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Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School is a Steiner school located in Middle Cove and Castlecrag in Sydney, New South Wales. The school is spread over two campuses with the Kindergarten and Years One to Three at Castlecrag and the Primary Years Four to Six at the Middle Cove campus.
Glenageary Glenageary (Gleann na gCaorach in Irish, meaning "Glen of the Sheep") is an area in the suburbs of South County Dublin, Ireland; officially part of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council electoral area.
Glenachulish Glenachulish (pronounced Glen - ah - hoolish) is a hamlet which lies roughly 3 miles south of the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. The name derives from the Gaelic Gleann a'Chaolais, which means Valley of the Narrows, the narrows in question being found in Loch Leven, a sea loch which joins on to Loch Linnhe.
Glenallen Hill Glenallen Hill (born March 22, 1965 in Santa Cruz, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 13 seasons. Hill played with the Toronto Blue Jays (1989-1991), Cleveland Indians (1991-1993), Chicago Cubs (1993-1994, 1998-2000) San Francisco Giants (1995-1997), Seattle Mariners (1998), New York Yankees (2000), and Anaheim Angels (2001) .
Glenalmond College Glenalmond College (formerly known as Trinity College, Glenalmond) is the name of a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about 8 miles west of the city of Perth.
Glenans Ireland Glenans Irish Sailing Club is a non-profit sailing school affiliated to, but now independent of the larger French Les Glénans sailing school. They offer courses in cruisers, catamarans, dinghys and windsurfing.
Glenarm Glenarm (in Irish: Gleann Airm, ie Glen of the Army) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough.
Glenarm, Ontario Glenarm is a community in the City of Kawartha Lakes (Ontario, Canada) of about 80 people, mostly very young or very old. Glenarm used to have a general store, but now the store is closed due to drug trafficking.
Glenavy, New Zealand Glenavy is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern extreme of the Canterbury region on the alluvial fan of the Waitaki River, three kilometres from the river's outflow into the Pacific Ocean.
Glenbard East High School Glenbard East High School, or GEHS, and locally referred to as "East," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Wilson Road and Main Street in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard North High School Glenbard North High School, or GBN, and locally referred to as "North," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Kuhn Road and Lies Road in Carol Stream, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard South High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard South High School Glenbard South High School, or GSHS, locally referred to as "Glenbard South" or "South," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard in the Southwest corner of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard West High School Glenbard West High School, or GWHS, and locally referred to as "West," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ellyn Avenue and Crescent Boulevard in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard East High School.
Glenbervie Glenbervie is located in the North East of Scotland in the Howe o' the Mearns. One mile from the village of Drumlithie, and eight miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, this picturesque rural area is home to the beautiful Glenbervie House and estate.
Glenbogle Glenbogle is a fictional Scottish estate, created by Compton Mackenzie in his Highland novels, and featured in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen. The novels place the estate near Ben Nevis (one of the laird's titles is "The Ben Nevis"), but the series is filmed in and around the Cairngorms, Badenoch and Strathspey, with Ben Nevis replaced by the fictional Ben Bogle.
Glenbow Museum The Glenbow Museum is Western Canada's largest museum, with over 93,000 square feet (8,600 m²) of exhibition space in more than 20 galleries, showcasing a selection of the Glenbow's collection of over a million objects.
Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve is a small arboretum of around 2 hectares featuring Australian Native plants, principallly those indigenous to the Blue Mountains. It contains a small nursery and education centre, as well as a small landscaped garden as well as the local flora reserve - with a number of walking trail and a wide range of local species represented.
Glenbrook North High School Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District 225, which also includes Glenbrook South High School.
Glenbrook South High School Glenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North High School.
Glenbrook train disaster The Glenbrook train disaster was a railway accident in New South Wales, Australia on December 3 1999. It happened on a curve of track east of Glenbrook station on the CityRail network between Glenbrook and Lapstone.
Glenbrook Vintage Railway The Glenbrook Vintage Railway (GVR) is a steam railway in Glenbrook, New Zealand. It is not a museum as such, but rather a fully self-supporting, operating steam railway, built almost entirely by volunteer labour.
Glenbrook, Connecticut Glenbrook is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut. It is located on the eastern side of the city, east of Downtown, north of the East Side and the Cove sections and south of the Springdale section.
Glenbrook, Nevada Glenbrook, as the oldest settlement on Lake Tahoe, played a significant part of Nevada's statehood as the main supplier of timber to the Comstock and Virginia City. The first settlers of the valley, which included Captain Augustus W.
Glenbrook, New South Wales Glenbrook, New South Wales () is a suburb of the Lower Blue Mountains. It is located between Lapstone and Blaxland at an elevation of 163m (535ft), has a population of around 5000 (1996 Census) and is approximately an hour's drive from Sydney.
Glencairn House Glencairn House is the official residence of the British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. Glencairn has been the official residence of successive British Ambassadors to the Republic of Ireland since the 1950s.
Glencoe High School (Oregon) Glencoe High School is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon's Hillsboro School District. It was founded in 1980 to help control the growing density of Hillsboro High School due to the town's rapid expansion.
Glencoe Lochan Located just North of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands, the Glencoe Lochan is a track of forest planted/transplanted from the Pacific Northwest of Canada in the nineteenth century by Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.
