Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House (1957 - 1973) is a masterpiece of late modern architecture. It was created by a young architect who understood and recognised the potential provided by the site against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour. The base for the building was started in 1959 - years before the designs were finished. It took four years to design by Danish architect Jorn Utzon and by 1962 the designs were finalized and construction began. In total it took 14 years to build
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Opera and Musicals Opera and musicals are popular performing arts of the world. Since a majority of people think that musicals are a lighter and an easier genre of performing art than opera‚ musicals are more widely appreciated than opera in this century. Opera and musicals both consist of music‚ stage‚ story‚ performer and audience‚ however‚ there are numerous differences among these elements. Opera’s history begins in Italy in late 16th century with a group called Camerata. Camerata was
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The Boston Massacre What happened the night of the Boston massacre? During this reading you will walk through the events written by four different sources leading up to that night of march 5‚ 1770 and be witnesses to the trial where captain Preston and his men are being tried for murder‚ defended by Samuel Adams. Boston Massacre in Facts and Numbers the Massacre occurred on the evening of March 5‚ 1770. Five civilians died as a result of the incident‚ three died on the scene and two died later.
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The term opera seria refers to the noble and ‘serious’ style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from 1710- 1770 however this term was rarely used during this time and only really attained common usage when it was becoming unfashionable. The phrase opera buffa was first used as an informal description of the Italian comic operas which were especially associated with developments in Naples during the first half of the eighteenth century. The development of the opera buffa was parallel with
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before it was spoiled. The project’s objective was to increase the company’s profitability by reducing cycle times and operation costs while increasing customer satisfaction. The CIL project was followed by the implementation project of a Balanced scorecard (BSC) to maintain CIL’s standards and to focus on continuous improvement‚ learning to enhance performance and rewarding employees for increased productivity. The traditional cost based performance measures which were developed from the benchmarking
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Research In Motion: A Balanced Scorecard Analysis Contents Company Profile 3 Recent Accomplishments 4 Recent Problems 5 Competition and Market Status 6 Implementation of Planning Process 8 RIM’s Perspectives 9 Customer Perspective 10 Financial Perspective 10 Learning and Growth Perspective 11 Internal Process Perspective 12 Balanced Scorecard 13 Kaplan and Norton Alternative Strategy Choice 13 References 15 Attachment 1: Five year stock comparison of RIM‚ Apple‚
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Albert DeSalvo was not the Boston Strangler. The Boston Strangler was a serial killer who sexually assaulted and killed thirteen women in Boston from 1962 to 1964. The search for the Strangler did not yield a strong suspect until 1964‚ when Albert DeSalvo‚ a patient of the Bridgewater State Mental Hospital‚ confessed to the crimes. Albert DeSalvo’s confession and detailed descriptions of the crimes led to further investigation into whether or not he was‚ in fact‚ the Boston Strangler. DeSalvo had sexually
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The goal of the Metropolitan Opera is to educate society about culture and the performing arts‚ in particular‚ opera. The Met aims to present operas of the highest quality featuring the world’s most talented performers and the broadest range of works. It tries not to repeat any operas and puts on from twenty-five operas a season‚ not to mention the tours and the recordings that they undergo. The Met also attempts to advance operas by producing new ones that are risky productions‚ which attracts a
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WELCOME TO PEKING OPERA Min Doh I organized basic facts and simple information mainly related to my presentation‚ however the actual contents might be different because I did not want to add any spoiler. :-) Brief Introduction & History Peking opera of China is a national treasure with a history of 200 years. Through a period of more than half a century of combination and integration of various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking opera‚ the biggest kind of opera in China‚ whose richness
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1.1. Balance Scorecard The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry‚ government‚ and nonprofits organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization‚ improve internal and external communications‚ and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. (Source: Balancescorecard.org) Financial Perspective PepsiCo has enjoyed a long history of delivering strong
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