for the "Hill Street Blues" theme, which also reached number 10 in the U.S. Post won an Emmy for his "Murder One" theme music, and had previously been nominated for "NYPD Blue", among others. He has won BMI Awards for the music for "L.A. Law", "Hunter", and the various "Law & Order" series. The theme for "The Greatest American Hero" (co-written with Stephen Geyer) is one of the few television themes to reach as high

title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent

text: in the opening credits (seasons 1–5). Another Rob Dougan track, "I'm Not Driving Anymore", is used as the theme for "Law & Order" and "". From season 6 the UK-aired version theme is "Urban Warfare" by Paul Dinletir. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" was created in 2001 by René Balcer and Dick Wolf. Balcer served as the show's executive producer, showrunner, and head writer for its first five seasons. The show dominated its original time slot on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. for its first three seasons (routinely beating its competition, ABC's "Alias" and HBO's "The Sopranos", in households and in

title: Ed Deacy

text: District Leader for South Queens since 2007. While on the Police Dept, and afterward, Ed Deacy went on to continue his singing career, and also to appear in films, notably "Goodfellas", "Sea of Love", "Brighton Beach Memoirs", and TV sseries, "Law & Order", "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City". Ed Deacy Ed Deacy (born April 28, 1946 in Brooklyn) is a retired New York City police detective who has had notable singing and acting gigs. Perhaps best known as the one-time "official national anthem singer" for the New York City Police Department, Deacy has sung at Madison Square Garden,

title: Doug Palau

text: Doug Palau Doug Palau is an American television writer and producer. He has worked on the ABC crime drama "NYPD Blue" and has been nominated for an Emmy Award and an Edgar Award. Palau began writing for television for the third season of NBC crime drama "Law & Order" in 1993. The series follows a case from an investigation to the courts. It was created by Dick Wolf. Palau co-wrote the story (with René Balcer) and wrote the teleplay for the season finale "Benevolence". Palau returned as a writer for the fourth season and wrote the story and co-wrote the

title: Law & Order (UK TV series)

text: 1984 by HarperCollins . Law & Order (UK TV series) Law & Order (often referred to as Law and Order) is a British television crime drama series, comprising four connected plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair, that first transmitted on 6 April 1978 on BBC Two. Each of the four stories within the series were told from a different perspective, including that of the Detective, the Villain, the Brief and the Prisoner. The series was highly controversial upon its release due to its depiction of a corrupt British law enforcement and legal system. In 2009,

title: The Law and Mr. Jones

text: or Actress in a Single Program." Others in the cited episode were Leo Penn, father of Sean Penn, and Joyce Van Patten, the sister of Dick Van Patten. Notable guest stars include: "The Law and Mr. Jones" was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television. Its theme song was derived from the 1890s Negro spiritual entitled "When the Saints Go Marching In". The music is attributed to publisher J. M. Black, but it was actually composed by Leonard Rosenman, who released an album of his themes on Dot Records in 1959 that included this theme. In the first season, the

title: Steven Gaydos

text: writer-showrunner Rene Balcer, best known for the "Law & Order" television franchise. Gaydos's work with Balcer includes the unproduced screenplays "Paradise Gates" and "The Bridge." His unproduced solo works include current projects "Bring Me the Head of Sam Peckinpah" and "The Man Who Was Not With It", based upon the novel by Herbert Gold. In 2008, Gaydos received a special award for his contributions to film culture from the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Gaydos' music projects include several recorded works including "More Than I Care To Remember" by Carl Hickman and "Chicken of the County", a popular parody record

title: Law & Order (UK TV series)

text: Law & Order (UK TV series) Law & Order (often referred to as Law and Order) is a British television crime drama series, comprising four connected plays written by G. F. Newman and directed by Les Blair, that first transmitted on 6 April 1978 on BBC Two. Each of the four stories within the series were told from a different perspective, including that of the Detective, the Villain, the Brief and the Prisoner. The series was highly controversial upon its release due to its depiction of a corrupt British law enforcement and legal system. In 2009, G.F. Newman stated that

title: Law & Disorder

text: would be transplanted to the series "" after the "Homicide" series finale in 1999. Law & Disorder "Law & Disorder" is the 15th episode of the of the American police drama television series "". It originally aired on NBC on February 24, 1995. The episode was written by Bonnie Mark and Julie Martin and directed by John McNaughton. The episode concludes elements of a storyline about the shooting of Beau Felton, Kay Howard, and Stanley Bolander. Because he responded to the call about the murder of Gordon Pratt—the prime suspect in the shooting of Bolander, Felton, and Howard— Tim Bayliss

title: Julie Martin (writer)

text: and directed the documentary "David Tudor Bandoneón! (A Combine)". The film chronicled an innovative music performance by composer David Tudor in 1966. In fall 2009 Martin became a consulting producer and writer for the twentieth season of "Law & Order". The series focuses on criminal investigations and follows them through to the court verdict. Martin contributed to five episodes of the season as a writer. She co-wrote the episodes "Dignity", "Shotgun", "Innocence" and "Immortal" with Richard Sweren and co-wrote the episode "Steel-Eyed Death" with Sweren and Christopher Ambrose. Julie Martin (writer) Julie Martin is an American television writer and producer.

title: Hendon Publishing Company

text: look like in the future. This was truly a how-to magazine for police department administrators who had little or no formal education in Criminal Justice. Most police officers in the 1950s did not graduate from high school and advanced by moving up the ranks from patrolman. Under the guidance of Editor-in-Chief Lee Lawler, "Law and Order" was able to produce useful content from experts in the field. The first issue of the publication even carried a guest editorial from then Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge, who was embroiled in controversy over his segregationist policies. The civil rights demonstrations from those days

title: William M. Finkelstein

text: William M. Finkelstein William M. Finkelstein (also known as William Finkelstein) is an American screenwriter, television producer, actor and television director. He has worked as a writer and producer on "Law & Order", "Brooklyn South", "Murder One", "L.A. Law", "Cop Rock" and "NYPD Blue". He co-created "Brooklyn South" with frequent collaborators David Milch, Steven Bochco and Bill Clark. He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for "L.A. Law" in both 1989 and 1990. He was nominated for the award again in 2001 for "Law & Order". He has been nominated 4 times for the Emmy Award for Outstanding

title: Payback (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

text: the rest of the panel assembled began voicing their assent. The first actor to be cast for the show was Dann Florek. Florek had originated the character of Captain Don Cragen in the 1988 pilot for "Law & Order" and played the character for the first three seasons of the show until he was fired on the orders of network executives, who wanted to add female characters to the all-male primary cast. He maintained a friendly relationship with Wolf, however, and went on to direct three episodes of the original series as well as to occasionally guest star on the

title: Law & Order (season 15)

text: Law & Order (season 15) The 15th season of "Law & Order" premiered on NBC with a two-hour premiere on September 22, 2004, and concluded on May 18, 2005. In May 2004, it was announced that Dennis Farina would be replacing Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe) as Detective Joe Fontana. Having moved over to the third "Law & Order" spin-off, "", Orbach only filmed two episodes of the series before his death in December 2004. Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn, played by Elisabeth Röhm, became the first ADA to reach her fourth season on "Law & Order". However, midway through

title: Law & Disorder

text: Law & Disorder "Law & Disorder" is the 15th episode of the of the American police drama television series "". It originally aired on NBC on February 24, 1995. The episode was written by Bonnie Mark and Julie Martin and directed by John McNaughton. The episode concludes elements of a storyline about the shooting of Beau Felton, Kay Howard, and Stanley Bolander. Because he responded to the call about the murder of Gordon Pratt—the prime suspect in the shooting of Bolander, Felton, and Howard— Tim Bayliss is given the unpleasant task of investigating the murder. Despite his protests, Lt. Al

title: Honolulu Police Department

text: April 1980. Until "Law & Order", "Hawaii Five-O" was the longest running crime series on American television. Jack Lord starred as Steve McGarrett, head of the elite state law enforcement office which worked alongside the chief of the Honolulu Police Department. James MacArthur starred as Danny Williams, McGarrett's right-hand man. McGarrett and "Dano" were straight-laced men with extreme dedication to law and justice fighting the forces of evil around the islands, especially in seedy downtown dives. Kam Fong Chun (who played Det. Chin Ho Kelly) was, in real life, a former HPD officer during World War Two. A modern-day remake

title: Law & Order

text: series of the franchise. The UK-aired Channel Five versions of seasons 7–16 of "Law & Order" and Seasons 1–9 of "" feature the song "I'm Not Driving Anymore" by Rob Dougan in the opening credits with "Urban Warfare" by Paul Dinletir being used for Seasons 10–11 after that Seasons 16–20 of Law & Order and Seasons 12+ of SVU used the US theme. Another Rob Dougan track, "There's Only Me", was used as the theme for seasons 1–6 of "", with Urban Warfare again being used for Seasons 7–8 and the US theme being used for Seasons 9–10. For the

title: Mike Post

text: Mike Post (born Leland Michael Postil, September 29, 1944) is an American composer, best known for his TV theme songs for such series as Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, The A-Team, NYPD Blue, Renegade, The Rockford Files, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I., and Hill Street Blues.

