Anterior pelvic ring disruptions are often associated with injuries to the genitourinary structures with the potential for considerable resultant morbidity. Herniation of the bladder into the symphyseal region after injury with subsequent entrapment upon reduction of the symphyseal diastasis has seldom been reported in the literature.
We report such a case involving bladder herniation and subsequent [...]

Crisis, schmisis. When super wealthy car freaks want something, money is no object.
According to press reports in London, Aston Martin already has buyers lined up for its entire production of the One-77, a 200-mph car that is expected to be launched next fall. Sticker price: $2.04 million. That blows past the Bugatti Veyron’s once-shocking price [...]

The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, for nearly two decades between the early 1930s and late 1949.
Two of its most famous members were C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Readings and discussions of the members’ unfinished works were the principal purposes of meetings. Tolkien’s The Lord of the [...]

Background:
Genome-scale metabolic models are powerful tools to study global properties of metabolic networks. They provide a way to integrate various types of biological information in a single framework, providing a structured representation of available knowledge on the metabolism of the respective species.
Results:
We reconstructed a constraint-based metabolic model of Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1, a soil bacterium of [...]

Ty Warner earned a giant fortune from small toys. Now the Beanie Baby billionaire aims to top all other homes in the country–literally.
According to articles in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times, Mr. Warner just signed a contract for the penthouse of Spire, the swirling, Dr. Seussian skyscraper under for construction in Chicago. The [...]

Navigating a personal crisis of any origin is a trick. Some people have told me that a franchise failure is like having 3 divorces at once.
From my experience, they underestimate the personal trauma that can occur.
I offered these ideas over at Blue MauMau today.
They were of use to me.
Everyone does these steps. You do the [...]

Wednesday August 27 At The Blues Room, it’s time for the second “Battle of the bands”, where local rock musicians compete for honour and free studio time. Find out more here.
At 146 Tongren Road, near Beijing road, ???146???????
Thursday August 28 It’s movie night at Arch, this week The Great Debaters, a movie based on a [...]

The latest New Zealand Herald article on Blue Chip by Maria Slade [Immigrant banker put $1.7m in Blue Chip] is interesting for at least three reasons.
One, it points to a specific truth about fraud: all levels of class, education, access to financial counselling and sophistication are vulnerable:

2,000 mostly seniors living on a fixed income and [...]

Some years ago I accidentally discovered that my new boss hadn’t bothered to fill out the forms to ensure I would receive a small annual bonus. He had been busy and a bonus was not guaranteed, but I had received excellent appraisals from him and had spent much of the previous six months helping him [...]