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Uimamu

Uimamu was a ritual of greeting performed when Ainu were called before the Matsumae authorities. That's the Matsumae mon on the backcloth. The painting was done by Hirazawa Byozun in 1867. Source.

Chariclea and Theagenes

Heliodorus' 4th-century romance Aethiopica was fantastically popular in the 17th century -- it was Racine's favourite book -- but after 549 volumes it's still not available as a Loeb. Source.

Sauerbraten from Saarbrücken

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Kawabata and Rodin

Yasunari Kawabata examines Auguste Rodin's "Hand of a Woman". Which would make a perfectly good title for a Kawabata story. Source.

Halifax Dockyard Diorama

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Grumman Moon Suit, 1962

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Second Legs

Bonnyrigg's Dean Brett played nine seasons for Cowdenbeath. Source.

Playoffs:

Premiership playoff semifinal, second leg (last night):

Arbroath 0 - 0 Inverness CT    (ICT win on PK and advance.)

Championship playoff final, second leg (tomorrow):

Airdrieonians [1 - 2] Queen's Park    [Queen's Park are promoted.]

League 1 playoff final, second leg (last night):

Annan Athletic 2 - 1 Edinburgh City

Edinburgh City win on aggregate and earn promotion to League 1.

League 2 playoff final, second leg:

Cowdenbeath [0 - 1] Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic

[Cowdenbeath drop into the Lowland League; Bonnyrigg Rose join League Two.]

Dundee FC were relegated Wednesday, and St Johnstone are confirmed for the Premiership playoff finals. Celtic have won the Premiership title.

Mortonalia:

Jamie Brandon has signed with Livingston. He made 13 appearances with Morton this year.

Other matches:

The East of Scotland League will be decided today. Tranent Juniors and Penicuik Athletic each have 77 points, but Tranent are 20 goals to the better on goal difference. Today's helicopter matches are:

Tranent Juniors (1st) [2 - 0] Jeanfield Swifts (4th)

Penicuik (2nd) [2 - 1] Linlithgow Rose (3rd)

[Tranent win the East of Scotland League.]

The winners of the East, West and South of Scotland Leagues will play a round robin starting next weekend for promotion to the Lowland League.

Largs Thistle [3 - 0] Clydebank

[Largs preserve their place in the Premier Division.]

Finn Harps 0 - 1 UCD (yesterday)    UCD's first win.

HFX Wanderers [2 - 2] Cavalry (tomorrow)

[Goals by Garcia and Salter.]

League1 Ontario: North Mississauga 4 - 4 Prostars FC (yesterday)

ProStars started out in Mississauga in 2013 but in 2021 relocated to Brampton and now play at Victoria Park Stadium (capacity 2,000).

Royal-Sélect de Beauport [1 - 2] FC Laval (tomorrow)

Do not confuse FC Laval with AS Laval, the other team from Laval.

Wil 1 - 1 Winterthur (May 9)

Winterthur [3 - 1] Xamax

Freiburg II  [1 - 1] 1.FC Saarbrücken

This ends the 3.Liga season. [Saarbrücken finish seventh.]

Tokyo Verdy [0 - 2] Mito HollyHock

WE League: Elfen Saitama [1 - 4] JEF United (tomorrow)

Meiji University [1 - 1] Waseda University (tomorrow)

Tohoku: Bogolle.D.Tsugaru [1 - 1] Nippon Steel Kamaishi (tomorrow)

Subsequent careers of relegated Team 42s:

East Stirlingshire (Lowland League)

2016-17    30    21      5      4    107    43    +64    68    2nd

2017-18    30    19      7      4      67    31    +36    64    4th

2018-19    28    11      6     11     57    47    +10    39    6th

2019-20    26    17      2      7     77     29    +48    53    4th

2020-21    12      8      2      2     30     12    +18    26    5th

2021-22    34    15    11      8     61     36    +25    56    6th

Berwick Rangers (Lowland League)

2019-20    24      6      6    12     32     41       -9    24    12th

2020-21    13      5      1      7     12     16       -4    16    10th

2021-22    34    17      3    14     75     46    +29    54     8th

Brechin City (Highland League)

2021-22    34    28      1      5    102    27    +75    85    3rd

2007-08 records of the clubs that applied to replace Gretna in the SFL:

Cove Rangers        28    19    7    2    85    33    +52    64    1st, HL

The Spartans          22    14    5    3    57    23    +34    47    3rd, EoSL

Edinburgh City        22    12    4    6    50    34    +16    40    4th, EoSL

Preston Athletic      22    11    7    4    41    28    +13    40    5th, EoSL

Annan Athletic*       22      7    7    8    40    33      +7    28    7th, EoSL

*Annan got the job.

Some Largs Thistle results from 1889-90:

1890/3/22      Largs Thistle  6 - 2  Old Largs Athletic

1890/3/1        Largs Thistle  5? - 1  Queen's Park (Victoria XI)

1890/2/22      Largs Thistle  5 - 3  2nd Stevenson Thistle

1890/2/15      Largs Thistle  4? - 0  3rd? XI United Abstainers

1889/8/17      Largs Thistle  2 - 10  Yoker Athletic

(Source: Glasgow Herald.)

2022 Men's Hockey Playoff Champions

Flyers. Source.

KHL: CSKA

Swedish SHL: Färjestad

Finnish Liiga: Tappara

Swiss NL: Zug came back from three games down to win.

Deutsche Eishockey Liga: Eisbären Berlin

Czech Extraliga: Třinec

Slovak Extraliga: Slovan Bratislava

Austrian ICE Hockey League: Red Bull Salzburg

Belarus: Metallurg Zhlobin

British EIHL: Cardiff Devils

BeNe League: Unis Flyers Heerenveen

Denmark: Aalborg Pirates

France: Brûleurs de Loups

Alps Hockey League: Asiago

Norway: Stavanger Oilers

Poland: GKS Katowice

Hungarian Erste Liga: HSC Csíkszereda 

Latvia: "Zemgale"/LLU

Iceland: Skautafélag Akureyrar

Japan: Red Eagles Hokkaido

Ukraine: cancelled due to Putin

Allan Cup: cancelled due to Covid

Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey: by May 21

Sydney Tram

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Lego Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis

The Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis in Bregenz, Austria, in Lego form. This building should not be confused with the Palais Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which was the Bundestag of the German Confederacy. Source.