title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

text: the actors left, there was a moment of dead silence, after which Wolf blurted out, "Oh well. There's no doubt who we should choose—Hargitay and Meloni." Wolf believed the duo had the perfect chemistry together from the first time he saw them together, and they ended up being his first choice. Garth Ancier, then head of NBC Entertainment, agreed, and the rest of the panel assembled began voicing their assent. The first actor to be cast for the show was Dann Florek. Florek had originated the character of Captain Don Cragen in the 1988 pilot for "Law & Order" and

text: stabs herself. As she is dying, she whispers something in his ear. Marta meets with Benson, Stabler and ADA Abbie Carmichael (Angie Harmon). Carmichael pleads her out at manslaughter 2 and sentences her to 18 months in a psychiatric hospital. Cragen chastises Detectives Benson and Stabler for their sloppy investigative work in the case. Sitting in the squad room, Stabler tells Benson that the words Rugova whispered before she died were, "I just want to be with my family." The pilot episode, "Payback", was written by series creator Dick Wolf and "Law & Order" franchise director, Jean de Segonzac. It

title: Law and Order (1940 film)

text: Saloon, and they sing him a song. Then Daggett comes behind the Sheriff and tries to kill him, but Poe's brother, Walt, stops him from doing it. Everyone gets into a big fight, and in the end, the only survivors are Bill Ralston and Sheriff Fin Elder. Law and Order (1940 film) Law and Order is a 1940 American film directed by Ray Taylor. The following plot summary is completely wrong: At the beginning of the film, Bill Ralston arrests a bad cowboy named Deadwood and takes him to Judge Williams. Ralston returns to his girl, Sally Dixon, before she

title: Law & Order (season 3)

text: Law & Order (season 3) The third season of "Law & Order" aired on NBC between September 23, 1992, and May 19, 1993. This season marked the introduction of Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe, who replaced Paul Sorvino after "Prince of Darkness." At the end of the season, both Dann Florek and Richard Brooks departed the main cast. Season 3 began with an unchanged cast. However, during the third and sixth episode, Carolyn McCormick was credited in the opening theme and starting with the ninth episode, she is credited for the rest of the season. This made her the first

title: Law and Order (1969 film)

text: Law and Order (1969 film) Law and Order is a 1969 documentary film by Frederick Wiseman that shows the daily routine of officers of the Kansas City Police Department. It was Wiseman's third film after "Titicut Follies" (1967) and "High School" (1968). The films were among the earliest examples of direct cinema by a U.S. filmmaker. The police documentary, initially shown on National Educational Television (NET) (predecessor to the PBS Public Broadcasting System) in the United States, was directed, produced and edited by Wiseman, and the cinematographer was William Brayne. It won an Emmy Award as best documentary of the

title: Rubber Room (Law & Order)

text: ended with its cast in the buffet line for heaven, and the show that ended with its homicidal hero on his way to retirement at the beach. And then there was the best finale of all: the show that ended with a very sick police lieutenant excusing herself to take a phone call and getting good news. The last episode of "Law & Order" written and directed by the show’s longtime executive producer Rene Balcer, was finished before the series’s cancellation was announced this month. Yet it managed to be an entirely appropriate send-off, and its low-key last moments were

title: Lennie Briscoe

text: that he was his old wisecracking self right up to the end. Lennie Briscoe Leonard W. Briscoe is a fictional character on NBC's long-running police procedural and legal drama television series "Law & Order". He was created by Walon Green and René Balcer, and was portrayed by Jerry Orbach. He was featured on the show for 12 seasons, from 1992 to 2004, making him one of the longest-serving main characters in the series' 20-year-run history, as well as the longest-serving police detective on the show. He also appeared in three "Law & Order" spin-offs, and was part of the original

title: Jerry Orbach

text: Orbach Theatre was named for him in the Snapple Theater Center at 50th Street and Broadway in New York City. The naming occurred as a tribute to him during a revival of "The Fantasticks" at the theatre. After "Law & Order" was cancelled in 2010, executive producer René Balcer was quoted by "The Wall Street Journal": "I always think about the show as before Jerry and after Jerry... You saw the weariness of 25 years of crime-fighting in New York written on his face." Author Kurt Vonnegut was a fan of Orbach, and during an Australian radio interview in 2005,

text: marked the first appearance of Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay, who auditioned for the show in 1999, in the iconic roles of Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson. Richard Belzer and Dann Florek were known to the producers for their previous appearances in "Law & Order". Casting for the lead characters of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" occurred in spring 1999. Dick Wolf, along with officials from NBC and Studios USA were at the final auditions for the two leads at Rockefeller Center. The last round had been narrowed down to six finalists. For the female lead, Detective Olivia Benson,

title: Bret Morrison

text: over the steering wheel of his parked car on a Hollywood street where he had stopped for shopping after taping an episode of "Heartbeat Theater". It was believed 107-degree temperatures in a Southern California heat wave may have prompted Morrison's heart attack. Bret Morrison Bret Morrison (5 May 1912 – 25 September 1978) was an American actor best known as the voice of the mysterious crusader for law and order on radio's "The Shadow". He was also a popular cabaret singer. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrison entered radio during the 1930s while he was still in Chicago High School. He

title: Mike Post


question: most of new zealands land supports which economic activity

answers: agriculture

answers: Pastoral farming

title: Bay of Plenty

text: 'rural', with 22% of land usage representing farm land and 38% representing nature reserve land. The most common agricultural land uses are horticulture, dairy, grazing and sheep farming. Notable horticultural crops include kiwifruit, apples and avocadoes. The region also has an abundance of coastal, forestry and geothermal resources. Forestry emerged as a vital industry in the 1950s, with radiata pine being planted during the early 20th century. Forestry is commercially planted and managed, mostly using planted foreign tree species, and timber is sent to the Port of Tauranga for export. Geothermal activity is a source of tourism, and geothermal energy

title: Economy of New Zealand

text: the bulk of economic activity was in the South Island of New Zealand. From around 1900, dairy farming became increasingly viable in areas which were less suitable for sheep, particularly in Northland, the Waikato and Taranaki. As dairying developed, the North Island slowly became more important to the economy. As more land was cultivated and farmed, Britain became the sole market for New Zealand meat and animal products. The dairy farming can therefore be seen as a response to the powerful market demands in Europe, transforming not only New Zealand’s countryside, economy and production techniques, but also causing migration in

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: in land area devoted to horticulture. New Zealand is a member of the Cairns Group, which is seeking to have free trade in agricultural goods. The government offered a number of subsidies during the 1970s to assist farmers after the United Kingdom joined the European Economic Community and by the early 1980s government support provided some farmers with 40 percent of their income. In 1984 the Labour government ended all farm subsidies under Rogernomics, and by 1990 the agricultural industry became the most deregulated sector in New Zealand. To stay competitive in the heavily subsidised European and US markets New

title: Economy of New Zealand

text: in the central North Island, while the main demand (which is continuing to grow) is in the northern North Island, particularly the Auckland Region. This requires electricity to be transmitted north through a power grid which is reaching its capacity more often. For many years New Zealand's economy was built on a narrow range of agricultural products, such as wool, meat and dairy. These products became New Zealand's staple and most valuable exports, underpinning the success of the economy, from the 1850s until the 1970s. For example, from 1920 to the late 1930s, the dairy export quota was usually around

title: Geography of New Zealand

text: Sites, 13 national parks, 34 marine reserves, and thousands of scenic, historic, recreation and other reserves. The Department of Conservation is responsible for managing 8.5 million hectares of public land (approximately 30% of New Zealand's landmass). New Zealand is party to several multilateral environmental agreements. The major agreements are listed below. Geography of New Zealand New Zealand ("") is an island country located in the south-western Pacific Ocean, near the centre of the water hemisphere. It is a long and narrow country and comprises around 600 islands. The two main islands by size are the North Island (or "Te Ika-a-Māui")

title: Freedom to roam

text: only have limited access to the land, according to "The Sydney Morning Herald". However, much of Australia’s land area is Crown land, which is administered by the Australian states, and while a lot of this consists of pastoral leases, and Aboriginal reserves, access is normally permitted for recreational purposes to “unallocated” Crown land; though motorized vehicles are required to follow roads. There is extensive public access in New Zealand, including waterways and the coast, but it is "often fragmented and difficult to locate". In 2007 the government of New Zealand reviewed the rights of public access for outdoor recreation. However,

title: Geology of New Zealand

text: is steep, and composed of soft mudstone known as papa, that easily generates landslides. New Zealand main geological resources are Coal, Gold, Oil and natural gas. Coal has been mined in Northland, the Waikato, Taranaki, Nelson and Westland, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. The West Coast contains some of New Zealand’s best bituminous coal. The largest coal deposits occur in Southland.Gold has been mined in the Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges (especially the Martha Mine at Waihi), Westland, Central Otago, and Eastern Otago (especially Macraes Mine), and on the west coast of the South Island. The only area in New Zealand with

