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Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation The Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation is a volcanicformation of late Paleocene age exposed on Eigg, part of the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. It is thought to represent a remnant of a much larger deposit that originated from the Skye igneous centre to the northeast, formed by an eruption, possibly with a VEI of 6 or greater. ExtentDue to its resistance to erosion, the Sgurr of Eigg Pitchstone Formation forms a prom... Home Run Derby The Home Run Derby, officially known as the T-Mobile Home Run Derby, is an annual home run hitting competition in Major League Baseball (MLB) customarily held the day before the MLB All-Star Game, which places the contest on a Monday in July. In the context of the competition a "home run" consists of hitting a baseball in fair territory out of the playing field on the fly. It differs from a home run hit during leg... Le Griffon Le Griffon (French pronunciation:, The Griffin) was a sailing vessel built by French explorer and fur trader René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in the Niagara area of New York in 1679. Le Griffon was constructed and launched at or near Cayuga Island on the Niagara River and was armed with seven cannons. The exact size and construction of Le Griffon is not known but many researchers believe she was a 45-ton b... SponsoredShop Amazon forSleeper hit Sleeper hit In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a film, television series, music release, video game or other entertainment product that was initially unsuccessful on release, but eventually became a surprise success. A sleeper hit may have had little to no promotion or lack a successful launch, but gradually develops a fandom and spreads via word of mouth, media coverage, or unexpected internet virality. As Varie... UNESCO Institute for Statistics The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the statistical office of UNESCO and is the UN depository for cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication. The UIS was established in 1999. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, it was created by a collaboration between Université de Montréal, the INRS and UNESCO to provide statistics for the UN. The institute s... Ontario Highway 29 King's Highway 29, commonly referred to as Highway 29, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 52.29-kilometre (32.49 mi) route connected Highway 2 (King Street) in downtown Brockville with Highway 15 (Lombard Street) south of Smiths Falls. Between those larger settlements, it provided access to the communities of Forthton, Addison, Frankville, Toledo and Newbliss. When Highw... Amposta Amposta (Catalan pronunciation:) is the capital of the comarca of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 190 km south of Barcelona on the Coast. It is located at 8 metres above sea level, on the Ebre river, not far from its mouth. It has a population of 23,080 (register office, 2025) . The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a s... SponsoredShop Amazon forAmerican Whiskey Bar American Whiskey Bar American Whiskey Bar is a Canadian television film, which was broadcast by Citytv in 1998. The film was directed by Bruce McDonald as an adaptation of the novel by Michael Turner. The novel is an experimental metafiction which mixes the screenplay for an imaginary film with the commentary of a film director, a film critic and a fictionalized version of Turner himself around the difficulties of getting it produced ... 2000–01 Orlando Magic season The 2000–01 Orlando Magic season was the 12th season for the Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association. The Magic received the fifth overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft, and selected shooting guard Mike Miller from the University of Florida; the team also selected point guard Keyon Dooling from the University of Missouri with the tenth overall pick, and selected shooting guard Courtney Alexander out of... Rockaway Community Park Edgemere Landfill is a former municipal landfill located in Edgemere on the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, New York City. It is located on a man-made peninsula on the Jamaica Bay shoreline, at the eastern end of the Rockaway peninsula. A portion of the site is open to the public as Rockaway Community Park (formerly Edgemere Park). The entire site is owned by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. The... Teignbridge Teignbridge ( ) is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Newton Abbot. The district also includes the towns of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Bovey Tracey, Kingsteignton and Teignmouth, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Teignbridge contains part of the south Devon coastline, including the Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve. Some of the in... UAE League Cup The UAE League Cup (Arabic: كأس رابطة المحترفين الإماراتية) is a knockout tournament for clubs in the UAE Pro-League. The first edition of the tournament was played in the 2008–2009 season. In the 2008–09 season, UAE League Cup replaced the UAE Federation Cup and became a second tier tournament, initially under the name of Etisalat Cup in 2008–2013 and Arabian Gulf Cup in 2013–20... Minka Kelly Minka Dumont Kelly (born June 24, 1980) is an American actress. She received wide recognition for her role as Lyla Garrity on the NBCdramaseriesFriday Night Lights (2006–2009). Kelly appeared as Autumn in the film 500 Days of Summer (2009). She had a recurring role as Gaby on the NBC family drama series Parenthood (2010–2011). She was in the ABC action series revival of Charlie's Angels (2011). She starred in ... Ing Cup The Ing Cup (Chinese: 应氏杯; pinyin: Yīng Shì Bēi) is an international Go tournament with a cash prize of over US$400,000. It was created by, and is named after, Ing Chang-ki. The tournament is held once every four years and hence often nicknamed the Go Olympics. In the 7th Ing Cup, held in 2012/13, Fan Tingyu defeated Park Junghwan and became the youngest Ing Cup winner in history. In the semifinal, Fan de... Black Warrior River The Black Warrior River is a waterway in west-central Alabama in the southeastern United States. The river rises in the extreme southern edges of the Appalachian Highlands and flows 178 miles (286 km) to the Tombigbee River, of which the Black Warrior is the primary tributary. The river is named after the Tuskaloosa leader of the Tuskaloosa polity bearing his name, whose name was Muskogean for 'Black Warrior'. The... Caddo Lake (film) Caddo Lake is a 2024 American thriller film written and directed by Celine Held and Logan George and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Diana Hopper, Caroline Falk, Sam Hennings, Eric Lange, and Lauren Ambrose. The film was released on Max on October 10, 2024. PlotEllie, her mother Celeste, her stepfather Daniel, and her stepsister Anna live on Caddo Lake on the Louisiana-Texas ... Tommy Lee Thomas Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; Greek: Τόμας Λι Μπας, October 3, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder and drummer of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. He also founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects. Early lifeThomas Lee Bass was born on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to his father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, a... Lord Sebastian Flyte Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of Charles Ryder, especially his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion, Brideshead Castle. Ryder has relationships with two of the Flytes: L... Nightmare Alley (novel) Nightmare Alley is a novel by American writer William Lindsay Gresham, published in 1946. It is a study of the depths of show business and its immoral inhabitants—the dark, shadowy world of a second-rate carnival filled with hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femmes fatales. Gresham attributed the origin of Nightmare Alley to conversations he had with a former carnival worker while they were both ser... Stephen C. O'Connell Center The Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, also known as the O'Dome, is a 10,500-seat multi-purpose arena located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The facility is named for the sixth president of the university, Stephen C. O'Connell, who served from 1967 to 1973. The facility is located on the northern side of the university's campus, between its football field, Ben Hill Gri...