Glencoe, Highland Glencoe Village (Gaelic: Gleanna Comhann) (Ordnance Survey ) is the main settlement in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe as it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water arm of Loch Linnhe).
Glencore Glencore International AG (formerly called Marc Rich & Co AG) is one of the world's largest suppliers of commodities and raw materials, and is also among the world's largest privately held companies. As of 2006, it was Europe's sixth-largest company in terms of turnover.
Glenda Gilmore Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore is an award-winning historian of the American South at Yale University. She taught history at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina before joining the Yale faculty as an assistant professor in 1994.
Glenda Linscott Glenda Linscott (born in 1958) is an Australian actress best known for her performance as tough bikie inmate and top dog Rita "The Beater" Connors in the television drama Prisoner, for which she won a prestigious Penguin award. She later starred in a British stage play version of the series.
Glendairy Prison Glendairy Prison also called "Her Majesty's Prison" was the correctional facility located in the country of Barbados. The prison which housed up to 1,000 male and female inmates was located in Station Hill, Saint Michael.
Glendale (Amtrak station) The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Staton to Montalvo, and Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line.
Glendale and Montrose Railway Company The Glendale and Montrose Railway Company was an interurban electrified railway in Southern California, in the United States of America. It was built from Glendale through Montrose to Eagle Rock in 1909 and to La Crescenta in 1913.
Glendale Ballpark Glendale Ballpark is a stadium in Glendale, Arizona, that currently under development. It will be primarily used for baseball, and is expected to be the spring training homes of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.
Glendale Community College (California) Glendale Community College (GCC) is a community college in Glendale, California, USA. It was founded to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga.
Glendale Freeway The Glendale Freeway is a minor freeway in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan area. It runs from Glendale Boulevard in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles to Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge.
Glendale High School (Tillsonburg) Glendale High School is the senior public high school in Tillsonburg, Ontario, and was founded in 1969. It is a fully composite school community offering courses for students in grades 10 through 12, along with sports, clubs and special events.
Glendale Public Library The Glendale Public Library is located in Glendale, California, and serves a diverse community of over 200,000 people. GPL has a total of 6 branches (a 7th branch is slated to open in 2007) in addition to the large Central Library, including the unique Brand Library and Art Center.
Glendale train crash The Glendale train crash was the deadliest incident in the history of Metrolink, the commuter railroad in the Los Angeles, California, area (note that the trains involved in this crash are not those of the similarly-named light-rail operator, Metro Rail). Eleven people died in the January 26, 2005 incident at 6:03 AM PST next to a Costco warehouse store on the Glendale-Los Angeles boundary in an industrial area, north of downtown Los Angeles.
Glendale, California Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is an important suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Glendale, Indianapolis Glendale is a neighborhood located on the northside of Indianapolis, located immediately east of Broad Ripple. Glendale is one of the oldest suburban neighborhoods in Indianapolis and is fairly residential in nature, despite being a heavy commercial district.
Glendale, Ontario Glendale is a community within Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, located near the junction of the QEW, Highway 405, and Highway 55, and adjacent to the Niagara River, below the falls, where it feeds into Lake Ontario.
Glendale, Queens Glendale is a neighborhood near the geographic center of the borough of Queens in New York City with a population of nearly 80,000 people. It is bounded by Long Island Rail Road and freight train tracks to the north, Woodhaven Boulevard to the east, numerous cemeteries to the south and Fresh Pond Road to the West.
Glendalough Glendalough (Gleann Dá Locha in Irish, meaning "the glen of two lakes") is a village located at the site of an ancient monastery located in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was founded in the 6th century by St.
Glendon College Glendon College is a campus of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a student population of about 2200. Although attached to York University, it offers its own stand-alone degrees, rather than offering a bilingual or other component to York degree programmes, providing a variety of degrees in the humanities and social sciences.
Glendon Rusch Glendon James Rusch (born November 7, 1974, in Seattle, Washington) is a left handed starting pitcher who previously played for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Kansas City Royals ('97-'99), the New York Mets ('99-'01), and the Milwaukee Brewers ('02-'03).
Glendora (song) It was recorded on May 8, 1956 by Perry Como. It was released by RCA Victor in the United States (catalog number 20-6554 on 78rpm, 47-6554 on 45rpm) and by RCA in France (catalog number 45-326); it was released in the United Kingdom by HMV (catalog number POP-240).
Glendora Curve The Glendora Curve is the former colloquial name for the interchange between California State Route 57 and the Foothill Freeway, Interstate 210. The "curve" portion refers to the interchange from the northbound lanes of California State Route 57 to the westbound lanes of I-210, and from the eastbound lanes of I-210 to the southbound lanes of California State Route 57.
Gleneagle Secondary School Gleneagle Secondary School, or simply Gleneagle is a public coeducational high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The school serves grades nine through twelve and has an enrolment of about 1,300 students.
Gleneagles Agreement The Gleneagles Agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland. In 1977, Commonwealth Presidents and Prime Ministers agreed, as part of their support for the international campaign against apartheid, to discourage contact and competition between their sportsmen and sporting organisations, teams or individuals from South Africa.
Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Opened in 1924 by the former Caledonian Railway, it has remained famous for its world class golf courses, including the PGA Centenary Course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Gleneagles, Scotland Gleneagles (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann na h-Eaglais/Gleann Eagas) is a glen in the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. The name's origin apparently has nothing to do with eagles, but is said to be a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic word for a church, or a gap in the hills.
