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GMB (trade Union) Amalgamations
GMB may refer to: Arts and media * GMB (album), ''GMB'' (album), 2012, by hip-hop trio Pac Div * Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme), ''Good Morning Britain'' (2014 TV programme) * Good Morning Britain (1983 TV programme), ''Good Morning Britain'' (1983 TV programme) Places Africa * The Gambia, by ISO 3166 alpha-3 country code * Gambela Airport, Ethiopia, by IATA code Europe * Gardermoen Line (), a high-speed railway * Graduates Memorial Building, at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland * Grimsby Town railway station, England, by GBR code Other uses * GMB (trade union), UK * Gladding, McBean, American ceramics company * Grand Bauhinia Medal, Hong Kong honour * Martin GMB, 1918 US bomber aircraft * Great Master of the Order of the Bath {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMB (album)
''GMB'' is the second studio album by Southern California-based Hip hop music, hip hop trio Pac Div, released on November 27, 2012 under RBC Records and eOne It was preceded by the release of Pac Div's first studio album ''The DiV'' (2011). The acronym "GMB" stands for ''G''abe, ''M''ike and ''B''ryan, the respective first names of Like, Mibbs and BeYoung. The record features guest appearances from Blu (rapper), Blu, Kurupt, Kendrick Lamar and Mac Miller, among others. The album has spawned three singles with "Bank," "Black Acura" and "Sneakerboxes." ''GMB'' peaked at number 15 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Top Heatseekers, Top Heatseekers Albums and entered at number 57 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Upon its release, the album was met with mixed reviews from music critics. Critical reception ''GMB'' received favorable reviews from contemporary music criticism, music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a standard score, normalized rating out of 100 to reviews f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Britain (2014 TV Programme)
''Good Morning Britain'' (often abbreviated to ''GMB'') is a British breakfast television programme that is broadcast on ITV. It first aired on 28 April 2014 and is broadcast live every weekday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am across the United Kingdom. The programme features a variety of news, interviews, politics, sport, entertainment, competitions and weather as well as local news bulletins delivered by the ITV regions. The programme is currently presented by Susanna Reid, Kate Garraway, Charlotte Hawkins, Ranvir Singh, Richard Madeley, Ed Balls, Adil Ray and Robert Rinder. Format The magazine-style show includes headline updates at the beginning of the programme and at the top of each hour thereafter, then three short three-minute regional bulletins at quarter past the hour featuring news, travel/transit advisories, and weather. From 6 January 2020, the first half-hour features Hawkins, Garraway or Singh reading the day's headlines, joined at 6:30 am by two o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Britain (1983 TV Programme)
''Good Morning Britain'' was TV-am's main breakfast television show, broadcast on weekdays from February 1983 until the franchise ended in 1992. It had many different presenters throughout its run. After a difficult first few months, which almost led to the failure of the broadcasting franchise, ''Good Morning Britain'' became a success. The studio buildings in Hawley Crescent would later be acquired by what is now Paramount Global, and ultimately used as Paramount International Networks' offices. Overview ''Good Morning Britain'' had a mixture of news and current affairs, weather, cartoons, music, and many popular guests of the time. It also featured a popular exercise section, hosted in the early days by Michael Van Straten and Jackie Genova, and then more famously by Lizzie Webb, "Mad Lizzie" Webb. The news was provided in-house by TV-am, but following its loss of the licence the news provision was contracted out to Sky News, who provided the news service from 1 February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.Hoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A–Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . Its territory is on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, which flows through the centre of the country and empties into the Atlantic. The national namesake river demarcates the elongated shape of the country, which has an area of and a population of 2,769,075 people in 2024 which is a 47% population increase from 2013. The capital city is Banjul, which has the most extensive metropolitan area in the country. The second and third-largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. Arab Muslims, Arab Muslim merchants traded with indigenous West Africans in The Gambia throughout the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gambela Airport
Gambela Airport is a public airport serving Gambela, the capital city of the Gambela Region in western Ethiopia. The name of the city and airport may also be transliterated as Gambella. The airport is located south of the city. It also serves the Gambela National Park, which is Ethiopia's largest national park. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with a concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance (after water), the most–widely used building material, and the most-manufactur ... surface measuring . Airlines and destinations References External links * {{authority control Airports in Ethiopia Gambela Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardermoen Line
The Gardermoen Line () is a high-speed railway line between Oslo and Eidsvoll, Norway, running past Lillestrøm and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. The line is long and replaced the older Hoved Line as the main line north-east of Oslo. The older Hoved Line now handles commuter and freight traffic, while the Gardermoen Line handles high-speed passenger trains and freight trains laden with jet fuel for the airport. Both lines are owned by Bane NOR. The line was opened in 1998, at the same time as the airport that gave the line its name. It is used by the Flytoget airport express train service as well as express trains by Vy. It is the only high-speed railway in Norway, with a maximum permitted speed of . Most of the line between Oslo and Lillestrøm passes through the Romeriksporten tunnel—the second longest railway tunnel in Norway. The decision to build the line was made in 1992; construction started two years later. The line faced severe criticism during construction when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graduates Memorial Building
