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Bath hit back to reach semi-final after stunning Northampton in 11-try epic

  • Bath 43-41 Northampton

  • Hosts recover from 21 points behind in first half

There are big games and then there are pivotal contests which define entire campaigns. And when it came to the crunch it was Bath who just had enough power to make the semi-finals of the Champions Cup for the first time in 20 years thanks to a 76th minute try from Ted Hill. There is little to separate the two best teams in England and here was another endlessly compelling battle of wits and wills.

Plenty of work still has to be done to reach the final in Bilbao next month with Bath now set to face the winners of Sunday’s mouthwatering all-French tie between Bordeaux and Toulouse. This was a truly sensational hors d’oeuvre, though, with nine tries in the first half alone. Gone are the days of tiptoeing into knockout matches and hoping to edge it 9-6.

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West Ham double up twice to thrash Wolves and put Spurs in relegation zone

The moment when West Ham really felt their survival bid pick up pace was when the jab from Taty Castellanos rolled beyond the reach of José Sá and crawled towards the Wolves goal.

Two-nil up in a must-win game, Nuno Espírito Santo’s side looked unrecognisable from the doomed bunch who dropped seven points off 17th place in early January. This is a different West Ham. This is a West Ham with a punch in attack and, if this daring escape act does end with Premier League football secured for another season, a key part of the story will be how Nuno strengthened his squad in January .

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Overfishing in the South Pacific

Regulation is hard:

The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization (SPRFMO) oversees fishing across roughly 59 million square kilometers (22 million square miles) of the South Pacific high seas, trying to impose order on a region double the size of Africa, where distant-water fleets pursue species ranging from jack mackerel to jumbo flying squid. The latter dominated this year’s talks.

Fishing for jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) has expanded rapidly over the past two decades. The number of squid-jigging vessels operating in SPRFMO waters rose from 14 in 2000 to more than 500 last year, almost all of them flying the Chinese flag. Meanwhile, reported catches have fallen markedly, from more than 1 million metric tons in 2014 to about 600,000 metric tons in 2024. Scientists worry that fishing pressure is outpacing knowledge of the stock.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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ADO-fans vieren in Den Haag kampioenschap eerste divisie

DEN HAAG (ANP) - In Den Haag vieren ADO-fans dat hun club vrijdagavond kampioen is geworden in de eerste divisie. Er wordt vuurwerk afgestoken en automobilisten en scooterrijders claxonneren. Bij het stadion van ADO Den Haag zijn tientallen mensen samengekomen, ziet een ANP-verslaggever. Daar is vuurwerk te horen en groene rook te zien.

Ook op de Hoefkade in het Transvaalkwartier wordt het kampioenschap uitbundig gevierd door honderden mensen, meldt Omroep West. Daar worden fakkels en rookpotten afgestoken. De omroep meldt dat daar ook ADO-spelers aanwezig zijn en dat ze op de schouders worden genomen.

ADO Den Haag hoefde vrijdag zelf niet te spelen. De club werd kampioen doordat nummer 2 SC Cambuur gelijkspeelde tegen FC Den Bosch. De ploeg van trainer Robin Peter verzekerde zich dit seizoen al halverwege maart van promotie naar de Eredivisie.

De selectie van ADO volgde volgens Omroep West de wedstrijd van Cambuur in een pand aan de Hoefkade.


Frank van Leeuwen wint 27e editie van De Slimste Mens

HILVERSUM (ANP) - Frank van Leeuwen heeft het 27e seizoen van De Slimste Mens gewonnen. De presentator van Goedemorgen Nederland versloeg in de finale van de kennisquiz van KRO-NCRV actrice Delilah Warcup-Van Eyck en theatermaker Bibi Roos.

Van Leeuwen nam het in de laatste ronde op tegen Warcup-Van Eyck en versloeg zijn tegenstander met een vraag over oud-schaatser Ben van der Burg.

De presentator volgt met de titel Brankele Frank op, die vorig seizoen de populaire kennisquiz won.


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Jason Kottke's weblog, home of fine hypertext products

Ultimate Online Phreak Box . “This is a free...

Ultimate Online Phreak Box. “This is a free online blue box, red box, and silver box.” (With this and a time machine, you could make free phone calls in the 1970s.)

Cat at Night

Fred Marquer has added a photo to the pool:

Cat at Night

Kyoto, Japan

Heian Jingu Taiheikaku Pavilion

Fred Marquer has added a photo to the pool:

Heian Jingu Taiheikaku Pavilion

Kyoto, Japan

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Last.fm last recent tracks from thexiffy.

Tindersticks - I've Been Loving You Too Long

Tindersticks