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: This is projected to rise to $4.65 billion by 2011. Australia accounts for just over 25% of export value, mostly paper products, followed by Japan, South Korea, China and the United States. Within the New Zealand economy, forestry accounts for approximately 4% of national GDP. On the global stage, the New Zealand forestry industry is a relatively small contributor in terms of production, accounting for 1% of global wood supply for industrial purposes. There are about 400 growers of stone fruit who utilise 3000 hectares of land, mostly in the Hawke's Bay and Otago regions. Three quarters of the fruit

title: Demographics of New Zealand

text: and native timber. During the 1880s agricultural products became the highest export earner and farming was a major occupation within New Zealand. Farming is still a major employer, with 75 000 people indicating farming as their occupation during the 2006 census, although dairy farming has recently taken over from sheep as the largest sector. The largest occupation recorded during the census was sales assistant with 93,840 people. Most people are on wages or salaries (59.9 percent), with the other sources of income being interest and investments (24.1 percent) and self-employment (16.6 percent). In 1982 New Zealand had the lowest per-capita

title: Geography of New Zealand

text: . New Zealand consists of a large number of islands, estimated around 600. The islands give it of coastline and extensive marine resources. New Zealand claims the fifth-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering over (1.5 million sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is the 12th-largest island in the world. The island is divided along its length by the Southern Alps. The east side of the island has the Canterbury Plains while the West Coast is famous for its rough coastlines, high rainfall, very

title: New Zealand

text: largest proportion from any developed nation. In recent decades, however, a "brain gain" has brought in educated professionals from Europe and less developed countries. Today New Zealand's economy benefits from a high level of innovation. New Zealand is heavily dependent on international trade, particularly in agricultural products. Exports account for 24% of its output, making New Zealand vulnerable to international commodity prices and global economic slowdowns. Food products made up 55% of the value of all the country's exports in 2014; wood was the second largest earner (7%). Its major export partners are Australia, United States, Japan, China, and the

title: New Zealand

text: Economic Freedom. It is a high-income economy with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$36,254. The currency is the New Zealand dollar, informally known as the "Kiwi dollar"; it also circulates in the Cook Islands (see Cook Islands dollar), Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. Historically, extractive industries have contributed strongly to New Zealand's economy, focussing at different times on sealing, whaling, flax, gold, kauri gum, and native timber. The first shipment of refrigerated meat on the "Dunedin" in 1882 led to the establishment of meat and dairy exports to Britain, a trade which provided the basis

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: NZD 1,200 million in 2007, and NZD 105 million of processed fruit was also exported. 76 million litres of wine, worth NZD 698 million, was exported. Almost all hay and silage is consumed on the same farm as it is produced. Most supplementary feed crops are grown in the South Island, where the colder climate forces additional feeding of stock during winter. Wheat is mostly grown in the Canterbury region and is used for domestic consumption in bread and biscuits. By-products are bran and pollard, which are used for stock feed. Barley is used for stock feed and for malt.

title: Economy of New Zealand

text: Economy of New Zealand The economy of New Zealand is the 53rd-largest national economy in the world when measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 68th-largest in the world when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP). New Zealand has one of the most globalised economies and depends greatly on international trade – mainly with Australia, the European Union, the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada. New Zealand's Closer Economic Relations agreement with Australia means that the economy aligns closely with that of Australia. New Zealand's diverse market economy has a sizable service sector, accounting for 63%

title: New Zealand

text: 2009 were meat 13.2%, wool 6.3%, fruit 3.5% and fishing 3.3%. New Zealand's wine industry has followed a similar trend to dairy, the number of vineyards doubling over the same period, overtaking wool exports for the first time in 2007. In 2015, renewable energy, primarily geothermal and hydroelectric power, generated 40.1% of New Zealand's gross energy supply. Geothermal power alone accounted for 22% of New Zealand's energy in 2015. The provision of water supply and sanitation is generally of good quality. Regional authorities provide water abstraction, treatment and distribution infrastructure to most developed areas. New Zealand's transport network comprises of

title: Economy of New Zealand

text: of all GDP activity . Large-scale manufacturing industries include aluminium production, food processing, metal fabrication, wood and paper products. Mining, manufacturing, electricity, gas, water, and waste services accounted for 16.5% of GDP . The primary sector continues to dominate New Zealand's exports, despite accounting for only 6.5% of GDP . The major capital market is the New Zealand Exchange, known as the NZX. , NZX had a total of 258 listed securities with a combined market capitalisation of NZD $94.1 billion. New Zealand's currency, the New Zealand dollar (informally known as the "Kiwi dollar") also circulates in five Pacific island

title: Environment of New Zealand

text: combined in many cases with efforts to protect or regenerate native ecosystems (aided by the fact that especially the South Island of New Zealand has a very low population density). For a small country the geography is extremely varied in both landforms and altitude. New Zealand's landscape ranges from the fiord-like sounds of the southwest to the tropical beaches of the far north. The South Island is dominated by the Southern Alps, the highest peak of which is Aoraki / Mount Cook, at . The tallest peak in the North Island is Mount Ruapehu (2,797 m), an active, cone-shaped volcano.

title: Culture of New Zealand

text: manufacturing suffered from cheap imports, with many jobs lost. These reforms led to a dramatic increase in the gap between the richest and poorest New Zealanders, and an increase in the numbers living in poverty. Recent appreciation of real estate values increased the wealth of a generation of landowners while making housing unaffordable for many. Some are concerned that a New Zealand property bubble may burst, potentially wiping out considerable wealth. It is very common for New Zealanders to travel or live overseas for extended periods of time, often on working holidays. These are usually referred to as the 'OE'

title: High country (New Zealand)

text: the area is tussock. Regions of New Zealand closely associated with the high country include Central Otago and the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, and parts of the North Island Volcanic Plateau. Much of the land is at a high altitude (hence its name), with the majority of the high country being more than 600 metres (2000 feet) above sea level. The land is marked with geological features associated with glaciation from the last ice age, with deep finger-shaped lakes such as Lake Wanaka and Lake Tekapo. Some high country stations grazed by leasehold farmers are up for tenure

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: Pastoral farming is the major land use but there are increases in land area devoted to horticulture.

title: Protected areas of New Zealand

text: Protected areas of New Zealand Protected areas of New Zealand are areas which receive protection because of their environmental, historical or cultural value to the nation. The method and aims of protection vary according to the importance of the resource and whether it has public or private status. Nearly 30 percent of the land mass of New Zealand is in public ownership and has some degree of protection; these areas include conservation parks, mainland islands, island reserves, marine reserves, and national parks. The Department of Conservation administers the majority of the publicly owned land in New Zealand that is protected

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: trend was towards an increasing pressure on New Zealand's natural capital. Between 1994 and 2002 the number of dairy cows increased by 34% and the land area used grew by just 12% resulting in a more intensive land use. In the same period synthetic fertiliser use across all sectors grew by 21% and urea use grew by 160%. Almost half of the greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand are due to the agricultural sector. A portion of this is due to methane from belching ruminants. An agricultural emissions research levy was proposed, quickly becoming known as the "Fart Tax". The

title: Geography of New Zealand

text: If as a cave grows it breaks through to the surface somewhere else it becomes a natural arch, like those near Karamea (Oparara Arches). The proportion of New Zealand's area (excluding estuaries) covered by rivers, lakes and ponds, based on figures from the New Zealand Land Cover Database, is (357526 + 81936) / (26821559 – 92499–26033 – 19216) = 1.6%. If estuarine open water, mangroves, and herbaceous saline vegetation are included, the figure is 2.2%. The mountainous areas of the North Island are cut by many rivers, many of which are swift and unnavigable. The east of the South Island

title: Economic history of New Zealand

text: of the Europeans in New Zealand, the land was occupied by the Maori. The Maori were Polynesian tribes that had built perennial establishments and exploited the natural resources of the land in order to provide themselves with a way of life. It was around the 15th century that exploitation of these resources slowed down, and the economy went with it. The use of capital during this time, such as clearing forests and building houses, was just enough to cover the population growth and minimal use of capital means that there was little total per-capita economic growth. Some of this slow

title: Conservation in New Zealand

text: endangered to near threatened on the IUCN Red List. Most of the current 11.9 million hectares of agricultural land had been cleared, representing around 44% of the total land area of New Zealand. Initial attempts to decrease the scale of further deforestation, such as Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983 that created 'forestry rights' have been argued to only be moderately successful. However, they created world class structures of data collection and property rights that made way first for an amendment to the 1949 Forests Act in 1993 and later to the Climate Change Response Act 2002. New Zealand's patterns of

title: Agriculture in New Zealand

text: areas of the country: Waikato, Taranaki, Southland, Northland, Horowhenua, Manawatu and Westland. Fonterra is the major processor of milk in New Zealand. It processes 94.8 percent of all milk solids from dairy farms. Other large dairy companies are Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company, Westland Milk Products and Synlait. Livestock is predominantly grass-fed, but hay and silage is used in the winter months to make up for slower pasture growth. There were 38.5 million sheep and 4.39 million beef cattle in New Zealand in June 2007. The number of sheep saw a substantial fall from the 70.3 million in 1982, while beef