Glenealy, Hong Kong Glenealy (ĺ·±é€Łć‹żĺ© or éµĺ´—) is one of few roads or streets without suffix in Hong Kong. Located in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, it starts from Ice House Street and goes uphill to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, across Robinson Road and ends Hornsey Road and Conduit Road.
Gleneden Beach, Oregon Gleneden Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Oregon Coast five miles south of Lincoln City, just south of the Salishan Spa and Golf Resort, along U.
Glenelg Football Club Glenelg is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League. Known as the 'Tigers' (or the 'Bays'), their home ground is Glenelg Oval, located in the southern coastal suburbs of Adelaide.
Glenelg Highway The Glenelg Highway (B160) is a highway in south-eastern Australia, linking Ballarat with Mount Gambier. Most of the highway is located within the state of Victoria; a final, 15 km stretch from the South Australia/Victoria state border near Ardno to Glenburnie (7 km west of central Mt Gambier) is located in South Australia.
Glenelg Oval Challenge Recruitment Oval formerly (Glenelg Oval) is located on Brighton Road, Glenelg, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket and has a capacity of 15,000 peoplewith seated grandstands holding 1,500.
Glenelg, Highland Glenelg (Gleann Eilg in Gaelic) is a quiet village in Skye and Lochalsh, Highland, in western Scotland. Its only access is via the 339m Bealach (pass) Ratagain from Shiel Bridge on the main Inverness to Skye road.
Glenfiddich Glenfiddich is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distilled and bottled by William Grant & Sons at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich is pronounced with a hard ch as in the Scottish loch.
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards The Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards are intended to recognise achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting on the subjects of food and drink. The awards have been sponsored since 1972 by William Grant & Sons, a family-owned Scottish distiller that produces Glenfiddich, a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky.
Glenfield Hospital Glenfield Hospital, or Glenfield General Hospital, is situated near Glenfield, on the outskirts of Leicester. One of England's main hospitals for coronary care, the current extensions are also creating the largest maternity unit in Western Europe.
Glenfield Park, New South Wales Glenfield Park is a rapidly growing southern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Glenfield Park's strong residential development is due to its situation so close to the outskirts of the city, giving the opportunity for new housing estates to be erected regularly.
Glenforest Secondary School Glenforest Secondary School is a public school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1969, Glenforest Secondary School is one of the oldest schools in the Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario.
Glengarnock Glengarnock (Gaelic: Gleann Gairneig) is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland. It forms part of the Garnock Valley area and is approximately 25 miles away for Glasgow, the nearest city.
Glengarriff Glengarriff (Gleann Garbh in Irish, meaning "Rough glen") is a village of approximately 600 people in the south-west region of County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it boasts many natural attractions.
Glengarry A Glengarry (also Glengarry bonnet or Glengarry cap) is a type of cap which Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry invented and wears in the portrait to the right, a boat-shaped cap without a peak made of thick-milled woollen material with a toorie or bobble on top and ribbons hanging down behind, capable of being folded flat. It became part of the uniform of a number of Scottish regiments, with differences in whether or not the cap had a diced band around above the brim and in the colours.
Glengarry Bhoys The Glengarry Bhoys, founded in 1998, is a Celtic fusion band blending traditional Scottish and Irish music with modern Celtic and contemporary sounds. Initially called the Graham Wright Band, they changed their name to reflect their heritage and the place where they hail from: Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play by David Mamet. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers.
Glengarry Glen Ross (film) Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 movie, based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play of the same name by David Mamet, who adapted it into a screenplay for the film. The film shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate real estate agents (Pacino, Lemmon, Harris and Arkin) who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers ("leads") while the put upon office manager (Spacey) awaits for them to make their sale after the hardnosed corporate boss (Baldwin) gives marching orders to do their jobs.
Glengarry Highland Games The Glengarry Highland Games are held annually in Maxville, Ontario, Canada. The largest Highland games of its kind in North America, they were first staged in 1948, and are home to the North American Pipe Band championships.
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (formerly known as Glengarry—Prescott ) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 97,660.
Glengowrie, South Australia Glengowrie (pronounced ) is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide (), approximately 12 kilometres south west of the City of Adelaide. The name Glengowrie means "Glen of Gowrie", so called in honour of Lord Gowrie (formally, Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven), Governor-General of Australia from 1936-1944.
Glengyle Glengyle is a distillery, founded in 1872 by William Mitchell and completed in 1873. Mitchell had previously been involved with Springbank distillery but following a quarrel with his brother John, with whom he owned Springbank, he first joined his other brothers at Reichlachan distillery before venturing out on his own.
Glenisle Glenisle, also known as Glen-Isle on the Platte and Glen Isle Resort, is a hotel built at the turn of the 20th century. The hotel is located just off US Highway 285 in Bailey, Colorado and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985.
Glenkerry House Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield council estate in Poplar, London designed by the controversial Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger. It stands 14 storeys high and in proximity to Balfron Tower and Carradale House, also by Goldfinger.
Glenlair Glenlair House, near the village of Corsock in the Scottish Council area of Dumfries and Galloway, most famous for having been the home of 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Born in Edinburgh in 1831, Professor Clerk Maxwell moved with his father John to Glenlair soon afterwards and lived there until his death on November 5, 1879.