The Graduates Memorial Building (GMB) is a neo-Gothic Victorian building, in Trinity College Dublin designed by Sir Thomas Drew in 1897. It is home to Trinity College's oldest student societies: the University Philosophical Society (the Phil), the College Historical Society (the Hist) and the College Theological Society (Trinity College Dublin), College Theological Society (the Theo). Construction and design The Graduates Memorial Building, originally named the ''Graduates' Tercentenary Memorial Building'', was constructed to celebrate three hundred years of Trinity College Dublin's existence. In May 1897, tenders were invited by Trinity College Dublin, to design a replacement for the residential buildings known as Rotten Row. These buildings were almost architecturally indistinguishable from The Rubrics, which stood from circa 1700. Designs were submitted by Robert John Stirling, Thomas Newenham Deane and Sir Thomas Drew, with Drew's being selected. The design of the building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimsby Town Railway Station
Grimsby Town railway station serves the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is operated on a daily basis by TransPennine Express, and is also served by East Midlands Railway and Northern Trains services. The station is located on the South Humberside Main Line, which runs between Cleethorpes and Doncaster, and is part of the South TransPennine Route. History Grimsby Town was opened on 29 February 1848, when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway opened its line from New Holland to Grimsby. It also served as the terminus of the later East Lincolnshire Railway to Boston, until the closure of the ELR line to passengers in October 1970 following the Beeching cuts. On 13 November 1907 a fireman was killed in an accident at the station: while oiling his locomotive, five trucks were shunted on to the end of the train. The impact sent the train forward and the fireman was trapped in the machinery. He could not be rescued without the engine being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMB (trade Union)
The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service (NHS), ambulance service and local government. Structural history Founded in March 1889, it grew rapidly under the leadership of Will Thorne (1857–1946), to become a national union, winning a series of disputes in 1889 and gaining concessions on pay, conditions, and the introduction of an eight-hour working day for its members. The National Amalgamated Union of Labour (NAUL), National Union of General Workers (NUGW) and the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) merged in 1924 to form a new union, named the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW). Although the new union was one of the largest in the country it grew relatively slowly over the following decades; this changed in the 1970s when David Basnett created new se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladding, McBean
Gladding, McBean is a ceramics company located in Lincoln, California. It is one of the oldest companies in California, a pioneer in ceramics technology, and a company which has "contributed immeasurably" to the state's industrialization. During the heyday of Architectural terracotta, architectural terra cotta, the company "dominated the industry in California and the Far West." History Founding Charles Gladding (1828–1894) was born in Buffalo, New York, served as a first lieutenant in the Union Army during the Civil War (United States), Civil War, and later moved to Chicago, where he engaged in the clay Sanitary sewer, sewer pipe business. He came to California in 1874 looking for new business opportunities. While in California, he read an article in a San Francisco newspaper about a large clay deposit near the town of Lincoln, California. Investigating, Gladding verified that it was an "unusually fine deposit of white kaolin clay" located close to a railroad line., and se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Bauhinia Medal
The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Decorations and medals of Hong Kong, Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the postnominal letters GBM and the style The Honourable#Hong Kong, The Honourable. The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system, following the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The list was empty because no one was awarded from 2003 to 2004. Bauhinia, ''Bauhinia blakeana'', is the floral emblem of Hong Kong. List of recipients See also *Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong References {{Reflist Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong Lists of Hong Kong people Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal, Awards established in 1997 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin GMB
The Martin MB-1 was an American large biplane bomber designed and built by the Glenn L. Martin Company for the United States Army Air Service in 1918. It was the first purpose-built bomber produced by the United States. In 1921 Martin produced its KG.1 variant of the MB-1, with ten purchased by the Navy as torpedo bombers under the designation MBT. After two were purchased, the designation was changed to Martin MT. Development In response to a requirement from the Air Service for a bomber that was superior to the Handley Page O/400, Martin proposed the MB-1 and were rewarded with an initial production contract for six aircraft. The MB-1 was a conventional biplane design with twin fins and rudders mounted above the tailplane and a fixed tailwheel landing gear with four-wheel main gear. Powered by two 400 hp (298 kW) Liberty 12A engines, it had room for a crew of three in open cockpits. Operational history Initial delivery to the Air Service was in October 1918, with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