title: Sarah Higgins

text: the advertisement as being within an area of rich agricultural land, ideal for cultivation of crops and fruit trees. The initial stakeholders for the most part had no intentions of physically making the journey to New Zealand to take up the land, and so in a hasty spot of double-dealing, the company had distributed these claims to the arriving settlers, in the hope that more land could be negotiated from the Maori. The land however was poor, and swampy, covered in wild grasses, ferns and bush which would need clearing before any building or cultivation could begin, and contrary to

title: Manawatu Plains

text: and turned into profitable dairy farming land. There are conservation moves in progress to restore some of these wetlands to their former state. Further north, the plains provide the basis for the economy which drives the city of Palmerston North and the towns of Foxton, Feilding and Bulls, all of which rely on the agricultural dollar to an extent. As floodplains, the land is not always entirely dry land, and although the area receives slightly below the national average rainfall, floods can occur, as happened most recently around the township of Tangimoana in early 2004. Manawatu Plains Some of the

title: Land Information New Zealand

text: and certain areas of Antarctica and the South-West Pacific. Through the Landonline system, LINZ provides property professionals with online access to New Zealand's title register - the national database of property ownership - and New Zealand's 'cadastre' - the official record of land boundary surveys. Landonline is used by surveyors, lawyers, conveyancers and other professionals to securely search, lodge and update title dealings and survey data, digitally, in real time. LINZ manages almost three million hectares of Crown land, which is around 8% of New Zealand’s land area. This includes 1.6 million hectares of high country pastoral land in the

title: Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

text: of the Department of Lands and Survey, the Forest Service and the Wildlife Service. This act also set out the majority of the department's responsibilities and roles. As a consequence of Conservation Act all Crown land in New Zealand designated for conservation and protection became managed by the Department of Conservation. This is about 30% of New Zealand's land area or about 8 million hectares of native forests, tussocklands, alpine areas, wetlands, dunelands, estuaries, lakes and islands, national forests, maritime parks, marine reserves, nearly 4000 reserves, river margins, some coastline, and many offshore islands. All of the land under its

title: Agriculture in New Zealand


question: what was the original purpose of the kremlin

answers: the tsar's Moscow residence

title: Operation Kremlin

text: Operation Kremlin Operation Kremlin ("Fall Kreml" in German) was a successful German deception operation against Soviet forces in May–June 1942. After German troops captured the city of Kharkov in October 1941, the German High Command planned an offensive to destroy the Soviet forces toward the southern sector of the Eastern Front. To divert the attention of the Soviets from that thrust (which would lead to the Battle of Stalingrad), on May 29, 1942, the High Command ordered "the earliest possible resumption of the attack on Moscow" by Army Group Centre. The factor that made Operation Kremlin plausible to the Soviet

title: Kremlin Senate

text: converted to house the Russian presidential administration. An indiscriminate reconstruction destroyed Kazakov's interiors. Preservation advocate Alexei Komech reported from the site: "... crushed walls, ripped air ducts and piles of 200 year old bricks remind me of wandering around ruins of Berlin's Reich Chancellery in 1946". Present-day photographs also show that the builders destroyed and paved the chestnut garden that was in the Senate's courtyard during the 1970s. Kremlin Senate The Kremlin Senate () is a building within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed from 1776 to 1787, it originally housed the Moscow part of the

title: Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests

text: as hostile Soviet occupations. Some critics, like Heorhiy Kasyanov from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, said the Kremlin was trying to whitewash Soviet history in order to justify its denial of human rights: "It's part of the Russian Federation's policy to create an ideological foundation for what is happening in Russia right now." Historian and author Orlando Figes, a professor at the University of London, who views the new commission is part of a clampdown on historical scholarship, stated: "They're idiots if they think they can change the discussion of Soviet history internationally, but they can make it

title: Kremlin Senate

text: Kremlin Senate The Kremlin Senate () is a building within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed from 1776 to 1787, it originally housed the Moscow part of the Governing Senate, the main judiciary and legislative office of Imperial Russia. Currently, it houses the Russian presidential administration and is a secured and restricted area closed to the public. At present, only the southern corner façade, opposite the Tsar Cannon can be viewed by the public. The Kremlin Senate is located in the northern part of the Kremlin grounds, between the Kremlin Arsenal and the former, now demolished,

title: Kremlin Presidium

text: from 1938 the building housed the offices of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, whose head was the "de jure" head of state of the Soviet Union. From 1958-61, part of the building was converted into the 1,200-seat Kremlin Theatre (Кремлёвский театр). However, it proved to be an awkward venue, and its functions were transferred to the newly built State Kremlin Palace. In 2001 the Presidium was slated for repair. After the relocation of the Presidential Administration to the Staraya Ploschad in 2011, important renovations began that were originally planned to be completed by 2015. Despite several years of renovation

title: State Kremlin Palace

text: by the KGB to justify an invasion of Western Europe, with West Germany being framed for the attack. The building is depicted as being the meeting place for the Council of Ministers. Ordinarily, the Council convened in the Kremlin Senate, which is explained in the novel as being closed for repairs. State Kremlin Palace The State Kremlin Palace (), formerly and unofficially still better known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (Кремлёвский Дворец съездов), is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin. The building was built at the initiative of Nikita Khrushchev as a modern arena for Communist Party

title: Russia under Vladimir Putin

text: in September 2004, Putin enhanced a Kremlin-sponsored program aimed at "improving Russia's image" abroad. According to an unnamed former Duma deputy, there existed a classified article in the RF federal budget that provided for financing measures to this purpose. One of the major projects of the program was the creation in 2005 of "Russia Today"—a rolling English-language TV news channel providing 24-hour news coverage, modeled on CNN. Towards its start-up budget, $30 million of public funds were allocated. A CBS News story on the launch of Russia Today quoted Boris Kagarlitsky as saying it was "very much a continuation of

title: Operation Kremlin

text: believable. As part of Operation Kremlin, the Luftwaffe increased reconnaissance flights over and around Moscow, officers in charge of prisoner-of-war interrogations were given lists of questions to ask regarding Moscow's defenses, and sealed packets of Moscow maps were distributed down to regimental level. A readiness date of August 1 was planned. Although postwar Soviet accounts insisted Operation Kremlin had failed, the Soviet High Command and the General Staff were in fact misled by the deception; Joseph Stalin and top Soviet generals had no doubt that the Germans would launch another offensive on Moscow in mid-1942. On June 28, Operation Blau

title: Kremlin Arsenal

text: Kremlin Arsenal The Kremlin Arsenal () is a former armory built within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed in 1736, it has been rebuilt several times. It remains in military use to date, unlike the Kremlin Armoury, another arsenal within the walls of the Moscow Kremlin, which is now a museum. The building is off-limits to tourists, who can view a portion of its short southern façade upon entering the precincts of the Moscow Kremlin. The Kremlin Arsenal is currently home to the Kremlin Regiment, which forms the main security service for the Russian President, and

title: Project Russia

text: Deputy Chief of the Russian Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov. Since the "Project Russia" author was anonymous and the first three volumes were not copyrighted, speculation began about the books' author. According to LDPR founder and leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the Kremlin produced "Project Russia" to create a unitary state. Although Internet reports indicated that the author is Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview for the newspaper "New Region" Rogozin himself neither confirmed nor denied the possibility. According to Alexander Goldfarb, a Russian activist close to oligarch Boris Berezovsky, all that is known for certain is that the project

title: 2007 Georgia missile incident

text: that a group of Kremlin hardliners were intent on provoking a military confrontation to provide an excuse to change the Russian constitution and allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to stay in power. Alexei Malashenko, an expert on the Caucasus at the Moscow Carnegie Centre, said it was possible that this faction had ordered the firing of a dummy missile in a bid to fuel the crisis. But he said it was more likely that the missile attack could have been carried out by local Russian army units without the knowledge of the Russian government. Stratfor, a private intelligence agency based

title: Kremlin Presidium

text: Kremlin Presidium The Kremlin Presidium (), also denominated Building 14 (), was an edifice within the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Constructed in 1934, until 2011 it housed, first, the Supreme Soviet, i. e. the supreme legislative body of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, and, second, the offices of the Presidential Administration of Russia. It was demolished in 2016 without any permission from UNESCO. The Kremlin Presidium was located in the northern part of the Kremlin, adjacent to the Kremlin Senate and forming one side of Ivanovskaya Square. The edifice of 4 storeys had 3 wings opening toward

title: Moscow Kremlin

text: to replace them with the Grand Kremlin Palace, which was to rival the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in its dimensions and in the opulence of its interiors. The palace was constructed in 1839–49, followed by the re-building of the Kremlin Armoury in 1851. After 1851 the Kremlin changed little until the Russian Revolution of 1917; the only new features added during this period were the Monument to Alexander II and a stone cross marking the spot where in 1905 Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia was assassinated by Ivan Kalyayev. These monuments were destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

title: Kremlin Presidium

text: little earlier the closed public entrance through Spasskaya Tower was opened to allow direct passage between Red Square and Alexander Garden; it was closed to the public after the Bolshevik Government relocated there after the Revolution. Kremlin Presidium The Kremlin Presidium (), also denominated Building 14 (), was an edifice within the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Constructed in 1934, until 2011 it housed, first, the Supreme Soviet, i. e. the supreme legislative body of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, and, second, the offices of the Presidential Administration of Russia. It was demolished in 2016 without any permission

