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8 Jul 2021, 2:17 pm by Tom Smith
If that’s the case, it means Mayor Garcetti won’t have to answer the many questions arising from the Homeless Mecca his policies have created—such as whether  L.A., now mired in squalor and a multi-level humanitarian crisis, will be ready to host the Olympics in 2028. [read post]
2 Jun 2021, 10:31 am
The Turks use it in cooking, and also carry it to Mecca, for the same purpose that frankincense is carried to St. [read post]
30 Dec 2020, 7:12 pm by Staycie R. Sena
The authorities allegedly found over 1,300 marijuana plants while investigating an unrelated incident, and they have purported that it is a part of an illegal growing operation being run by a felon. 36-year-old Javier Perez Diaz is a felon who hails from the unincorporated community of Mecca, California, in Riverside County. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 6:00 am by Terry Hart
Now, six artists are suing the property owner, named only as City Commercial Investments, for damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), a law that has been cited in high-profile cases like the suit against the owners of the 5Pointz graffiti mecca in Queens, New York, in which a judge awarded a group of artists $6.75 million after their works were destroyed by a property developer. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 6:00 am by Terry Hart
Now, six artists are suing the property owner, named only as City Commercial Investments, for damages under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), a law that has been cited in high-profile cases like the suit against the owners of the 5Pointz graffiti mecca in Queens, New York, in which a judge awarded a group of artists $6.75 million after their works were destroyed by a property developer. [read post]
2 Nov 2020, 2:00 pm by Gerry W. Beyer
Five years ago, George and Pat Ritzinger left their home of fifteen years and moved to a new community. [read post]
3 Oct 2020, 11:08 am by Tom Smith
It’s neither in San Francisco nor Silicon Valley, nor, one suspects, in any of the darling coastal cities that were secular meccas until the virus hit. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 3:38 am by Prerna Tara
A seminal year in the conflict history was the Indian Army’s attack on Punjab, epicentered at Darbar Sahib (akin to Temple of David or Mecca) in June 1984. [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
According to AP:This year, pilgrims must wear face masks and will only be able to drink holy water from the Zamzam well in Mecca that has been pre-packaged in plastic bottles. [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]
25 Jun 2020, 9:05 pm by Max Masuda-Farkas
”  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, the government agency responsible for administering the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, announced that this year’s hajj would be restricted to a “very limited number of pilgrims” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
15 Jun 2020, 4:38 pm by Katitza Rodriguez
In their efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic, governments around the world are rolling out body-worn devices (“wearables”) to assist in fighting the virus. [read post]
26 May 2020, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
This analysis was prepared by a select group of JD candidates at the Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) at Georgetown University in conjunction with TradeLab. [read post]
19 May 2020, 9:00 pm by Joe Whitworth
He was best known for efforts to tackle fake halal meat and contaminated Zamzam water, which is taken from a well in Mecca and considered sacred by Muslims. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 11:36 am by Bruce Riedel
The Saudis have imposed rigorous means to stop the infection including halting the usual pilgrimage to Mecca. [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]