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16 Oct 2013, 4:52 pm
A “Bike Mecca” In the course of a Sacramento Bee piece, the reporter refers to “the bike mecca of Davis,” cites the statistic that Davis has the most bicycles per capita of any city in the United States, and notes that the UC Davis campus alone is home to an estimated 20,000 bicycles. [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 9:16 am by AnnMarie McDonald
A majority of New Jersey’s small business owners want the Legislature to address legal reform, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton survey. [read post]
Although Philly is known for its artistic talents, it has never been known as a fashion mecca. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 4:57 pm by William K. Berenson
Car accident deaths caused by speeding drivers happen here all the time DFW and Texas are meccas for speeders. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 6:40 am
In NYC, Rao's- that untouchable mecca of Italian food, has begun a take-out menu, as has Cote- our fav Korean Steakhouse that just happens to have a Michelin Star.Did'ja know Prince Willam- third in line to the Throne behind his father Prince Charles, may return to duty as an air ambulance helicopter pilot? [read post]
23 Feb 2019, 7:56 am
Today’s post—our eleventh—in recognition, honor, and celebration of Black History Month, is a comparatively short reading guide for Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), né Malcolm Little, and after his pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca, also known as Malik el-Shabazz. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
"  He also extended his "sentiments of closeness" to Muslims on the deaths of hundreds in the crush of Hajj crowds near Mecca yesterday. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 12:37 pm by Bruce Riedel
Only the great mosques of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia will be larger. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 9:25 am
Must be nice.According to a Daily Record cover story about the construction of the mixed-use Mecca, "National Harbor will include (PDF) the Gaylord resort, five other hotels, 2,500 residential units, 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, four piers and two marinas. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 11:33 am by Buce
Toasts were raised to: the Catholic Church (inspiring some hisses from the Episcopalians); the "possession of absolute truth," which is one of the "incidental perquisites" of party membership; to the murder of Ben Linder, the American Sandinista sympathizer who was killed by the Nicaraguan contras in 1987; to the Crusades; to the "British empire and its American successor"; and to the prospect of building "a Basilica in Riyadh, and a cathedral in… [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 1:43 am
Orlando, Florida As home to Disney World, the United States' single most annoying vacation spot, this cultureless mecca would supply any interested monster with the maximum amount of obnoxious picture-snapping, kneesock-wearing tourists to decapitate. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 9:56 am by Bruce Carton
Privacy issues surrounding the Facebook "Like" Button The dangers of creating a fake MySpace page Whether YouTube is a "Copyright Infringement Mecca" Whether the Internet is making us stupid Venkat states that the last point above is an important topic, and that his reaction to it was similar to Andy Borowitz’s: The WSJ has a piece on how the Internet makes us smarter, which I will read once I'm done feeding my virtual sheep.less than a minute ago via web Andy… [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 8:11 am
Even if the District of Minnesota is not going to become Mecca for infringement cases (notably Judge Schiltz nixed enhanced damages after plaintiff's jury verdict in the infringement trial he presided over), it is clear that the potentially multi-million $$ pay-outs, and potential for award of attorneys' fees, and infrequency of insurance coverage make patent infringement claims particularly prone to non-settlement. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
It is also claimed that Facebook carried blasphemous caricatures of the Kaaba, Islam's holy site in Mecca. [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 10:46 am
Life in the multi-modal mecca, it seems, comes replete with a lot of hard feelings. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 12:20 am
Each convert will win a trip to his or her new religion's holy site-- Mecca, the Vatican, Jerusalem or Tibet. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 9:10 am
Instead, he has heard an outcry from city officials, civil liberties groups and residents who were shocked that the mayor would explore such a strategy in the international tourist mecca known for its uber-liberal outlook. . . . [read post]