text: deeds of our fathers and grandfathers" in World War II, although Shoygu did not at the time suggest how this should be done. Already prior to this, however, State Duma member Konstantin Zatulin, had been assigned the task on 11 December 2008 of drafting a bill "On Counteracting the Rehabilitation of Nazism, Nazi Criminals and Their Accomplices in New Independent States on the Territory of the Former USSR". According to commission chairman Sergey Naryshkin, the tasks of the commission would not be to "re-write" or "politicise" history in the manner of countries like Latvia and Lithuania. Instead, the commission would

title: Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act

text: measures contained in this bill are the most hard-hitting ever imposed – and a direct result of Putin’s continued desire to undermine American democracy. I strongly believe that DNI Coats’ assessment – that the warning lights are blinking red when it comes to Russian meddling in the 2018 election – is accurate. These sanctions and other measures are designed to respond in the strongest possible fashion." On August 8, the Russian business-oriented newspaper "Kommersant" published the full draft text of the bill. This caused the ruble to fall 2.2%. Provisions in the draft bill include: Defending American Security from Kremlin

title: Moscow Kremlin

text: museum with 2,746,405 visitors in 2017. The name ""Kremlin"" means "fortress inside a city", and is often also used metonymically to refer to the government of the Russian Federation in a similar sense to how "White House" refers to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It previously referred to the government of the Soviet Union (1922–1991) and its highest members (such as general secretaries, premiers, presidents, ministers, and commissars). The term "Kremlinology" refers to the study of Soviet and Russian politics. The site has been continuously inhabited by Finno-Ugric peoples since the 2nd century BC. The

title: KGB

text: up in Afghanistan under the command of KHAD. In 1983 Boris Voskoboynikov became the next head of the KGB while Leonid Kostromin became his Deputy Minister. On 18 August 1991, Chairman of the KGB Vladimir Kryuchkov, along with seven other Soviet leaders, formed the State Committee on the State of Emergency and attempted to overthrow the government of the Soviet Union. The purpose of the attempted coup d'état was to preserve the integrity of the Soviet Union and the constitutional order. President Mikhail Gorbachev was arrested and ineffective attempts were made to seize power. Within two days, the attempted coup

title: State Kremlin Palace

text: State Kremlin Palace The State Kremlin Palace (), formerly and unofficially still better known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (Кремлёвский Дворец съездов), is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin. The building was built at the initiative of Nikita Khrushchev as a modern arena for Communist Party meetings. Although the architecture of the projected building contrasted sharply with the historic milieu, building work started in 1959. The structure was opened along with the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on October 17, 1961. In 1962 the architects of the project, headed by Mikhail Posokhin

title: Moscow Kremlin

title: Astrakhan Kremlin

text: roofs of nearby buildings. Serious destruction was caused to the Kremlin after this battle. Miraculously temples of Kremlin have survived. In 1919 the Army was reorganized under the leadership of Kirov to protect the outfall of Volga and to defeat the White Guard troops and foreign interventionists. Thus, in the early 20th century Kremlin remains a military target. It was popularly named as “The Town of Trotsky” (in 1992-1926). Only after the end of the World War II the town opened the access to the Kremlin. At the same time Kremlin ceases to be subject of military purposes. In the

title: Metro-2

text: Former head of Moscow's central administrative district and onetime information minister Alexander Muzykantskiy stated: "Its underground transport communications connecting the Kremlin with the command posts, which are designed to ensure the stable operation of the senior military and political leadership in times of armed conflict, including a nuclear conflict. This is a gigantic system. It was built for 40 years. It cost a huge amount of money. For 91 years, the very existence of this system was the highest state secret." Oleg Gordievsky, a former colonel of the KGB who worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) for 11

title: Boris Yeltsin

text: unconstitutional activities, including the signing of the Belavezha Accords dissolving the Soviet Union in December 1991, the coup-d'état in October 1993, and initiating the war in Chechnya in 1994. None of these charges received the two-thirds majority of the Duma which was required to initiate the process of impeachment of the president. With Pavel Borodin as the Kremlin property manager, Swiss construction firm Mabetex was awarded many important Russian government contracts. They were awarded the contracts to reconstruct, renovate and refurbish the former Russian Federation Parliament, the Russian Opera House, State Duma and the Moscow Kremlin. In 1998, Prosecutor General

title: Vladislav Surkov

text: The Kremlin suggested that the leaked documents were fake. The emails illustrate Russian plans to politically destabilize Ukraine and the coordination of affairs with major opposition leaders in separatist east Ukraine. The document release included a document sent by Denis Pushilin, former Chair of the People's Soviet of the Donetsk People's Republic, listing casualties that occurred from 26 May to 6 June 2014. It also included a 22-page outline of "a plan to support nationalist and separatist politicians and to encourage early parliamentary elections in Ukraine, all with the aim of undermining the government in Kiev." Before the 2010 U.S.-Russia

title: Moscow Kremlin

text: Kremlin Palace (alias Kremlin Palace of Congresses), was commissioned by Nikita Khrushchev as a modern arena for Communist Party meetings, and was built within the Kremlin walls 1959-61. Externally the palace is faced with white marble and the windows are tinted and reflective. The construction of a large modern public building in an historic neighborhood generated an uproar, especially since the building replaced several heritage buildings including the old neo-classical building of the State Armory and some of the rear parts of the Great Kremlin Palace. Although this was not the first time that the Soviet government had destroyed architectural

title: Operation Kremlin

text: began. Ziemke, Earl F. and Magna E. Bauer. "Moscow to Stalingrad: Decision in the East". Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1987. Operation Kremlin Operation Kremlin ("Fall Kreml" in German) was a successful German deception operation against Soviet forces in May–June 1942. After German troops captured the city of Kharkov in October 1941, the German High Command planned an offensive to destroy the Soviet forces toward the southern sector of the Eastern Front. To divert the attention of the Soviets from that thrust (which would lead to the Battle of Stalingrad), on May 29, 1942, the High Command ordered "the earliest

text: the History Commission was needed as there were increasingly aggressive attempts to rewrite history to Russia's disadvantage. Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin lawmaker and member of the commission, said the new body wouldn't throw people in jail or blacklist historians whose analyses it disagrees with. Its priority, he said, was to challenge what he said were distorted interpretations of the Soviet Union's role in World War II. "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" published the responses of historian Natalia Narochnitskaya, who said: "they try to convince us that it was not we who won the Great Patriotic War, that it was Americans." Regarding attempts at

title: Kremlin Cup

text: Kremlin Cup The Kremlin Cup () is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour. It was held annually at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 1990 to 2018. In 2019, the Olympic Stadium will undergo a major reconstruction which will last two years, moving the tournament to a different place. The Kremlin Cup was created in 1990 by Sasson Khakshouri becoming the first international professional tennis tournament to be held in Russia. The

title: Belavezha Accords

text: was a reality. Three days later, in a secret meeting with Yeltsin, he accepted the "fait accompli" of the Soviet Union's dissolution. However, for four more days a rump Soviet federal government continued to exist, and Gorbachev continued to hold control over the Kremlin. This ended in the early hours of December 25, 1991, when Gorbachev resigned and turned control of the Kremlin and the remaining powers of his office over to the office of the president of Russia, Yeltsin. Gorbachev's televised resignation speech and the subsequent lowering of the flag of the Soviet Union and hoisting of the flag

title: Tula Kremlin

text: restoration in order to restore the original appearance of the Kremlin. In 2012 a charitable foundation was created named "Tula Kremlin" which has 1648 benefactors, to transfer money for the restoration of the Kremlin. In the same year at the expense of the charity fund held drainage from tower to tower Odoevskogo water gate. In 2013, work was done to restore and improve the shopping malls, installed a new marquee Naugolnykh tower restored battlements on the wall between Nikita and Ivanovo towers. At the same time the fund restored the Assumption Cathedral, whose facade has got a gray color, and

title: Moscow Kremlin

long_answer: The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Моско́вский Кремль, tr. Moskovskiy Kreml, IPA: [mɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ]), usually referred to as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. It is the best known of the kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. Also within this complex is the Grand Kremlin Palace that was formerly the tsar's Moscow residence. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.