Glenlochar Glenlochar (Gd: Gleann Lochair) is a small hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie, Dumfries and Galloway. Glenlochar is located one mile South of Balmaghie Kirk and three miles North of Castle Douglas.
Glenlola Collegiate School Glenlola Collegiate School is an all-girls, single sex grammar school in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school was founded as a school for girls in approximately 1880, and since has become a well respected grammar school in the province.
Glenlyon Campbell Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (October 3, 1863 – October 22, 1917) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1908, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911.
Glenlyon Dam Glenlyon Dam (also known as Pike Creek Reservoir) lies near the southern Queensland border with New South Wales, roughly between Stanthorpe and Texas to the west. The dam wall was built on Pike Creek, a tributary of the Dumaresq River, 5 km upstream from the confluence of the Mole River and Severn River branching from the Dumerasq.
Glenlyon Norfolk School Glenlyon Norfolk School is a private school in Victoria, British Columbia. It was formed in 1986, with the amalgamation of Glenlyon School (a private boys school established 1932) and Norfolk House (a private girls school established 1913).
Glenmalure Glenmalure is a valley in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland. It is a u-shaped glacial valley, with only one road leading in or out, which connects to the 'Military Road' (Ref: R115) at the mouth of the valley.
Glenmalure Park Glenmalure Park often simply known as "Milltown", was the home to Ireland's most successful football club, Shamrock Rovers. It was in Milltown, Dublin directly adjacent to where the local branch of Xtravision stands today.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited Glenmark (Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited) is an Indian-based pharmaceutical company headquartered at Mumbai. Incorporated in 1977, the Company is focused on the manufacture and marketing of formulation products and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in India as well as globally and enjoys a diversified and growing presence in regulated and developing international markets.
Glenmary Glenmary Home Missioners was founded in 1939 by Father William Howard Bishop, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to serve what he termed “No Priest Land, USA.” Today, Glenmary priests, brothers and coworkers are Catholic missionaries who staff over 50 Catholic missions and ministries, establishing the Catholic Church in small-town and rural America.
Glenmorangie Glenmorangie – "the Glen of Tranquility" – is a distiller of single malt Scotch whisky, located on the south coast of the Dornoch Firth, 1 mile North West of the town of Tain, Ross, Scotland. It is the best-selling single malt in the domestic market.
Glenmore Park, New South Wales Glenmore Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the City of Penrith local government area, south of Jamisontown and South Penrith with its boundary being the M4 Motorway.
Glenn Glenn, whose full legal name consists of the single word "Glenn," is an American performer and artist. As a clown he was known variously as "Bongo", "Bongo the Clown", or "The Great Bongo".
Glenn Abbott William Glenn Abbott (born February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leauges from 1973-1981 and 1983-1984. He currently serves as the pitching coach for the San Antonio Missions.
Glenn Anderson Glenn Christopher Anderson (Born - October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues.
Glenn Barry Glenn Barry is the bassist for Floridian Power Metal band Kamelot. He is the only member other than guitarist/songwriter Thomas Youngblood to appear on all seven of Kamelot's studio albums, although he is not a founding member and was briefly preceded by Sean Christians.
Glenn Beck Program The Glenn Beck Program is a nationally syndicated radio program based out of Radio City, NY. Glenn Beck and his show are often compared to talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage.
Glenn Beckert Glenn Alfred Beckert (born October 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman best remembered for his years with the Chicago Cubs. Beckert, a four-time All-Star, was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962.
Glenn Beringen Glenn Beringen (born September 16, 1964 in Adelaide) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was continually thwarted at international level by the Canada Victor Davis.
Glenn Brooks Glenn Brooks is an Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural ward that was the old Rideau Township. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher and school principal, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.
Glenn Buchanan Glenn Buchanan (born November 19 1962) was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s from Townsville, who won two bronze medals in the 100m butterfly and the 4x100m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Glenn Burke Glenn Lawrence Burke (November 16, 1952 (Oakland, California) -May 30, 1995) was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. Burke was one the first Major League Baseball player to be out to his teammates and team owners during his professional career.
Glenn Cowan Glenn Cowan (1951?-2004), American table tennis player, and arguably one of the two critical personalities, another one being the Chinese table tennis player Zhuang Zedong, in the 1971 Ping Pong Diplomacy which served as a prelude to the normalization of the Sino-American relations.
Glenn Cronin Glenn Cronin (born September 14 1981 in Dublin) is a footballer with Chester City. He is a product of Exeter's youth system, making his debut in 2001, before going onto become a key part of Exeter's first team, playing in central midfield.
Glenageary Glenageary (Gleann na gCaorach in Irish, meaning "Glen of the Sheep") is an area in the suburbs of South County Dublin, Ireland; officially part of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council electoral area.
Glenachulish Glenachulish (pronounced Glen - ah - hoolish) is a hamlet which lies roughly 3 miles south of the village of Ballachulish in the Scottish Highlands. The name derives from the Gaelic Gleann a'Chaolais, which means Valley of the Narrows, the narrows in question being found in Loch Leven, a sea loch which joins on to Loch Linnhe.
Glenallen Hill Glenallen Hill (born March 22, 1965 in Santa Cruz, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 13 seasons. Hill played with the Toronto Blue Jays (1989-1991), Cleveland Indians (1991-1993), Chicago Cubs (1993-1994, 1998-2000) San Francisco Giants (1995-1997), Seattle Mariners (1998), New York Yankees (2000), and Anaheim Angels (2001) .
