Marriage is also about sexual intercourse; being unable to have sex, being unwilling to have sex, or having sex outside the marriage may be a reason to undo the marriage.
Often there is also a spiritual part of marriage. In addition to the civil act (wanted by the state) there is sometimes a religious one. A Christian marriage ceremony usually happens in a church. In a Christian marriage, both partners promise to love each other for the rest of their lives. There are certain restrictions on who can marry or be married; those closely related, like brothers and sisters usually cannot marry. This is usually to prevent genetic problems for the children. Those marrying also have to be of a certain age to be able to marry. If that age is not specified it is usually the age of consent. In Hinduism marriage is considered to be holy and is seen as a union of the goddess "Laxmi" and the god "Narayan".
Some countries and religious communities also permit the union of two partners of the same sex. This is generally known as same-sex marriage. In the Netherlands, the marriage law was changed to allow such unions, called "Marriage". Other countries that allow them sometimes have a different name for them.
Leila Ismailova
Leila Ryzvanauna Ismailova (, ; born 28 July 1991 in Minsk) is an Azerbaijani-Belarusian journalist, presenter and model.
Leila was born in the family of Rizvan Islam oglu Ismayilov, the native city of Agdam (Azerbaijan), and Halina Ivanauna Ruzhantsova, the native city of Minsk. One month after the birth of her daughter, the family moved to Baku.
When Leila was 3 years old, her father, who worked as director of a tank farm in Agdam, who was killed during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict by gunfire from the Armenian side. A mother with three children returned to Minsk.
In 2006 Leila finished Lyceum of the Belarusian State University (history form), then she graduated from the Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University (audiovisual journalism, diploma with honour, the best alumna 2011).
She is an Azerbaijani-Belarusian journalist leading music TV programs, model. In particular, was host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2010, which was held in Minsk (together with Dzianis Kurian), Leila was the spokesman of the belarusian voting in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, and has been leading the national selection in Belarus for Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
Leila founded charity organisation Pretty Powerful that works with orphan girls in Belarus and helps them to make first steps after leaving the orphanage. The organisation started its work in 2014 and has been actively working since then.
Ms. Ismailova is obtaining her Master's degree in Strategic Public Relation in University of Southern California.
Leila has been a host and a jury member of international award for journalists ADAMI Media Prize.
Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer (born 9 April 1928), also known as Thomas Andrew Lehrer, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and mathematician. Lehrer is known for his comic songs which were written in the 1950s and 1960s. His career was short, as he retired in the 1970s, in order to focus on teaching mathematics at Harvard University. His most known songs are "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park", and The Elements, where Lehrer sung all the elements in the periodic table (at that time), to the tune of the Modern Major General, a song that was written by Gilbert and Sullivan for the stage show The Pirates of Penzance.
He released a few albums in his years of work, which were split from recordings from live concerts, to just studio versions, recorded without an audience. The first one of these albums was released in 1953, and the last was released in 1965, (minus a stereo rerecording of the first album, and the releasing of 'Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer' in 1996, which put two albums together, including a few more songs. These albums are as follows:
Lehrer earned his AB in Mathematics in 1946, and an MA degree the following year.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the eighth edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Minsk, Belarus on 20 November 2010.
The contest was won by Vladimir Arzumanyan of Armenia with the song "Mama". This gave Armenia its first win at Junior Eurovision and its first win in any Eurovision contest, even though Sweden had been the betting favourite.
Each country gave votes. Half of the votes were cast by a jury, while the other half came from the public who voted via telephone and text messages. The voters decided their top ten songs using the points 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
Juan António Prieto Cardenas
Juan Antonio Prieto Cardenas (born March 6, 1969 in Jaén) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He has a disability: He is blind and a T12/B2 type athlete. He raced at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He raced and finished in finished first in the 4 X 400 meter T11-T13 race and in the 100 meter T12 race. He finished second in the 200 meter T12 race. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished third in the 4 X 100 meter T11-T13 race.
Julio Requena Hernandez
Julio Requena Hernandez (born September 9, 1969 in Leon) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He has a disability: He is blind and a T11/B1 type athlete. He raced at the 1992 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the 100 meter B1 race. He raced at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the 4 X 100 meter T11-T13 race, the 100 meter T11 race and the 200 meter T11 race. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished third in the 4 X 100 meter T11-T13 race and the 200 meter T11 race.
José Manuel Rodríguez Ibañez
Jose Manuel Rodriguez Ibañez (born May 20, 1966 in Madrid) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He has a disability: He is blind and a T11/F11/B1 type athlete. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the triple jump and long jump. He finished second in the 100 meter race. He raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the triple jump and he finished second in the long jump. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He finished 6 in the triple jump and 11 in the long jump.
Sergio Sanchez Hernandez
Sergio Sanchez Hernandez (born May 16, 1968 in Barcelona) is a track and field athlete from Spain. He has a disability: He is blind and a T12/B2 type athlete. He raced at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the 4 X 400 meter T11-T13 race. He finished second in the 400 meter T12 race.
The Discoverie of Witchcraft
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) is a book by Reginald Scot. It treats witchcraft with skepticism. Scot's purpose in writing the book was to prevent the persecution of the poor, the aged, and the simple for witchcraft. Scot blames the Roman Catholic church for keeping alive the belief in witches.
Shakespeare found a description of Puck in the book while he was writing "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The book created much controversy. King James I of England believed in witches. He ordered all copies of the book to be burnt.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the ninth edition of the contest, and took place in Yerevan, Armenia at the recently renovated Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex. It was the first time in history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the contest was held in last year's winning country.
Public Television of Armenia ARMTV was the main organizer of the show, being provided financial aid from the European Broadcasting Union made of entrance fees from the participating broadcasters, while Swedish company HD Resources assisted with the technical side of the production.
The winner was the group Candy from Georgia with the song "Candy Music". This is Georgia's second victory in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.