question: when is the opening ceremonies of the olympics 2018

answers: 9 February 2018

title: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

text: extinguished. 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on 25 February 2018 at 20:00 KST (UTC+9). The flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by "ganada" order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. Marching alongside the athletes were Soohorang, the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic mascot, and Hodori, mascot of the 1988 Summer

title: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

text: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics took place at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on 25 February 2018 at 20:00 KST (UTC+9). The flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees arrived into the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, ordered by "ganada" order of the Korean alphabet, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. Marching alongside the athletes were Soohorang, the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic mascot, and Hodori, mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: heaven, earth, and mankind. No Olympic or Paralympic events will be held at the stadium, which will only be used for the opening and closing ceremonies. The venue will be torn down afterwards. The broadcast of the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games was available in more than 200 countries around the world. The ceremony's message centered on peace, passion, harmony, and convergence. Five children from rural Gangwon province led the ceremony, which included one Inmyeonjo (a mythical creature with a body of a bird and a head of a human, a creature that only appears when the

title: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

text: of Japan and Tokyo to the world; including feedback from experts and opinions of the Japanese public. The final version was released in December 2017. The Basic Policy consists of three sections: Naomi Kawase will direct the Official film of the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020. The New National Stadium will serve as the main stadium for the opening ceremony. Demolition of old National Stadium was completed in May 2015, then the construction of new stadium began at the same site on 11 December 2016. The stadium will be handed over to the IOC on 30 November 2019 for necessary

title: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

text: games and ceremony preparations. Capacity during the Olympic Games will be 60,102 taking into account press and executive seating areas. 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on the evening of Friday 24 July 2020 in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history. Ticket prices for the Opening Ceremony will

title: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

text: in Seoul. First, the Greek flag was raised while its anthem played. The Olympic flag was then lowered and passed, by the mayor of Pyeongchang County, Shim Jae-kook, to IOC President, Thomas Bach, who then handed it over to the mayor of Beijing, Chen Jining. This was then followed by the raising of the flag of China, and the playing of its anthem. The flag will be raised again in Tokyo, Japan, for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 24 July 2020. Beijing, the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, presented a special performance "See

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: "Red Flavor" by Red Velvet. "Red Flavor" was cut off just as the unified Korean team was introduced. The Olympic flame was on a 101-day relay across South Korea. The start of the ceremony takes place in Olympia of Greece. Apostles Angelis, 24 years old cross-country skier, is selected to be the first torchbearer. He said "It is a great honour for me to be chosen as the first torchbearer for the Olympic Winter Games of 2018. It is truly a unique moment that I am looking forward to. I feel very proud and with a unique sense of happiness."

title: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

text: 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on the evening of Friday 24 July 2020 in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history. Ticket prices for the Opening Ceremony will range between ¥12,000 and ¥300,000. The Organising Committee prepared a so-called “Basic Policy”, that includes aspects to highlight the appeal

title: 2018 Winter Olympics

text: to the modified schedule, as well as the attendance levels of the sessions themselves. Conversely, and somewhat controversially, eight of the eleven biathlon events were scheduled at night, making it necessary for competitors to ski and shoot under floodlights, with colder temperatures and blustery winds. Three podium sweeps were recorded during the Games. The closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 25 February 2018, as Thomas Bach, the IOC president, declared the Games closed, and the cauldron extinguished. Broadcast rights to the 2018 Winter Olympics in some countries were already sold as

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: Park Ji-Sung, football player in Republic of Korea, was the second person to hold the torch. After the flame touring around Greece for a week, it reached the Acropolis on 30th of October. There were 36 ceremonies held in different cities over a week, then the flame arrived to the PyeongChang Panathenaic Stadium. More than 500 torchbearers participated to follow the rituals of Olympic cycle, and carried the message of peace. In the stadium, Opera soloist Sumi Hwang sang the Olympic anthem during the torch lighting ceremony. The final person to hold the torch was Inbee Park, the golfer from

title: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

text: you in Beijing in 2022" directed by Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, who also presented the 2008 Summer Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. The presentation featured two pandas skating and people forming red lines that became a dragon, as pandas and dragons are national icons for China. The skaters also trail lines to form the emblem of the games. China's Paramount leader Xi Jinping made a cameo appearance by video expressing the welcome message on behalf of the Chinese people. IOC President Thomas Bach formally closed the games, calling them 'The Games of New Horizons.' Soon after, the cauldron was

title: 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

text: were shown on the stage, concluding with the logo of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach at 22:04 MSK, calling them 'The Athlete's Games'. He invited the world to assemble in four years' time in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Olympic Games. A final appearance was made by the three children accompanied by giant animatronic models of the three official mascots of the 2014 Olympic Games. A series of large mirrors combined and floated into the air to reveal the Olympic flame. The Olympic flame in the stadium and outside was

text: 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony flag bearers During the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the flag bearers of 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) arrived into Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. The flag bearers from each participating country entered the stadium informally in single file, and behind them marched all the athletes, without any distinction or grouping by nationality. The blending of all the athletes is a tradition that dates from the 1956 Summer Olympics, after a suggestion by Australian-born British student John Ian Wing, who thought it would be a way of bringing the athletes of the world

title: 2018 Winter Olympics

text: the ceremonies were still shown on TV via tape delay only, but NBC did, for the first time, offer live streaming of the opening ceremony online. Notably, figure skating events were deliberately scheduled for the morning in Pyeongchang to accommodate the network’s live broadcast to a peak U.S. audience in the evening. NHK and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) once again filmed portions of the Games, including 90 hours of footage of selected events and the opening ceremonies, in high-dynamic-range 8K resolution video. In South Korea, ATSC 3.0 digital terrestrial television at 4K resolution was introduced in 2017 in time for

title: 2018 Winter Olympics torch relay

text: Stadium, the main venue of the 2018 Olympics. The final torch was lit by figure skater Yuna Kim. 2018 Winter Olympics torch relay The 2018 Winter Olympics torch relay was ran from October 24, 2017 until February 9, 2018, in advance of the 2018 Winter Olympics. After being lit in Olympia, Greece, the torch traveled to Athens on 31 October. The torch began its Korean journey on 1 November, visiting all Regions of Korea. The Korean leg began in Incheon: the torch travelled across the country for 101 days. 7,500 relay runners participated in the torch relay over a distance

title: 2018 Winter Olympics

text: 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018, the eve of the opening ceremony. Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011, during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This was the first time that South Korea had hosted the Winter Olympics and the second Olympics held in

title: Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium

text: announced some changes in the venue plan and the ceremonies were moved to Hoenggye. The main reasons were organisational, with possible interference between the preparation of the ceremonies and the ski jumping training, and the weather conditions for the spectators. The construction of the stadium which took one year and ten months was completed on 30 September 2017. The Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium had been used 5 times before being demolished. It was used as a K-pop concert venue of the 2017 Dream Concert in PyeongChang , marking the 100 Days before the Olympics, the opening and closing ceremonies of the

title: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

text: actual dancers who will be in the 2017 Rio Carnival. Brazil - Globo TV; United States - NBC 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 from 20:00 to 22:50 BRT at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (Brazil) and following (Japan) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and the leader of the Games' organizing committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the official handover of the Olympic

title: 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony

text: have a range of experiences in producing the ceremonies of events as they have previously done for 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. On 22 November 2017, the GOLDOC revealed some of the key artistic personnel working on the ceremonies of the games. The creative team for the opening and closing ceremonies consisted of a roster of renowned individuals. Leading the ceremonies team as Artistic Director and Project Director was David Zolkwer, Head of Jack Morton Worldwide Public Events. David previously led the teams for the 2004 Summer Olympics

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea on 9 February 2018.  It began at 20:00 KST and finished at approximately 22:20 KST. The Games were officially opened by President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in.

title: 2018 Asian Games opening ceremony

text: the first part of the footage ended, a motorcyclist dressed as the President entered the stadium and headed to the basement. The second part of footage then showed President Widodo riding the motorcycle before reaching an elevator, at which point the real President entered the VVIP seating area. The entrance drew comparisons to the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony's segment, which featured Daniel Craig (as James Bond) and Queen Elizabeth II making an impressive entrance with a helicopter, and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony's Warming up! Tokyo 2020 segment, in which the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō

title: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony

text: 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 from 20:00 to 22:50 BRT at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both the current (Brazil) and following (Japan) host countries, as well as closing remarks by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and the leader of the Games' organizing committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the official handover of the Olympic flag from Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, whose city will host the

title: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

text: the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held at the Obelisco de Buenos Aires on 6 October 2018 at 20:00 (8 PM) Argentina Time. The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics featured 239 events in 32 sports. These were the demonstration sports in the games: The schedule for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games was released on 9 May 2018, exactly 150 days before the starting of the games on its official website. The closing ceremony of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held at the Youth Olympic Village on 18 October 2018. The Olympic flag was handed over to the next host

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: television audiences were shown a version that had been recorded the previous December. During the opening ceremony the organizing committee was a victim of a cyber attack, but without major consequences. The Parade of Nations was led, according to custom due to hosting the original ancient Olympics, by the Greek team, followed by other competing countries in alphabetical order based on their names in the Korean language, with the host country, South Korea, concluding the march. The delegations from both the host nation South Korea and North Korea (Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics) marched under the Korean unification flag.

title: Olympic Games ceremony

text: a standard 18-event program was established. In order to open a Games in ancient Greece the organizers would hold an Inauguration Festival. This was followed by a ceremony in which athletes took an oath of sportsmanship. The first competition, an artistic competition of trumpeters and heralds, concluded the opening festivities. The Olympic opening ceremonies represent the official commencement of an Olympic Games. In recent Olympics, athletic competition began prior to the opening ceremonies. For example, the football competitions for both men and women at the 2008 Summer Olympics began two days prior to the opening ceremonies. The 2014 Winter Olympics

