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Sex Bob-Omb, "Summertime"

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World opened ten years ago today. Listen as Sex Bob-Omb perform "Summertime".

Cloelia

Detail from The Legend of Coelia (ca. 1480) by Guidoccio Cozzarelli. Source.

Jussi

The top film prize in Finland is Jussi, made of gypsum. Source.

Gaspar Corte Real

Corte Real sailed to Newfoundland in 1501 in search of wealth, which he found in the form of humans, whom he kidnapped to sell as slaves. His statue, near the Newfoundland legislature, might not be around for long. Source.

Asterism

Asterism for Piano and Orchestra, composed by Toru Takesitsu, and performed by the Toronto Symphony under Seiji Ozawa.

Maggie's Well

Maggie's Well is situated at the top of the hill on the Old Largs Road and is named after either a shepherdess or a horse. Source.

Kilmarnock vs Celtic (tomorrow)

Kilmarnock's all-time record against Celtic is not good: 38 wins, 54 draws, 175 losses. Celtic won all three meetings last season by an identical 3 - 1 score. Killie's last win against them came on September 23rd, 2018.

Celtic are shooting for their tenth consecutive title, which would be a Scottish record. Teams that have won nine in a row:

Celtic        1965-66 to 1973-74

Rangers    1988-89 to 1996-97

Celtic        2011-12 to 2019-20

What was Killie's biggest league win against Celtic?

1963/3/27      Kilmarnock 6 - 0 Celtic

What was Killie's biggest league loss to Celtic?

1937/12/25    Celtic 8 - 0 Kilmarnock

And a Merry Christmas! But there's also:

1938/8/13      Celtic 9 -  1 Kilmarnock

[Killie 1 - 1 Celtic! This draw leaves Killie in 8th place, Celtic in 4th, and Hibs in first.]

Mortonalia:

Wednesday Morton renewed the contracts of McAllister, McLean, Millar, Nesbitt, Muirhead, McGinty, Hynes, McGrattan and Rodgers. The club also signed Gary Oliver, who previously played for the club from 2016 to 2019, and Rabin Omar who has played for Elgin and Annan.

There are presently no plans to sign Reserve or Development players, as those leagues are not slated to be played.

Reghan Tumilty has signed with Raith Rovers. Henk van Schaik has joined Eintracht Trier. He appeared in one game for Morton in August 2019.

Reghan Tumilty's goals for Morton:

2018/7/17      74'    Partick          Firhill           Bell          League Cup

2019/8/3        73'    Ayr United    Somerset    Doohan    league

Developments:

Hearts and Partick have each been fined £2500 by the SFA for taking the SPFL to court.

Two Aberdeen players have Covid-19 and six others are in quarantine after a night out at the pub. Nicola Sturgeon is not pleased. Today's match between St Johnstone and Aberdeen has been postponed to August 20th.

Queen of the South have made no signings.

League One and Two clubs have voted in a salary cap.

The Canadian Premier League starts Thursday, but still no schedule.

Other games:

2019-20 Europa League, Round of 16, second leg (August 6):

Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 0 Rangers

Rangers lasted longer than Celtic.

Iceland: ÍBV vs Keflavik (August 4) (postponed)

ÍBV vs Leiknir F. (postponed)

All football in Iceland has been postponed since July 31 due to Covid-19. At the time of the stoppage ÍBV were in second place with 5 wins and 3 draws.

Faroes: B36 4 - 1 TB (August 6)

Allsvenskan: Malmö 4 - 1 Helsingborgs IF (August 5)

Falkenbergs FF [0 - 1] Malmö (tomorrow)

K League: Pohang Steelers [1 - 1] Gwangju FC

J2: Fagiano Okayama [3 - 1] Mito HollyHock

2020-21 UEFA Champions League, preliminary round semi-final:

Tre Fiori [0 - 2] Linfield (at Nyon, Switzerland)

What a comedown for Northern Ireland, to be one of the four bottom European associations, with San Marino, Kosovo and Andorra.

The game is at Stade Colovray, home of third-tier FC Stade Nyonnais. August is the close season this year in Switzerland, so there could be a lot of UEFA matches there this month.

Ireland: UCD 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers II (yesterday)

Finland: TPS 0 - 2 FC Honka (August 6)

Vaduz and Thun are in a two-legged playoff for a place in the coming 2020-21 Swiss Super League season.

Vaduz 2 - 0 Thun (yesterday)

Thun [4 - 3] Vaduz (August 10)

[Vaduz go up. Thun will play in Winterthur's division in the upcoming season.]

Historical matches:

Aug 8, 1992. Morton travelled to Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh to play Meadowbank Thistle. Morton won 3 - 0. Goalscorers were Alex Mathie, Alan Mahood and Rowan Alexander.

JFL 1999: Sony Sendai 0 - 1 Mito HollyHock

ÍBV in the 1970s:

1979    18    10    4    4    26    13    +13    24    1st (I)

1978    18      8    3    7    29    24      +5    19    4th (I)

1977    18      9    3    6    27    18      +9    21    3rd (I)

1976    16    13    2    1    63    13    +50    28    1st (II)

1975    14      2    5    7    11    22      -11     9     8th (I)

1974    14      3    7    4    20    20        0    13    4th (I)

1973    14      8    1    5    27    19      +8    17    3rd (I)

1972    14      7    4    3    37    22    +15    18    2nd (I)    Icelandic Cup

1971    14      9    2    3    37    19    +18    20    2nd (I)

1970    14      6    1    7    20    25       -5    13    7th (I)

Source. Source.

Kilmarnock's last ten loses to non-Premiership sides:

2017/7/14      Ayr United 1 - 0 Kilmarnock    League Cup group stage

2016/7/30      Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Albion Rovers (Rovers won on PK)    League Cup group stage

2016/7/23      Kilmarnock 0 - 2 Morton    League Cup group stage

2013/8/27      Kilmarnock 0 - 1 Hamilton        League Cup

2012/8/28      Kilmarnock 1 - 2 Stenhousemuir    League Cup

2007/9/25      Hamilton 2 - 0 Kilmarnock        League Cup

2007/1/6        Morton 3 - 1 Kilmarnock        Scottish Cup

2003/9/23      Brechin 1 - 0 Kilmarnock        League Cup

2002/9/24      Kilmarnock 0 - 0 Airdrie United (Airdrie won on PK)    League Cup

2001/10/9      Ayr United 0 - 0 Kilmarnock (Ayr won on PK)    League Cup

Donatus and the Dragon

Saint Donatus of Arezzo slayed a dragon by spitting on it. His feast day is today. Source.

Beirut Blast Crater

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Divorce Hernandez Style

Jaime Hernandez did the cover art for the Criterion Collection release of Divorce Italian Style (1961). Source.

Colosseum, 1855

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