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Cosmas' Cosmos

Cosmas Indicopleustas maintained that the Earth was flat and rectangular, and that the universe was shaped like a chest with a rounded lid.

Internment Camp Money

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Brīvības Piemineklis

The Freedom Monument was unveiled in Riga on this day in 1935 in commemoration of Latvia independence. The Soviets twice considered tearing it down, but the second time decided to refurbish it instead. Source.

Naginata

Like kendo but with spears. This is action from the 2019 Canadian championship. Source.

Samian Ware, Vindolanda

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Cinq Mille

The best-looking banknote in a denomination of 5000. Republic of Cameroon, 1962.

This is the 5000th post on Plenty of Nothing. The blog began in 2006 and has been daily since 2010.

Brutalist Glasgow

Part of the Queen Margaret Union at the University of Glasgow. Source.

Morton visit Partick Thistle for the last League Cup group stage match of 2020-21.

The situation:

To advance to Round Two Morton must beat Partick for 3 points while Queen's Park beat St Mirren for 3 points. That would leave Morton with 8 points, St Mirren and QoS each with 7, and Partick with 5.

It's highly unlikely that 8 points would be enough to make Morton one of the top four second-place teams. Two groups already have second-place teams with 9 points. That said, Morton did advance with 8 points last year. But they had a +6 goal difference, whereas coming into today's game they are +1.

Like Morton, Partick can win the group if they win for 3 points and Queen's Park beat St Mirren for 3.

St Mirren will win the group if they beat Queen's Park for 3 or 2 points.

And it seems to me, though Wikipedia disagrees, that if Queen's Park beat St Mirren by 2 or more goals, and Morton and Partick go to a shootout, then Queen of the South should win the group on goal difference.

Win or lose, Queen's Park can't get out of fifth place.

[Albion Rovers have forfeited their final Group F match against Hamilton Accies.]

The results:

Partick [0 - 0] Morton [Partick win on PK. Jacobs and McGinty score in the shootout.]

Queen's Park [0 - 1] St Mirren.

[Group G final standings:

                        P   W  PW PL   L   F    A  GD  Pts

St Mirren           4    2    2    0    0    8    4    4    10

QoS                  4    1    1    2    0    7    5    2      7

Partick              4    1    2    0    1    3    4   -1      7

Morton              4    1    0    3    0    4    3    1      6

Queen's Park    4    0    0    0    4    1    7   -6     0    ]

Elsewhere:

J2: Ventforet Kofu 2 - 0 Mito HollyHock (Nov 11)

Mito HollyHock [2 - 1] Kyoto Sanga (tomorrow)

JFL: Mio Biwako Shiga [0 - 3] Iwaki FC (tomorrow)

3.Liga: Viktoria Köln [0 - 2] 1.FC Saarbrücken

SWF Championship South: Morton vs Ayr United (postponed)

WoSFL: Largs Thistle [4 - 1] Cumbernauld United

Lowland League: Bonnyrigg Rose 2 - 0 Civil Service Strollers (November 10)

Spartans [0 - 2] Bonnyrigg Rose

Berwick Rangers [1 - 3] East Stirlingshire

Finnish relegation playoffs:

KTP 0 - 0 TPS (November 11)

TPS [1 - 1] KTP [KTP win on the away goal rule. TPS are relegated.]

The four Tohoku clubs in J3 have completed their games against each other. Here are the final standings:

                                    G    W    D    L    F    A    GD    Pts

Blaublitz Akita              6    6    0    0    14     2    +12    16

Fukushima United        6    2    1    3      7     9      -2      7

Grulla Morioka             6    1    2    3      5    11      -6      5

Vanraure Hachinohe    6    1    1    4      6   10       -4     4

Blaublitz Akita are miles ahead at the top of J3 and should win the league this week, in which case they will have earned promotion to J2 and also claimed a spot in the 2020 Emperor's Cup quarterfinals.

Developments

Chrisnovic N'sa (HFX Wanderers 2019 and 2020) has signed with York9. Luca Gasparotto has retired from soccer at age 25 to become a tree surgeon, a fancy name for a guy with a chainsaw, which says a lot about how poorly a CPL job pays.