Glenalmond College Glenalmond College (formerly known as Trinity College, Glenalmond) is the name of a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about 8 miles west of the city of Perth.
Glenans Ireland Glenans Irish Sailing Club is a non-profit sailing school affiliated to, but now independent of the larger French Les Glénans sailing school. They offer courses in cruisers, catamarans, dinghys and windsurfing.
Glenarm Glenarm (in Irish: Gleann Airm, ie Glen of the Army) is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the North Channel coast north of the town of Larne and the village of Ballygalley, and south of the village of Carnlough.
Glenarm, Ontario Glenarm is a community in the City of Kawartha Lakes (Ontario, Canada) of about 80 people, mostly very young or very old. Glenarm used to have a general store, but now the store is closed due to drug trafficking.
Glenavy, New Zealand Glenavy is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern extreme of the Canterbury region on the alluvial fan of the Waitaki River, three kilometres from the river's outflow into the Pacific Ocean.
Glenbard East High School Glenbard East High School, or GEHS, and locally referred to as "East," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Wilson Road and Main Street in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard North High School Glenbard North High School, or GBN, and locally referred to as "North," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Kuhn Road and Lies Road in Carol Stream, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard South High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard South High School Glenbard South High School, or GSHS, locally referred to as "Glenbard South" or "South," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Butterfield Road and Park Boulevard in the Southwest corner of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard East High School, and Glenbard West High School.
Glenbard West High School Glenbard West High School, or GWHS, and locally referred to as "West," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ellyn Avenue and Crescent Boulevard in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard East High School.
Glenbervie Glenbervie is located in the North East of Scotland in the Howe o' the Mearns. One mile from the village of Drumlithie, and eight miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, this picturesque rural area is home to the beautiful Glenbervie House and estate.
Glenbogle Glenbogle is a fictional Scottish estate, created by Compton Mackenzie in his Highland novels, and featured in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen. The novels place the estate near Ben Nevis (one of the laird's titles is "The Ben Nevis"), but the series is filmed in and around the Cairngorms, Badenoch and Strathspey, with Ben Nevis replaced by the fictional Ben Bogle.
Glenbow Museum The Glenbow Museum is Western Canada's largest museum, with over 93,000 square feet (8,600 m²) of exhibition space in more than 20 galleries, showcasing a selection of the Glenbow's collection of over a million objects.
Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve is a small arboretum of around 2 hectares featuring Australian Native plants, principallly those indigenous to the Blue Mountains. It contains a small nursery and education centre, as well as a small landscaped garden as well as the local flora reserve - with a number of walking trail and a wide range of local species represented.
Glenbrook North High School Glenbrook North High School, or GBN, is a public four-year high school located in Northbrook, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District 225, which also includes Glenbrook South High School.
Glenbrook South High School Glenbrook South High School, or GBS, is a public four-year high school located in Glenview, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Northfield Township High School District, which also includes Glenbrook North High School.
Glenbrook train disaster The Glenbrook train disaster was a railway accident in New South Wales, Australia on December 3 1999. It happened on a curve of track east of Glenbrook station on the CityRail network between Glenbrook and Lapstone.
Glenbrook Vintage Railway The Glenbrook Vintage Railway (GVR) is a steam railway in Glenbrook, New Zealand. It is not a museum as such, but rather a fully self-supporting, operating steam railway, built almost entirely by volunteer labour.
Glenbrook, Connecticut Glenbrook is a section (or neighborhood) of the city of Stamford, Connecticut. It is located on the eastern side of the city, east of Downtown, north of the East Side and the Cove sections and south of the Springdale section.
Glenbrook, Nevada Glenbrook, as the oldest settlement on Lake Tahoe, played a significant part of Nevada's statehood as the main supplier of timber to the Comstock and Virginia City. The first settlers of the valley, which included Captain Augustus W.
Glenbrook, New South Wales Glenbrook, New South Wales () is a suburb of the Lower Blue Mountains. It is located between Lapstone and Blaxland at an elevation of 163m (535ft), has a population of around 5000 (1996 Census) and is approximately an hour's drive from Sydney.
Glencairn House Glencairn House is the official residence of the British Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland. Glencairn has been the official residence of successive British Ambassadors to the Republic of Ireland since the 1950s.
Glencoe High School (Oregon) Glencoe High School is a public secondary school in Hillsboro, Oregon's Hillsboro School District. It was founded in 1980 to help control the growing density of Hillsboro High School due to the town's rapid expansion.
Glencoe Lochan Located just North of Glencoe village in the Scottish Highlands, the Glencoe Lochan is a track of forest planted/transplanted from the Pacific Northwest of Canada in the nineteenth century by Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.
Glencoe, Highland Glencoe Village (Gaelic: Gleanna Comhann) (Ordnance Survey ) is the main settlement in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It lies at the north-west end of the glen, on the southern bank of the River Coe as it enters Loch Leven (a salt-water arm of Loch Linnhe).
Glencore Glencore International AG (formerly called Marc Rich & Co AG) is one of the world's largest suppliers of commodities and raw materials, and is also among the world's largest privately held companies. As of 2006, it was Europe's sixth-largest company in terms of turnover.
Glenda Gilmore Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore is an award-winning historian of the American South at Yale University. She taught history at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina before joining the Yale faculty as an assistant professor in 1994.
