Sykes is among those who prefer a simple and inclusive definition of planet status: if an object is big enough for its own gravity to squeeze it into a rounded shape, then call it a planet. That would make a planet of Pluto again, as well as Ceres and a growing number of other bodies [...]
Source: Bob Thaves, Where Does the Time Go?, Frank & Ernest (July 18, 2009).
A new web comic featuring Ada, Countess of Lovelace and Charles Babbage:
The Origin!
Lovelace and Babbage vs. the Economy: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
Babbage and Lovelace vs. The Client: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Update (July 14, 2009):
In honor of scientist and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the discovering team around Professor Sigurd Hofmann suggested the name “copernicium” with the element symbol “Cp” for the new element 112, discovered at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (Center for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt.
Source: http://www.gsi.de/portrait/Pressemeldungen/14072009_e.html.
The IUPAC/IUPAP JWP performed a critical review of [...]
Source: http://brownsharpie.courtneygibbons.org/?p=1051.
Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki — The 7th Circuit allowed a Commerce Clause challenge to Wisconsin’s law automatically admitting graduates of Wisconsin law schools to the Wisconsin Bar to proceed. [PDF]
Mills v. Dist. of Columbia — The D.C. Circuit allowed a 4th Amendment challenge to a Washington D.C. “neighborhood safety zone” police checkpoint program to proceed because [...]
Source: Darby Conley, The Proverbial Philosophical Smack-Down, Get Fuzzy (July 10, 2009).
Source: http://abstrusegoose.com/163.
Day Casebeer merged with Howrey effective today, so I’m now working for Howrey:
Howrey LLP and Day Casebeer Madrid and Batchelder LLP will combine effective today, July 1, to form one of the nation’s most multifaceted and largest IP practices.
Source: Howrey Press Releases, Howrey and Day Casebeer Combine (July 1, 2009).