Surgery that puts menopause on hold

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1 December 2012
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Ovarian tissue transplants could be used like egg-freezing to preserve a woman’s fertility into her 40s and 50s but IVF specialists say they will only offer it to women whose fertility is threatened by illness such as cancer.

On Wednesday Monash IVF announced it had preserved a woman’s fertility by taking ovarian tissue from her before she had breast cancer treatment in 2005, freezing it, and reimplanting it in her this year. It allowed the 43-year-old woman’s body to resume natural ovulation.

Now six weeks pregnant, the Melbourne woman is the 20th in the world and the first in Australia to achieve pregnancy with the ground-breaking technique — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Fox steals phone and sends text message

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30 November 2012
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16-year-old Norwegian, Lars Andreas Bjercke downloaded an application on his smartphone, which aims to attract foxes to the phone. The phone was imitating rabbit sounds.

The application worked so well that the fox circled around LLars’s yard for several nights. At one point, Lars decided to put the phone in the middle of the road, the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang says.

The fox soon walked up to the phone. At first, he was afraid of it, but soon dared to get closer and smell it. Suddenly, the fox grabbed the phone and ran into the bushes.

Lars was amused with the situation, and he ran after the fox. The fox, however, had a different plan, disappearing with the phone.

Lars the later called the phone and, surprisingly, the fox answered — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Octopus Hieroglyphic Ring / OctopusMe

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29 November 2012
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This design reminds me of Japanese art meets Hieroglyphics with sort of an industrial feel… Octopus style! It was created in my favourite way… no planning and just going with the flow. It is the last of the three rings of a series. I fabricated the ring out of sheet metal, tubing, using rolling mill techniques. But don’t be fooled, the tubing was goes straight through the top of the ring and actually rests on your finger when you wear it! Just an fun and funky touch to make it different. It’s a nice wearable art piece, One of a Kind and Ready to ship! — via Etsy

Velocette MSS 500

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28 November 2012
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It seems so strange now, but before the 1960s, dirt bikes usually had the same chassis as their road-going counterparts. And if you wanted a bike to race, you could order a basic engine and frame from the factory, and then finish the machine to your own specification. In France, you were known as a compé-client, or competition client. And that’s how this lovely 1955 Velocette Scrambler started its life — via Bike EXIF

A thankful Bemidji grocer shares his success with his employees

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28 November 2012
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Joe Lueken spent 46 years becoming a successful grocer and community benefactor here. Finally, at 70, he’s ready to sell the business, travel the world with his wife, Janice, and reap some of what they’ve sown.

So when he strides into his south Bemidji supermarket and 2 1/2-year employee Maria Svare smiles broadly and asks him, How do you like my store today? it might sound like a joke.

But it’s not. And that’s part of why hundreds of Bemidji residents are thankful this holiday season for Joe Lueken.

On 1 January, Lueken’s Village Foods, with two supermarkets in Bemidji and another in Wahpeton, North Dakota, will begin transferring ownership to its approximately 400 employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) — via redwolf.newsvine.com

|CON|Temporary Library Installation / Studio 8 1/2

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28 November 2012
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Already built in the Centre for Contemporary Art, based in the old Turkish bathhouse in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the |CON|Temporary Library Installation by Studio 8 ½ contains solely books of contemporary art. It provides many comfortable places to sit/lay, bookcases, magazines and newspapers’ shelves, as well as a computer with very rich and detailed multimedia and video archive of contemporary artists.Built using wood, the entire installation is created with a tremendous respect for its surrounding area, since without it, this effect would not be as strong — via ArchDaily

New species of lion discovered – In Ethiopian zoo?

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28 November 2012
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A team of international researchers has provided the first comprehensive DNA evidence that the Addis Ababa lion in Ethiopia is genetically unique and is urging immediate conservation action to preserve this vulnerable lion population.

While it has long been noted that some lions in Ethiopia have a large, dark mane, extending from the head, neck and chest to the belly, as well as being smaller and more compact than other lions, it was not known until now if these lions represent a genetically distinct population — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Stain PVC Any Colour You Like / MAKE

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27 November 2012
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PVC is great: cheap, common, easy to work, and easy to join temporarily or permanently. Only problem is, it’s kinda ugly, much of which owes to the fact that it only comes in white, grey, sometimes black, and (if you’re willing to pay through the nose) clear. Furniture grade PVC pipe can sometimes be found with integral colour, but you’re limited to factory shades and if you want matching elbows, tees, or other fittings, you’re out of luck, because fittings only come in white. Sure, you can paint it, but PVC doesn’t take paint all that well, and the paint is prone to flake and screws up the dimensional tolerances. With stain, you get colour that doesn’t flake or add thickness, so you can stain pipe and fittings different colours before assembly and still expect them to fit. You can even take them apart and reassemble them in some other way without affecting the finish — via MAKE

Retired scientists unmask bush graffiti artist

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27 November 2012
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In a remarkable piece of detective work, a team of retired CSIRO scientists have revealed the group of artists responsible for the iconic scribbles found on smooth-barked Eucalyptus trees in southeastern Australia.

Previously thought to be the work of a single species called the Australian Scribbly Gum Moth, the scientists have uncovered at least eleven new species of moths responsible for the iconic bush graffiti.

Although many Australians will be familiar with the distinctive scribbles on gum trees, very little was known until now about the artists that create them, said Dr Marianne Horak, a retired moth expert working in an honorary capacity at CSIRO’s Australian National Insect Collection — via redwolf.newsvine.com

German Man Accuses Lover of Trying to Kill Him With Her Breasts

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27 November 2012
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A high-flying lawyer fled naked in terror after his girlfriend used her 38DD breasts to try to kill him, a German court has heard.

Tim Schmidt, 30, said buxom girlfriend Franziska Hansen, 33, mounted her assault while they were having sex because she was jealous of his successful career.

She denies a charge of attempted manslaughter with a weapon, after the incident in the town of Unna in May. According to her, it was a sex game gone wrong and Schmidt panicked — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Bauhaus / Kent Wang

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27 November 2012
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Sometimes it’s tough to remember that in the days before quartz, when mechanical wristwatch was a redundant phrase, that there were mechanical watches at all price points. Small online menswear brand Kent Wang is trying to remind us though with its Bauhaus watch, a cool mix of modern and classic design with a price tag that won’t break the bank — via HODINKEE

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