National musicians were also approached during the production of the course and supported by providing a musical backdrop to the television lessons.
Older than its famous neighbour, the Lalbaug Sarvajanik Utsav Mandal was founded by textile mill workers in 1928 and their Ganesha statue, the Mumbaicha Raja (King of Mumbai), includes a lavish backdrop inspired by famous landmarks across the country.
Against this backdrop I dropped by to see McNealy at his Palo Alto offices on Oct. 2 and chat about how he's leading Sun in rough times.
Summer turns the plains of the Maremma into vistas of sunflowers and waving, golden grain, a classic backdrop for paintings by the Macchiaioli, a once-prominent group of late-19th-century Italian Impressionists.
The mailman delivers to a post-office box about 10 miles away at the only restaurant-bar in Pioneertown, a tiny dot created by Hollywood in the 1940s as a backdrop for filming westerns.
It was considered the ideal backdrop to a diplomatic initiative by Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who accepted the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart to take a bus ride to Lahore.
It is our view that the role to be performed by the United States, against a backdrop and in an increasingly multilateral world, as we have seen -- we believe the U.S. role is very important.
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Then they were at the penultimate turn, the box canyon just ahead, and the little town corralled within, its waterfall tumbling reliably at the precise center of the backdrop, a landscape painting by a sentimental artist.
They provide the backdrop for a revival production conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi and directed by John Cox.
Against that backdrop manager Jones has been courted by other teams, although McPhail hopes Jones will stay but would understand if Ledley moves on.
In Edinburgh, Scottish rock band Simple Minds headlined the Concert in the Gardens, where they were joined by The View and Bwani Junction against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle.
The development is part of ambitious plans to further cement Australia's position as the world's largest coal exporter against a backdrop of booming global demand, by opening up deposits in the Galilee Basin in Queensland state.
Given the recent steep decline in the stock price against a backdrop of a profitable business model by the market leader, there is at least the opportunity for short term appreciation as well as longer term investment.
Across town, the abandoned detritus of an industrial past and the ugly scars of the coal mines that still drive the archipelago's economy sit uneasily against the backdrop of a pristine wilderness protected by some of the world's strictest environmental legislation.
With the backdrop of a civil suit brought on by the SEC against Goldman Sachs, executives from Goldman Sachs engaged cheerfully with attendees.
They point out that despite the improvement in Spain's current account, and bond yields subdued by the ECB's promise, the economic backdrop is grim and likely to get even grimmer as budget cuts continue to bite.
Set against a Victorian backdrop in the heart of Newcastle, and visited by celebrities including the Hairy Bikers, Victoria Wood and Jenny Agutter, a "unique" venue is facing closure.
All of this happened against the backdrop of many parts of the northern hemisphere being gripped by a prolonged period of sub-zero temperatures.
On the border of Spain, with the great spiky Pyrenees mountain range as backdrop, the Midi-Pyrenees is an area characterized by magnificent architecture, medieval villages, river valleys, rolling farmlands, and food that is fabulous as only the French can deliver.
One cannot hope to put an end to gender-based violence without understanding the ideological and social construction which is the backdrop to this violence, which provides legitimacy, bolstered by patriarchal values which are taken to be consubstantial to our existence, our culture.
But against a backdrop of the DWP refusing to acknowledge the damage being wrought by job cuts, our members will take action to defend the services they deliver.
Here Comes The Summer: The Undertones Story, made for BBC Northern Ireland by Alley Cats Films and narrated by James Nesbitt, tells the incredible story of how, amid the backdrop of the Troubles, a group of teenage boys shot to success with their songs of everyday life.
The Rooneys' statement, released six days after the first allegations were published by the News of the World, added that they were facing a "backdrop of so many inaccurate and intrusive stories".
Against the backdrop of a continuing international financial crisis, commerce in Venezuela grew by 9.2% and communications by 7.2%, manufacturing grew by 2.1% and the oil sector grew by 1.4% -- making Venezuela one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America.
The talks are being held against the backdrop of what appears to be a steadily deteriorating economic situation, highlighted by thousands of new private sector job cuts and record low consumer confidence.
There the backdrop is older still: the Queen's House of 1617-37 by Renaissance master architect Inigo Jones.
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Even against this backdrop, the Alvord is extraordinarily dry, sitting in a triple rain shadow created by the Coast Range, the Cascades and Steens Mountain.
Surrounded by wild flowers and walnut trees and with the giant spurs of the Kandil mountains as a backdrop, they pass round plates heaving with figs and grapes, and clap along to Kurdish folk songs crackling out from their radio.
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The planned changes come against a backdrop of deep cuts and job losses across Whitehall - and are likely to be resisted by civil service unions.
From the banks, our boat must have looked a bit like some floating cubist sculpture, its white angular structure scored by floor-to-ceiling windows striped with balcony railings, its monochromatic figure floating in a backdrop of clear blue sky.
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