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

text: Olympic rings. The Shooting Star drones carried on the symbol of unity and progress from lighting of the torch. While there is no protocol requiring guests to stand for the host country's arrival, United States Vice President Mike Pence was criticized for not standing, as North and South Korean athletes entered during the Parade of Athletes. Pence was accused of hypocrisy, with critics drawing parallels to national anthem protests by NFL athletes. On 24 February, the "Washington Post" reported that U.S. intelligence uncovered Russian spies hacked computers during the Opening Ceremony, an act that was previously speculated to be the

title: LSH Hotel

text: would not be finished on time for their arrival. Parts of the Trump Hotel opened on August 4, 2016, the night before the Olympic Games began. At that time, the hotel was less than half finished, with only the bottom four floors open to guests, while the remaining floors were only partially complete. The property's nightclub was also unfinished. The remaining hotel rooms and a convention center were scheduled for completion in 2017. During the Olympic Games, the hotel was reserved for International Olympic Committee members. The hotel is located in the Barra da Tijuca and Jardim Oceânico neighborhoods, near

title: 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

text: 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on the evening of Friday 5 August 2016 in the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, starting at 20:00 BRT (23:00 UTC). As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, hoisting of the flags and the parade of athletes, as well as a new feature—the presentation of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Laurel distinction) with an artistic spectacle to showcase the host nation's culture and history. The ceremony reportedly cost under $6,526,500 (£5

text: served as the Executive Producer for the ceremonies of the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea and the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was announced on 28 March 2018 that Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem would perform at the opening ceremony. Cairns based Torres Strait Islander visual artist Brian Robinson designed the Parade Track in the Carrara stadium. The opening ceremony started with a countdown from 65000 years quickly to 10-1 seconds. When the countdown is finished, a very large firework exploded in the middle of the ground of the Carrara Stadium. Australian Actor

title: 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony

text: The new roof covers 95% of the seats inside the stadium, unlike the former design, where protection was only afforded to some seats in the upper ring and those above the gate access of each sector. Fernando Meirelles said in September 2015 that the ceremony would be a vision of the country "and what I hope it will become". Meirelles said he would try to steer away from clichés, but not all of them; for example, the carnival was confirmed to be a part of the ceremony. The opening ceremony began with aerial images of the city of Rio de

title: 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony


question: who sang theme song for dukes of hazard

answers: Waylon Jennings

title: George S. Davis

text: His D28 Martin Guitar that he played from 1947 until 1992 was displayed in the new studios of WKIC and WSGS on Main Street in Hazard. George S. Davis George S. Davis (August 19, 1906 – November 11, 1992), known as The Singing Miner, was an American folk singer and songwriter, who worked as a coal miner, and then as a disc jockey on local radio in Hazard, Kentucky from 1947 until 1969. Davis began his career about 1933, about the same time the United Mine Workers of America began organizing the coal mines in Eastern Kentucky. Among the songs

title: Robert Hazard

text: Robert Hazard Robert Hazard (born Robert Rimato; August 21, 1948 – August 5, 2008), was an American musician known for composing and recording a demo of the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", which Cyndi Lauper turned into a best-selling hit. He also composed the 1980s new wave and MTV hits, "Escalator of Life" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, which was popular in the Philadelphia club scene during the 1980s. These songs appeared on the five song EP "Robert Hazard", released in 1982. Hazard's first major-label album, "Wing of Fire",

title: Robert Hazard

text: his wife and two sons, Remington and Rex, near Old Forge, New York, at the time of his death. He also is survived by a daughter. Robert Hazard Robert Hazard (born Robert Rimato; August 21, 1948 – August 5, 2008), was an American musician known for composing and recording a demo of the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", which Cyndi Lauper turned into a best-selling hit. He also composed the 1980s new wave and MTV hits, "Escalator of Life" and "Change Reaction", which he performed with his band, Robert Hazard and the Heroes, which was popular in the

title: Hazard, Kentucky

text: members of the television series "The Dukes of Hazzard", including Catherine Bach, James Best, Sorrell Booke and Rick Hurst, visited Hazard during its Black Gold Festival. Soon afterwards, the series' stars Tom Wopat and John Schneider made appearances in Hazard. Although there has been a steady decline in Hazard's population since the 1950s, there have been numerous commercial and residential developments within the city. The city is also actively working on a downtown renaissance plan to rejuvenate its business district. Nonetheless, in July 1999, Hazard was the first stop on President Bill Clinton's tour of poverty-stricken communities that had failed

title: Robert Hazard

text: was released by RCA Records in January 1984. Aside from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", some of Hazard's other popular songs include "Change Reaction", "Escalator of Life", and "Out of the Blue". Hazard was the son of an opera singer. He grew up in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Springfield High School in 1966. He was profiled in a 1981 "Rolling Stone" article by Kurt Loder. In the piece, Loder describes Hazard's musical history as a musician "... who started out as a Dylan-era folkie, then spent eight years singing country & western. 'I just love

title: John Schneider (screen actor)

text: John Schneider (screen actor) John Richard Schneider (born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard "Bo" Duke in the American television action/comedy series "The Dukes of Hazzard", (opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001–11 TV series "Smallville" (an adaptation of "Superman"), and James "Jim" Cryer on the television series "The Haves and the Have Nots", created by Tyler Perry. Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package,

title: Music Man (album)

text: from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)", which became Jennings' tenth solo #1 hit. As the narrator for the 1975 movie "Moonrunners", Jennings was tapped to serve in the same capacity for "The Dukes of Hazzard" which premiered on CBS in 1979 and was based on "Moonrunners". Jennings wrote the theme song for the show and recorded two versions: the television theme version and a slightly different version made commercially available on both single and album which received radio airplay. The television show version features a banjo which the commercially available version does not, as well as a bridge

title: Rob Dukes

text: Dukes formed a solo project. His first self-titled EP was released on October 2, 2017 throughout all digital retailers. Feature Interview in the Independent Documentary, "", which premiered on March 27, 2008 at Riverspace Arts in his hometown of Nyack, New York. Rob Dukes Robert "Rob" Dukes (born March 8, 1968) is an American vocalist, best known as the former vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and current vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill Dukes was born in Florida on March 8, 1968, living in Queens before moving to Nyack, New York, north of Manhattan. He

title: Mac Davis

text: narrated the original "Dukes of Hazzard" television show. Davis was the first balladeer to appear on-screen to welcome the audience and provide exposition. Davis was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2000. He was awarded a star symbol on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard, for his contribution to the recording industry. In 2001, Davis played a fellow karaoke competitor to Jon Gries's Sunny Holiday in the Polish brothers' film "Jackpot". In the film, a dispute began between Sunny's manager, played by Garrett Morris, and Davis's character about what song he should sing.

title: Rob Dukes

text: that well, then I found Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, S.O.D., Anthrax, Misfits and thought, "I can sing like that." After being fired from a band he was part of in New York, Dukes rode his motorcycle on a 5-month, 11,000 mile trip to California, with no idea of career prospects. Despite considering a career as a scuba diving instructor, Dukes ended up working as a guitar tech after living in Hollywood for two months. He met and befriended Jeff Hickey, a long time friend of Exodus. Working for Exodus, he played a demo tape created in 1996 to Rick Hunolt and

title: Ben Dukes

text: Ben Dukes Ben Dukes (born March 20, 1979) is an American independent country artist, songwriter, and actor. Dukes has released one EP, "Down in Flames" and one full-length album, "Walkin Thru Hell". He has been award-nominated for his songwriting and has appeared twice as a musical guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Dukes was born on March 20, 1979 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA. He grew up in a small town called LaGrange, Georgia. His father worked for a textile company in town, and his mother was a writer for the local paper, the LaGrange Daily News.

text: Hazzard" which premiered on CBS in 1979 and was based on "Moonrunners". Jennings wrote the theme song for the show and recorded two versions: the television theme version and a slightly different version made commercially available on both single and album which received radio airplay. The television show version features Larry McNeely's banjo work which the commercially available version does not. Additionally, the television version's third verse contains the lyric, "Fightin' the system like two modern-day Robin Hoods", which is accompanied by a "Yee-haw!" said by characters, Bo Duke (John Schneider) and Luke Duke (Tom Wopat), though it is in

title: Thierry Hazard

text: Thierry Hazard Thierry Hazard (born June 7, 1962), whose real name is Thierry Gesteau, is a French singer. Hazard was born in Compiègne, France, and grew up in Sèvres.During the 1980s, he became the singer of the band GPS, an acronym of Garage Psychiatric Suburban (the group's guitarist, Tom "Backerfix" Darnal, became Mano Negra's keyboardist). Hazard released his first solo single "Poupée psychédélique" in 1988 but it passed unnoticed. Two years after, he released "Le Jerk" which became a huge hit in summer 1990 (#2 in France). His first solo album "Pop music" was released in 1990 and had a

