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‘Tenth planet’ may be bigger then expected
A space telescope used to place an upper limit on the object’s size was in fact pointing in the wrong direction
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Author: Harry
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Duck with cassis
Joint some duck legs into drum-sticks and thighs. Brown them (you can do this is a dry frying pan; you’re really not going to need any extra fat). Transfer the duck to a casserole, just saving enough to brown some sliced onion. Put the onion in with the duck. De-glaze the pan with sherry, and add some chicken stock and a generous slug of cassis to the casserole before cooking it at 170C for about an hour and a half.
It’s very rich – sweet and fruity – but nice, and not overpoweringly blackcurranty.
My father has a ticket for the fifth day of the Oval Test. If there’s still something to play for then, he could be in for one hell of an atmosphere.
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I. F. O. C. E.
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Old Trafford test day 4
England really have to win this. Both because it’s not good enough to draw the series, and because to be so much in control of the game and not win it would be a psychological boost to the Aussies. With Australia batting for a draw, Gillespie is clearly the danger man.
I was (slightly) sad not to see Warne get his century.
A hilarious exercise in comparative literature: Shakespeare in the Bush. via Copia.