He made his way to the faucet in the corner, where he drank deeply of the sweet water and peed, first removing from the sink a wet bedsheet with a large black-rimmed hole burned in its middle.

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Video from CNN affiliate Central Florida News 13 showed white smoke rising from a large, black hole in the one-story house, which is surrounded by trees.

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According to the physicists, when a large black hole captures a smaller object like a medium-sized star the process causes gravitational radiation to be emitted in a preferential direction.

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Like several older teams before them, the Knicks seem to realize they usually have enough talent and know-how to win, no matter how large a hole they dig themselves.

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But, as Graham notes, no one knows for certain just how large the innermost high-density region of such a supermassive black hole might be.

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The large hole is believed to have been caused by three small leaks on a four-inch water pipe.

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The second suggests that a rod-like plug can block the hole by slipping across it sideways and stopping large ions from passing, rather like a drain cover stops leaves from entering the mouth of a pipe.

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The cost of mis-selling Payment Protection Insurance, in common with other high street banks, continued to burn a large hole in the accounts.

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