title: George S. Davis

text: George S. Davis George S. Davis (August 19, 1906 – November 11, 1992), known as The Singing Miner, was an American folk singer and songwriter, who worked as a coal miner, and then as a disc jockey on local radio in Hazard, Kentucky from 1947 until 1969. Davis began his career about 1933, about the same time the United Mine Workers of America began organizing the coal mines in Eastern Kentucky. Among the songs he wrote and sang were "White Shotgun," "Buggerman in the Bushes," "Coal Miner's Boogie," "When Kentucky Had No Union Men," and "Harlan County Blues." "Sixteen Tons",

text: on the soundtrack, by Willie Nelson (Uncle Jesse in the film). In the film "" (2007), country singer John Anderson sings the theme. Rock band Cage9, performed a cover version of the song was heard in the trailers from the same two films. Nike used the song in an advertising campaign featuring NFL star Randy Moss and NBA star Jason Williams, who were teammates in the same high school in rural Belle, West Virginia. Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) The "Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)" is a song written and recorded by

title: Kevin Dukes

text: on numerous film and television soundtracks including "Pretty In Pink", "Days of Thunder", "Staying Alive", "Michael", "Stargate", "The Muppets", "The Simpsons" and "Star Trek". Songwriting credits include recordings by Johnny Hallyday, John Farnham, Chicago, Meredith Brooks, and Don Moen for music publishers Arista, RCA, BMG and Sony Universal. In addition to his work as a performing and recording musician Dukes has worked with musical instrument manufacturers Seymour Duncan, Yamaha, James Tyler Guitars, Roland and Line 6 on various lines of guitars, amplifiers, effects pedals, digital modeling devices and guitar sampling libraries. He currently writes, produces, and records music from his

title: Rob Dukes

text: Rob Dukes Robert "Rob" Dukes (born March 8, 1968) is an American vocalist, best known as the former vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and current vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill Dukes was born in Florida on March 8, 1968, living in Queens before moving to Nyack, New York, north of Manhattan. He describes his parents as being "kinda hippies" who regularly played records by artists such as The Doors, Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix, which was the music he grew up on. Dukes has stated in interviews that punk rock was his gateway into

title: Filthy Dukes

text: Harding on a track for the film "Wild Child", released in August 2008. It is also set to appear on the film's soundtrack. The track sparked rumours that Harding would be leaving Girls Aloud to pursue a solo career, a rumour she later denied. Filthy Dukes Filthy Dukes are a synthpop band from London, England. The band is composed of Olly Dixon (sampling, electronic percussion, electric guitar), Tim Lawton (synthesisers, lead vocalist) and Mark Ralph (bass guitar, backing vocals). Having been active since 2005, the band released their debut single "Tupac Robot Club Rock" on Fiction Records. The track features

title: Terry Baucom

text: Ann Bradley's band, then the Mashville Brigade. He also occasionally performed with Mountain Heart with Tony Rice. Baucom's current band, "Terry Baucom's Dukes of Drive" consists of Joey Lemons (mandolin, vocals), Will Jones (guitar, vocals), and Joe Hannabach (bass). Their 2015 single "The Rock" was bluegrass radio's most played song on the Bluegrass Today chart. For his first solo album "In a Groove", Baucom put together a core band of Wyatt Rice (guitar), Barry Bales (bass), Adam Steffey (mandolin), and Jason Carter (fiddle). Russell Moore, John Cowan, and Ronnie Bowman make vocal appearances. 2013's "Never Thought of Looking Back" featured

text: The "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Waylon Jennings.  It was released in August 1980 as the second single from the album Music Man. Recognizable to fans as the theme to the CBS comedy adventure television series The Dukes of Hazzard, the song became a #1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in 1980.

title: Hazard Run

text: Hazard Run Hazard Run is a 1982 racing video game developed by Dennis R. Zander and published by Artworx for the Atari 8-bit family. In 1984, Artworx considered re-publishing the game as a tie-in to the television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard". "Hazard Run" is played from an overhead perspective, with vertically scrolling arcade-style gameplay. The player, controlling the Gee Lee car, must escape a crooked sheriff while avoiding hazards such as ducks, fences, rocks, rivers, and trees. The player is given five cars, which act as lives. The player will lose a car if an obstacle is hit. The

title: The Dukes (Australian band)

text: appeared on the 1993 soundtrack for the Yahoo Serious movie "Reckless Kelly". On 23 September 1993 The Dukes performed "Faith" to 250,000 people at Circular Quay, minutes before Sydney was announced as the host city for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The band disbanded in early 1994. The Dukes (Australian band) The Dukes were an Australian rock band active from 1991 to 1994. Initially called Sean Kelly and the Iron Dukes, they were formed by Sean Kelly (ex-Models, Absent Friends) on vocals and keyboards; and Geoffrey Stapleton (GANGgajang, Absent Friends) on keyboards and guitar. They were soon joined by Michael Armiger

title: Jack Polick

text: Jack Polick John Gregory "Jack" Polick (born July 26, 1967) is an American musician and film and television actor. Polick was born in Geneva, Illinois and attended the College of DuPage. Polick was a longtime bartender at the Johnny Depp-owned Viper Room in Los Angeles. He is the lead singer of the indie rock combo, Sign Of The Fox. Polick is also an actor, and has appeared in movies and television. He has made appearances in at least two Johnny Depp-starring films: ""Blow"" (2001), and "The Brave" (1997). Polick played Deputy Cletus in the big-screen remake of "The Dukes of

title: Ben Dukes

text: his first wide-release single, “Old Fixer Upper.” Dukes has since gone on to play at a number of festivals across the country. In 2015 he is touring in the Southwestern United States. Dukes will appear in a small role on the long-running NBC Drama “Days of Our Lives” on May 15, 2015. Ben Dukes Ben Dukes (born March 20, 1979) is an American independent country artist, songwriter, and actor. Dukes has released one EP, "Down in Flames" and one full-length album, "Walkin Thru Hell". He has been award-nominated for his songwriting and has appeared twice as a musical guest on

title: Reid Smith

text: had a great opportunity, and I blew it," Smith later rued. By 1980, he was cast to replace Charles Frank in the role of Lester Hackett in the CBS western miniseries, "The Chisholms", with Robert Preston in the lead as the patriarch of a Virginia family headed by wagon train to California. Other Smith roles included that of “Wells” in the 1972 episode "A Place to Hide" on NBC’s "Bonanza", as “Wheels” in the 1980 episode “Duelling Skates” of ABC’s "Mork and Mindy", as “Vic McGraw” in the 1980 episode “Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane” of CBS’s "The Dukes of Hazard",

title: The Dukes of September

text: the short lived New York Rock and Soul Revue which also included Boz Scaggs, Phoebe Snow, Eddie Brigati, David Brigati, Charles Brown, Walter Becker, Cornelius Bumpus and Mindy Jostyn. In 2010 it was announced that Fagen, McDonald and Scaggs would do a fall tour together as the Dukes of September. The band is rounded out by Jon Herington (guitar), Freddie Washington (bass), Michael White (drums, now replaced by Shannon Forrest), Jim Beard (organ), Jay Collins (horns), Michael Leonhart (horns), Walt Weiskopf (horns), Carolyn Escoffery (vocals) and Catherine Russell (vocals). The tour kicked off on August 19, 2010, in Danbury, Connecticut.

title: Thierry Hazard

text: success. Thierry Hazard Thierry Hazard (born June 7, 1962), whose real name is Thierry Gesteau, is a French singer. Hazard was born in Compiègne, France, and grew up in Sèvres.During the 1980s, he became the singer of the band GPS, an acronym of Garage Psychiatric Suburban (the group's guitarist, Tom "Backerfix" Darnal, became Mano Negra's keyboardist). Hazard released his first solo single "Poupée psychédélique" in 1988 but it passed unnoticed. Two years after, he released "Le Jerk" which became a huge hit in summer 1990 (#2 in France). His first solo album "Pop music" was released in 1990 and had

title: Hazard (song)

text: Hazard (song) "Hazard" is a 1992 hit song written and performed by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. It peaked at number 9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and reached number 6 in the Cash Box charts. In addition, the song was Marx's third number 1 on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, it topped charts in 13 countries throughout the world, hitting number 1 in Australia and number 3 in the United Kingdom. "Hazard" tells the story of a relationship of some kind between a narrator and a woman named Mary. Mary disappears in suspicious circumstances, and the narrator, shunned by

title: Kevin Dukes

text: Kevin Dukes Kevin Dukes is an American guitarist, A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Dukes attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He has toured and performed with Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Don Henley, Boz Scaggs, Shania Twain, Marc Cohn, John Fogerty and Peter Cetera. As a studio musician, Dukes has made contributions to recordings by Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Lily Allen, Dolly Parton, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Jackson Browne, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Juice Newton, Sara Evans, Michael Bolton and Chicago. He has appeared

title: The Dukes (New Zealand band)

text: music with three of their songs appearing on TV, two of them of which were high profile television shows: the first was American Drama Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series) and the second was New Zealand local hit drama Outrageous Fortune (TV series) which featured the groups song, "Luv Came Thru"; their third appearance was in Episode 108 ("Emily") of the Journeyman TV series, with the song "Mornin"'. Throughout the second part of 2007 the band was involved in two big tours with local rock band The Have and late 1970s and early 1980s pop/rock band Th' Dudes. In March