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14 Feb 2009, 9:49 am
-based BlueFire Ethanol recently postponed by six months its plans to start building a $130 million ethanol plant in Mecca, Calif. this year (see BlueFire Ethanol to Build $130M Plant in Mecca), saying it only had about $20 million of the plant's projected $100 million cost in hand.Cambridge, Mass. [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 4:54 am
But [President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan’s supporters speak of the building as the third holiest site in Islam, after the Grand Mosque of Mecca and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, and insist that once a mosque it should never be unconsecrated. [read post]
24 Sep 2015, 8:30 am
Said Madawi al-Rasheed — the anthropologist who has written books on Saudi Arabia — about the 310 717 pilgrims who died and 450 863 who were injured in a stampede near Mecca.Mina, about six miles east of the city center of Mecca, provides temporary accommodation — with tens of thousands of air-conditioned tents.... [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 11:22 am
Tamiami Trail, between 18th Street and Mecca Drive, during the morning hours when the scooters or mopeds have been parked in front of homes. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
And traditional Muslims place it in Mecca. [read post]
2 Nov 2018, 8:47 am
This collection also provides primary source documents related to the assassination of Anwar Sadat, U.S. actions taken against Benevolence International Foundation for allegedly financing terrorism, the 1979 attack against the Great Mosque in Mecca, as well as additional documents pertaining to the September 11 attacks. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 11:36 am
The Saudis have imposed rigorous means to stop the infection including halting the usual pilgrimage to Mecca. [read post]
31 Oct 2021, 9:59 am
And it also may raise the question of whether the creators of the Camel Site were indigenous inhabitants, or more distant nomads, or, indeed, especially because of the "megalithic" style of portrayal, were perhaps even more distant ancient surveyors, stargazers and/or navigators from elsewhere who first carved the astronomical figures in Northern Arabia.See in this wider connection our previous postings at:The Four Corner Stones of a Land Survey in Ancient Egypt and Arabia: Sais (Sa al… [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 2:07 pm
The ceremony will take place in Mexico City, the “world’s music-streaming mecca” [Merpel says, "Yes, it is true. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 1:11 pm
However, even in the real estate Mecca of California, multimillion dollar filings can be enough to raise some eyebrows: the official filing in bankruptcy court listed the developer's total debts at $136 million. [read post]
9 May 2007, 2:18 pm
Published by the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the release said that CAIR approved of the special training that 45,000 TSA workers received about Islamic traditions related to a Mecca pilgrimage known as Hajj. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 8:51 am
Critics are quick to brand the state a Mecca of gun laws whereas state officials are at pains to present their interventions as not only being sensible, but ultimately being essential to the maintenance of good order within the state. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 6:23 am
.- SXSW Interactive: The mecca for US emerging technology, gaming and eCommerce companies. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:50 pm
”The newspaper’s website also appeared to have been hacked, with its regular home page replaced with a photo of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and a message reading: “No god but Allah”. [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 11:07 am
Clearly a family man, Raymer and his wife chose Raleigh precisely because they sought more idyllic surroudings away from the glare of poker meccas like Las Vegas and Los Angeles. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 7:00 am
The accident was reported to MECCA 911 at 6:28 a.m. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 6:53 am
Department of Justice sues Illinois school district for denying Muslim teacher’s request for three-week Mecca-trip leave [WaPo] “California Assembly Says Complying with Government Standards Not Enough to Avoid Punitive Damages” [Cal Civil Justice] “Four Loko Suit Is an Example of Bogus Economic Loss Classes” [Russell Jackson] New Benjamin Barton book on lawyer-judge bias reviewed by Larry Ribstein [TotM, earlier] “Prolific Colorado Consumer… [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 3:51 am
The expansion of the regional shopping mall at Bellevue Square, the construction of Lincoln Square/Bellevue Place, and the new Bravern project all have contributed to Bellevue becoming a thriving shopping mecca for the "Eastside," a community known for its many famous upper end income residents. [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 5:48 am
Why has a nation known for its safaris and distance runners become a Mecca of pirate prosecution? [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 3:07 pm
While I doubt Hickenlooper would run ads replaying "Bomb Mecca" and "Impeach Obama," I wouldn't be surprised if McInnis did. [read post]