Glenda Linscott Glenda Linscott (born in 1958) is an Australian actress best known for her performance as tough bikie inmate and top dog Rita "The Beater" Connors in the television drama Prisoner, for which she won a prestigious Penguin award. She later starred in a British stage play version of the series.
Glendairy Prison Glendairy Prison also called "Her Majesty's Prison" was the correctional facility located in the country of Barbados. The prison which housed up to 1,000 male and female inmates was located in Station Hill, Saint Michael.
Glendale (Amtrak station) The Glendale Amtrak/Metrolink Station, often referred to as the Glendale Transportation Center, is an Amtrak and Metrolink rail station in the city of Glendale, California. It is served by Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, Metrolink's Ventura County Line from Los Angeles Union Staton to Montalvo, and Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line.
Glendale and Montrose Railway Company The Glendale and Montrose Railway Company was an interurban electrified railway in Southern California, in the United States of America. It was built from Glendale through Montrose to Eagle Rock in 1909 and to La Crescenta in 1913.
Glendale Ballpark Glendale Ballpark is a stadium in Glendale, Arizona, that currently under development. It will be primarily used for baseball, and is expected to be the spring training homes of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.
Glendale Community College (California) Glendale Community College (GCC) is a community college in Glendale, California, USA. It was founded to serve the needs of the people in the Glendale Union High School District which included La Crescenta, Glendale, and Tujunga.
Glendale Freeway The Glendale Freeway is a minor freeway in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan area. It runs from Glendale Boulevard in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles to Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge.
Glendale High School (Tillsonburg) Glendale High School is the senior public high school in Tillsonburg, Ontario, and was founded in 1969. It is a fully composite school community offering courses for students in grades 10 through 12, along with sports, clubs and special events.
Glendale Public Library The Glendale Public Library is located in Glendale, California, and serves a diverse community of over 200,000 people. GPL has a total of 6 branches (a 7th branch is slated to open in 2007) in addition to the large Central Library, including the unique Brand Library and Art Center.
Glendale train crash The Glendale train crash was the deadliest incident in the history of Metrolink, the commuter railroad in the Los Angeles, California, area (note that the trains involved in this crash are not those of the similarly-named light-rail operator, Metro Rail). Eleven people died in the January 26, 2005 incident at 6:03 AM PST next to a Costco warehouse store on the Glendale-Los Angeles boundary in an industrial area, north of downtown Los Angeles.
Glendale, California Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is an important suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Glendale, Indianapolis Glendale is a neighborhood located on the northside of Indianapolis, located immediately east of Broad Ripple. Glendale is one of the oldest suburban neighborhoods in Indianapolis and is fairly residential in nature, despite being a heavy commercial district.
Glendale, Ontario Glendale is a community within Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, located near the junction of the QEW, Highway 405, and Highway 55, and adjacent to the Niagara River, below the falls, where it feeds into Lake Ontario.
Glendale, Queens Glendale is a neighborhood near the geographic center of the borough of Queens in New York City with a population of nearly 80,000 people. It is bounded by Long Island Rail Road and freight train tracks to the north, Woodhaven Boulevard to the east, numerous cemeteries to the south and Fresh Pond Road to the West.
Glendalough Glendalough (Gleann Dá Locha in Irish, meaning "the glen of two lakes") is a village located at the site of an ancient monastery located in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was founded in the 6th century by St.
Glendon College Glendon College is a campus of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a student population of about 2200. Although attached to York University, it offers its own stand-alone degrees, rather than offering a bilingual or other component to York degree programmes, providing a variety of degrees in the humanities and social sciences.
Glendon Rusch Glendon James Rusch (born November 7, 1974, in Seattle, Washington) is a left handed starting pitcher who previously played for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Kansas City Royals ('97-'99), the New York Mets ('99-'01), and the Milwaukee Brewers ('02-'03).
Glendora (song) It was recorded on May 8, 1956 by Perry Como. It was released by RCA Victor in the United States (catalog number 20-6554 on 78rpm, 47-6554 on 45rpm) and by RCA in France (catalog number 45-326); it was released in the United Kingdom by HMV (catalog number POP-240).
Glendora Curve The Glendora Curve is the former colloquial name for the interchange between California State Route 57 and the Foothill Freeway, Interstate 210. The "curve" portion refers to the interchange from the northbound lanes of California State Route 57 to the westbound lanes of I-210, and from the eastbound lanes of I-210 to the southbound lanes of California State Route 57.
Gleneagle Secondary School Gleneagle Secondary School, or simply Gleneagle is a public coeducational high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The school serves grades nine through twelve and has an enrolment of about 1,300 students.
Gleneagles Agreement The Gleneagles Agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland. In 1977, Commonwealth Presidents and Prime Ministers agreed, as part of their support for the international campaign against apartheid, to discourage contact and competition between their sportsmen and sporting organisations, teams or individuals from South Africa.
Gleneagles Hotel The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Opened in 1924 by the former Caledonian Railway, it has remained famous for its world class golf courses, including the PGA Centenary Course designed by Jack Nicklaus.
Gleneagles, Scotland Gleneagles (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann na h-Eaglais/Gleann Eagas) is a glen in the Ochil Hills of Perth and Kinross in Scotland. The name's origin apparently has nothing to do with eagles, but is said to be a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic word for a church, or a gap in the hills.