Players on Kashiwa Reysol have tested positive for Covid, forcing the postponement of the J League Cup final.

The interim head of the Bolivian Football Federation was arrested on corruption charges at a World Cup qualifier in La Paz Thursday.

Scotland have qualified for Euro 2020, which will be held in 2021.

Historical matches:

Nov 14, 1914. Morton visited Ayr United and lost 2 - 1.

Nov 10, 1992. Challenge Cup, Semi-finals. Morton hosted Montrose and won 3 - 1. Alex Mathie scored two, and Rowan Alexander one.

Nov 14, 1992. Morton visited Love Street and beat St Mirren 2 - 3. Morton scorers were Ian McDonald, Scott McArthur and Rowan Alexander.

St Johnstone's ten most recent losses against non-Premiership sides:

2019/7/27      Forfar 2 - 1 St Johnstone    League Cup group stage

2019/7/16      Montrose 1 - 0 St Johnstone    League Cup group stage

2016/7/26      Brechin 1 - 1 St Johnstone (Brechin won on PK)    League Cup group stage

2015/2/7        QoS 2 - 0 St Johnstone        Scottish Cup

2009/4/19      St Johnstone 2 - 3 QoS        First Division

2009/3/14      Livingston 1 - 0 St Johnstone    First Division

2008/8/30      St Johnstone 2 - 3 Clyde        First Division

2008/8/26      Livingston 2 - 1 St Johnstone    League Cup

2008/8/23      Partick Thistle 4 - 0 St Johnstone    First Division

2008/8/16      St Johnstone 0 - 3 Dunfermline    First Division

SFL Division Three results, November 15, 1924:

Clackmannan 2 - 1 Brechin City (played at Alloa)

Dumbarton Harp 2 - 2 Beith

Leith Athletic 3 - 2 Montrose

Lochgelly United 0 - 2 Nithsdale Wanderers

Queen of the South 3 - 1 Dykehead

Solway Star 2 - 1 Mid Annandale

Vale of Leven 2 - 1 Peebles Rovers

1924-25 Scottish Qualifying Cup, semi-finals:

Helensburgh 1 - 1 Royal Albert

Clachnacuddin 2 - 1 Inverness Caledonian

Source: Glasgow Herald, November 17, 1924, p. 13.

Diving Suit, 1882

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Ceramic Malibran

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Brutalist Paisley

The Civic Centre, Paisley. Source.

Morton visit Paisley for a televised Renfrewshire Derby League Cup group stage match.

This is the first meeting between these two clubs since April 21st, 2018, when St Mirren won 2 - 1. This is their first League Cup meeting since August 23rd, 2011, when St Mirren won 3 - 4.

Morton's Kalvin Orsi played for St Mirren in 2016-17. Reece Lyon was in their youth system. St Mirren's Jack Baird played for Morton last year. St Mirren have a goalkeeper, Jamie Langfeld, aged 40, who played his first league match in 1998. There can't be many 20th-century players still playing.

St Mirren had two games postponed in late October due to Covid quarantine, and are currently 11th in the Premiership.

Yesterday it was Queen's Park 1 - 3 Queen of the South.

Prior to these games, how many points could each Group G side accumulate, maximum?

11    St Mirren

10    Morton

  8    Partick

  7    QoS

  6    Queen's Park

[St Mirren 1 - 1 Morton. St Mirren win on PK. Morton goal by MacIver. And MacIver, Omar, McGuffie, Oliver and McGinty score in the shootout.

Group G standings after this weekend's matches:

                         P   W  PW PL   L   F    A  GD  Pts

St Mirren           3    1    2    0    0    7    4    3    7

QoS                  4    1    1    2    0    7    5    2    7

Morton              3    1    0    2    0    4    3    1    5

Partick              3    1    1    0    1    3    4   -1    5

Queen's Park    3    0    0    0    3    1    6   -5    0    ]

Elsewhere:

Club The Strongest beat Palmaflor 3 - 2 in a preparation match Monday.