E-Commerce Law (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
On November 13, 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan applied the Calder effects test in granting a defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2), or, in the alternative, to transfer venue. Weather Underground, Inc. v....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Imagine checking in for a 12-hour, 6,000-mile flight, yet not needing to show a passport because it's a domestic journey. No, this is not a trip across all 11 time zones of Russia: it is a flight chartered from Qantas by a firm in Sydney with the suburban-sounding name of Croydon Travel (00 61 3 9725 8555). The passengers are looking forward to a trip on the world's biggest passenger aircraft, an...
pf.org (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Calder (Macro), originally uploaded by Frankenstein....
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
After a head-to-head duel for the last three-eighths of a mile, Too Many Toyz edged heavy favorite It's a Bird by a length to win Saturday's $200,000 Carl G. Rose Classic Handicap.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has recalled left wing Kyle Calder from the Bakersfield Condors, Anaheim’s development affiliate in the ECHL. Calder, 30 (1/5/79), scored 3-3=6 points with a +4 rating in five games with Bakersfield this season. Signed by Anaheim to a one-year contract and assigned to Bakersfield on Oct. 28, Calder...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The Pudding Shop is a rare geo-cultural travel icon. Its location at the heart of Old Istanbul, together with the indulgent attitude of the staff towards long-haired, impecunious Western scruffs, helped it become the information exchange at the heart of the backpacker revolution.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
While the benefits for shareholders of the BA merger deal are clear from the way that both airlines' valuations have soared, the advantages for passengers are more opaque.
Apartment Therapy - San Francisco (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Shapes and colors and testing of gravity: it brought back memories of the scribbled drawings we used to make, shapes that had no meaning or sense. A recent trip to the Seattle Art Museum’s exh
Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Read original... Although only a tiny fraction of Big Apple parks recycle, a new one now under construction along the Brooklyn waterfront is set to take being green to another level. The planned 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is set to partially open this winter after two decades of planning, is being partially built with recycled materials. This includes scraps from former pier sheds that were...
Lost in the Ozone... (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
The Mayor allows Chancellor Joel Klein and the Department of Education to ignore the recycling laws, as well...I suppose, the laws of New York City are only for ordinary people and don't apply to King Bloomberg and his administration.... Read original... ECO NO-NO: Cleanup workers at city parks are told by supervisors to cut corners and send recyclables, like plastic water bottles, along with regular...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
By Monday evening, you'll be fed up with people telling you where they were on 9 November 1989, the night the people of East Germany were finally allowed to travel to the West. So instead, let me tell you where I was on 10 November 1989: at the West German ambassador's residence in London's Belgrave Square.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
South Africa, Lapland, Morocco: three of the destinations featured in today's Independent Traveller, along with plenty of advice about cheap air fares. This newspaper has always had an awkward tension between its environmental credentials and the fact that, every Saturday, it is accompanied by a travel section about inspiring journeys across the world.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
For a citizen of one of the most ludicrous nations ever invented East Germany there was one sure way to get across the fearsome frontier dividing the German Democratic Republic from West Germany: die.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
"We'll take more care of you," the British Airways slogan used to run. "Fly the flag." These days, within Europe, many more of us fly the harp (Ryanair) or the orange splodge (easyJet). BA's chief executive, Willie Walsh, has many burdens to shoulder, from strike-prone cabin crew to a ballooning pension deficit. But at the core of BA's startling loss of £16.50 for every passenger...
constellations: recent responses (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Alexander Calder magically breathed life into inanimate objects using wire and recycled materials to create this army of circus characters Beginning in 1927 Calder performed the Circus in Paris New York and elsewhere He would issue invitations to his guests who would sit on makeshift bleachers munching peanuts just like the real circus With the crash of cymbals and music from an old gramophone the...
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