Glenealy, Hong Kong Glenealy (ĺ·±é€Łć‹żĺ© or éµĺ´—) is one of few roads or streets without suffix in Hong Kong. Located in the Mid-levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, it starts from Ice House Street and goes uphill to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, across Robinson Road and ends Hornsey Road and Conduit Road.
Gleneden Beach, Oregon Gleneden Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Oregon Coast five miles south of Lincoln City, just south of the Salishan Spa and Golf Resort, along U.
Glenelg Football Club Glenelg is an Australian rules football club, who play in the South Australian National Football League. Known as the 'Tigers' (or the 'Bays'), their home ground is Glenelg Oval, located in the southern coastal suburbs of Adelaide.
Glenelg Highway The Glenelg Highway (B160) is a highway in south-eastern Australia, linking Ballarat with Mount Gambier. Most of the highway is located within the state of Victoria; a final, 15 km stretch from the South Australia/Victoria state border near Ardno to Glenburnie (7 km west of central Mt Gambier) is located in South Australia.
Glenelg Oval Challenge Recruitment Oval formerly (Glenelg Oval) is located on Brighton Road, Glenelg, South Australia. The ground is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket and has a capacity of 15,000 peoplewith seated grandstands holding 1,500.
Glenelg, Highland Glenelg (Gleann Eilg in Gaelic) is a quiet village in Skye and Lochalsh, Highland, in western Scotland. Its only access is via the 339m Bealach (pass) Ratagain from Shiel Bridge on the main Inverness to Skye road.
Glenfiddich Glenfiddich is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distilled and bottled by William Grant & Sons at the Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. Glenfiddich is pronounced with a hard ch as in the Scottish loch.
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards The Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards are intended to recognise achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting on the subjects of food and drink. The awards have been sponsored since 1972 by William Grant & Sons, a family-owned Scottish distiller that produces Glenfiddich, a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky.
Glenfield Hospital Glenfield Hospital, or Glenfield General Hospital, is situated near Glenfield, on the outskirts of Leicester. One of England's main hospitals for coronary care, the current extensions are also creating the largest maternity unit in Western Europe.
Glenfield Park, New South Wales Glenfield Park is a rapidly growing southern suburb of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Glenfield Park's strong residential development is due to its situation so close to the outskirts of the city, giving the opportunity for new housing estates to be erected regularly.
Glenforest Secondary School Glenforest Secondary School is a public school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1969, Glenforest Secondary School is one of the oldest schools in the Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario.
Glengarnock Glengarnock (Gaelic: Gleann Gairneig) is a small village in North Ayrshire that lies near the west coast of Scotland. It forms part of the Garnock Valley area and is approximately 25 miles away for Glasgow, the nearest city.
Glengarriff Glengarriff (Gleann Garbh in Irish, meaning "Rough glen") is a village of approximately 600 people in the south-west region of County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it boasts many natural attractions.
Glengarry A Glengarry (also Glengarry bonnet or Glengarry cap) is a type of cap which Alasdair Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry invented and wears in the portrait to the right, a boat-shaped cap without a peak made of thick-milled woollen material with a toorie or bobble on top and ribbons hanging down behind, capable of being folded flat. It became part of the uniform of a number of Scottish regiments, with differences in whether or not the cap had a diced band around above the brim and in the colours.
Glengarry Bhoys The Glengarry Bhoys, founded in 1998, is a Celtic fusion band blending traditional Scottish and Irish music with modern Celtic and contemporary sounds. Initially called the Graham Wright Band, they changed their name to reflect their heritage and the place where they hail from: Glengarry County, Ontario, Canada.
Glengarry Glen Ross Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play by David Mamet. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers.
Glengarry Glen Ross (film) Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 movie, based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play of the same name by David Mamet, who adapted it into a screenplay for the film. The film shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate real estate agents (Pacino, Lemmon, Harris and Arkin) who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical and/or illegal acts (from lies and flattery to bribery, threats and intimidation to burglary) in order to sell undesirable real estate to unwilling prospective buyers ("leads") while the put upon office manager (Spacey) awaits for them to make their sale after the hardnosed corporate boss (Baldwin) gives marching orders to do their jobs.
Glengarry Highland Games The Glengarry Highland Games are held annually in Maxville, Ontario, Canada. The largest Highland games of its kind in North America, they were first staged in 1948, and are home to the North American Pipe Band championships.
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (formerly known as Glengarry—Prescott ) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 97,660.
Glengowrie, South Australia Glengowrie (pronounced ) is a suburb of the Australian city of Adelaide (), approximately 12 kilometres south west of the City of Adelaide. The name Glengowrie means "Glen of Gowrie", so called in honour of Lord Gowrie (formally, Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven), Governor-General of Australia from 1936-1944.
Glengyle Glengyle is a distillery, founded in 1872 by William Mitchell and completed in 1873. Mitchell had previously been involved with Springbank distillery but following a quarrel with his brother John, with whom he owned Springbank, he first joined his other brothers at Reichlachan distillery before venturing out on his own.
Glenisle Glenisle, also known as Glen-Isle on the Platte and Glen Isle Resort, is a hotel built at the turn of the 20th century. The hotel is located just off US Highway 285 in Bailey, Colorado and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985.
