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Saturday, June 21, 2014
StartingBlocks In Pennsylvania, it’s against the law to tie a dollar bill on a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it up.
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In Sedona, Ariz., it’s illegal to lie about your astrological sign.
OF EVERYTHING THAT'S WORTH ITS SALT
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It’s illegal for a restaurant to call a sandwich a ‘corned beef sandwich’ if it’s made with white bread and mayonnaise in New York City.
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Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host
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Beyonce
Singer
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Sofia Vergara
Actress
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Anna Wintour
Fashionista
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Ellen Degeneres
Talk show host
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Angelina Jolie
Actress
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Arianna Huffington
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Shakira
Singer
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Lady Gaga
Singer
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Yao Chen
Chinese actress
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Jain Temple marblework – Rajasthan 1. Exterior The white marble exterior of a Jain temple is simple in comparison with the profuse decoration within. This is intended to reflect the fundamental Jain belief in the insignificance of outward form, in contrast to a rich inner life. 2. Pillars A forest of carved columns leads to the main sanctum of Dilwara’s Vimala Vasahi temple. Each one of the 1,444 of them is carved with different patterns of floral motifs – no two are the same. The play of light and shadow is one of the glories of this monument.
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3. Image of Adinath A four-faced Adinath, the first enlightened being in Jain belief, stands in the main sanctum of his temple at Ranakpur. It faces in the four cardinal directions. 4. Corbelled ceilings Ceilings are carved into concentric tiers, symbolising the Jain belief in the universe as a series of cosmic cycles. In places the marble is so fine as to be translucent.
British Colonial
Mongol
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British Colonial
Worldwide
total land area (million square km) 33.1
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Mongol
Asia
33.0
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Russia
Europe-Asia
23.7
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Spanish
Americas-Far East
20.0
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China
14.7
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Yuan
China
14.0
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French Colonial
Worldwide
13.0
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Umayaad Caliphate
Middle East-North Africa
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9
Abbasid Caliphate
Middle East-North Africa
11.1
10
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Africa-America
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5. Ceiling supports Dancers and deities, graceful and yet exuberant, form the struts to support the ceiling. 6. Ceiling pendants A magnificent example of Jain temple ceiling pendants is the tiered lotus, carved from a single block of marble, at Luna Vasahi temple. 7. Snake carvings The Parsvanatha plaque at Ranakpur shows another of the enlightened ones guarded by a multi-headed cobra.
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8. Arches Known as torans, decorative arches are carved from one slab of marble. At Ranakpur there are said to have been 128 of them, of which only three remain today. 9. Windows The 15th-century temple of Parsvanatha is famed for the exceptional pierced marble work of its windows. 10. Kalpavalli Medallions These fantastically intricate medallions, with exquisite patterns of foliage, flowers and tendrils, can be seen at both Dilwara and Ranakpur.