Glenkerry House Glenkerry House is a housing block on the Brownfield council estate in Poplar, London designed by the controversial Brutalist architect Ernő Goldfinger. It stands 14 storeys high and in proximity to Balfron Tower and Carradale House, also by Goldfinger.
Glenlair Glenlair House, near the village of Corsock in the Scottish Council area of Dumfries and Galloway, most famous for having been the home of 19th century physicist James Clerk Maxwell. Born in Edinburgh in 1831, Professor Clerk Maxwell moved with his father John to Glenlair soon afterwards and lived there until his death on November 5, 1879.
Glenlochar Glenlochar (Gd: Gleann Lochair) is a small hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie, Dumfries and Galloway. Glenlochar is located one mile South of Balmaghie Kirk and three miles North of Castle Douglas.
Glenlola Collegiate School Glenlola Collegiate School is an all-girls, single sex grammar school in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school was founded as a school for girls in approximately 1880, and since has become a well respected grammar school in the province.
Glenlyon Campbell Glenlyon Archibald Campbell (October 3, 1863 – October 22, 1917) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1903 to 1908, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911.
Glenlyon Dam Glenlyon Dam (also known as Pike Creek Reservoir) lies near the southern Queensland border with New South Wales, roughly between Stanthorpe and Texas to the west. The dam wall was built on Pike Creek, a tributary of the Dumaresq River, 5 km upstream from the confluence of the Mole River and Severn River branching from the Dumerasq.
Glenlyon Norfolk School Glenlyon Norfolk School is a private school in Victoria, British Columbia. It was formed in 1986, with the amalgamation of Glenlyon School (a private boys school established 1932) and Norfolk House (a private girls school established 1913).
Glenmalure Glenmalure is a valley in the Wicklow Mountains in eastern Ireland. It is a u-shaped glacial valley, with only one road leading in or out, which connects to the 'Military Road' (Ref: R115) at the mouth of the valley.
Glenmalure Park Glenmalure Park often simply known as "Milltown", was the home to Ireland's most successful football club, Shamrock Rovers. It was in Milltown, Dublin directly adjacent to where the local branch of Xtravision stands today.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited Glenmark (Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited) is an Indian-based pharmaceutical company headquartered at Mumbai. Incorporated in 1977, the Company is focused on the manufacture and marketing of formulation products and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in India as well as globally and enjoys a diversified and growing presence in regulated and developing international markets.
Glenmary Glenmary Home Missioners was founded in 1939 by Father William Howard Bishop, a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, to serve what he termed “No Priest Land, USA.” Today, Glenmary priests, brothers and coworkers are Catholic missionaries who staff over 50 Catholic missions and ministries, establishing the Catholic Church in small-town and rural America.
Glenmorangie Glenmorangie – "the Glen of Tranquility" – is a distiller of single malt Scotch whisky, located on the south coast of the Dornoch Firth, 1 mile North West of the town of Tain, Ross, Scotland. It is the best-selling single malt in the domestic market.
Glenmore Park, New South Wales Glenmore Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the City of Penrith local government area, south of Jamisontown and South Penrith with its boundary being the M4 Motorway.
Glenn Glenn, whose full legal name consists of the single word "Glenn," is an American performer and artist. As a clown he was known variously as "Bongo", "Bongo the Clown", or "The Great Bongo".
Glenn Abbott William Glenn Abbott (born February 16, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leauges from 1973-1981 and 1983-1984. He currently serves as the pitching coach for the San Antonio Missions.
Glenn Anderson Glenn Christopher Anderson (Born - October 2, 1960 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues.
Glenn Barry Glenn Barry is the bassist for Floridian Power Metal band Kamelot. He is the only member other than guitarist/songwriter Thomas Youngblood to appear on all seven of Kamelot's studio albums, although he is not a founding member and was briefly preceded by Sean Christians.
Glenn Beck Program The Glenn Beck Program is a nationally syndicated radio program based out of Radio City, NY. Glenn Beck and his show are often compared to talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Michael Savage.
Glenn Beckert Glenn Alfred Beckert (born October 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman best remembered for his years with the Chicago Cubs. Beckert, a four-time All-Star, was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962.
Glenn Beringen Glenn Beringen (born September 16, 1964 in Adelaide) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s from Adelaide, who won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was continually thwarted at international level by the Canada Victor Davis.
Glenn Brooks Glenn Brooks is an Ottawa City Councilor representing the rural ward that was the old Rideau Township. He grew up on a dairy farm outside of Oshawa and became a science teacher and school principal, he and is a wife Gail also operated a small beef cattle farm.
Glenn Buchanan Glenn Buchanan (born November 19 1962) was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1980s from Townsville, who won two bronze medals in the 100m butterfly and the 4x100m medley relay, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Glenn Burke Glenn Lawrence Burke (November 16, 1952 (Oakland, California) -May 30, 1995) was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. Burke was one the first Major League Baseball player to be out to his teammates and team owners during his professional career.
Glenn Cowan Glenn Cowan (1951?-2004), American table tennis player, and arguably one of the two critical personalities, another one being the Chinese table tennis player Zhuang Zedong, in the 1971 Ping Pong Diplomacy which served as a prelude to the normalization of the Sino-American relations.
Glenn Cronin Glenn Cronin (born September 14 1981 in Dublin) is a footballer with Chester City. He is a product of Exeter's youth system, making his debut in 2001, before going onto become a key part of Exeter's first team, playing in central midfield.
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