Gateway - the Final Frontier?

Advantages: Great characters and cleverly structured
Disadvantages: The domestic violence bit sticks out like a sore thumb

...Gateway, by Frederik Pohl, is very much in the grand tradition of 'hard SF'. Whereas much of what gets put in the science-fiction section of bookshops is actually little more than fantasy with lasers instead of swords, Gateway is part of the Arthur C Clarke, Bradbury and Asimov school that seeks to extrapolate fantastic worlds from real current science, and examines how science and technology could affect the peoples of those worlds. In the future, Earth is massively over-populated - and starving. Food is synthesised from hydrocarbons, and there's not enough to go around. Life is brutal and grinding poverty is everywhere. For the bravest, however, there's an incredible opportunity - Gateway. A relic of a vanished super-race, Gateway is a huge space station filled with alien ships. Huge amounts of money are promised to brave...

Olly_Plimsoll 22.05.2009 · Read review
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This bridge lifts

Advantages: Good play value
Disadvantages: none

...I was only playing with this toy train bridge yesterday at work, so I thought I would tell you about it. This Brio wooden lifting bridge is a good addition to a brio or brio compatible train set. My group of children and I built a train track across the classroom floor and added this bridge. The bridge includes to ascending tracks. When fitted into place the length including the 2 ascending tracks 648mm/25.5." Brio tracks allow wooden trains to run along the two parallel grooves on the track. Brio track has grooves on both sides to make them reversible a piece of track that curves right can be turned over to make it curve in the opposite direction. One piece of track connects to the next with a male or female connector like a jigsaw piece has. This bridge is a lifting bridge. There are two short towers into which the ends...

mumsymary 15.09.2009 · Read review
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The Charles Bridge

Advantages: Free entrance, beutifully built, historic attraction
Disadvantages: Can get very busy

...Charles Bridge is probably one of Pragues most recognised landmarks. For many years, Charles Bridge was the only way to cross the River Vltava that flows through the middle of the City. Nowadays there are many bridges connecting Old Town Prague and the New Town but there is still something very special about the Charles Bridge that makes it stand out from all the others. Charles Bridge is an old stone gothic bridge which is lined with numerous statues of saints. The bridge was built from sandstone blocks and was commissioned by Charles IV, after whom the bridge was named, in 1357. Today, the Charles Bridge can only be crossed on foot, but with it being a very popular attraction in Prague, it is literally crammed with crowds of people all day long. There is no fee for crossing the bridge but tourists are invited to walk up the tower...

Jamie73 13.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Charles Bridge, Prague

~ Bridge To Terabithia~

Advantages: Excellent acting, Great story, Good Soundtrack
Disadvantages: none

...Bridge To Terabithia This weekend while visiting a friend we decided to have a relaxed afternoon and stick on a film and have a glass of wine. As her ten year old son was with us we decided to watch the children?s movie Bridge to Terabithia. I have heard of the film before but didn?t really know much about it. I didn?t know who was in it, what it was about or who made the film which sometimes I think it is a good idea not knowing anything about it. I quite like these children fantasy films like The Narnia films so I thought this couldn?t be too bad. What I like about children?s DVD?s is that they are presented really nicely and this DVD was no exception. It had an outer cardboard cover and the front cover was colourful and looked very magical, which would help attracting kids to buy it (or rather their parents). Another aspect...

blackmagicstar4 06.04.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bridge To Terabithia (DVD)

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Advantages: Read Opp
Disadvantages: Read Opp

...My next review is on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is perhaps one of the most iconic monuments in Sydney, if not the whole of Australia. The Bridge is the main thing that stands out when you first arrive in Sydney, its like their gateway into and out of the City, and with its sheer size, its something that people should take the time to look at up close and personal. History: The bridge has a long history, original plans to create the bridge started in the late 1890?s however construction didn?t actually start until the mid 1920?s. The bridge?s total length is a mammoth 1149 metres (3,770 ft), and according to the World Records book the bridge has the tallest arch steel frame measuring 134 meters (429.6 ft) The bridge is accessible by many modes on transport which include, train, car toll, and walking. The bridge connects two main...

jaygami1986 01.11.2009 · Read review
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A bridge over, not so troubled, waters.

Advantages: Truly beautiful and historic
Disadvantages: Can get very busy at times

... CHARLES BRIDGE PRAGUE When I booked to go to Prague for a short break I knew nothing at all about the city. The little visitors guide I bought told me that one of the must see' places I must visit on my holiday was 'Charles Bridge' As it happens, our hotel in Malá Strana was quite close to the famous bridge and we crossed it every time that we went to the Old town. This little book also told me that the bridge would be very crowded and that it was a known place that pickpockets were in abundance. I don't know why, but when we were there (mid-week in October) the bridge was busy but never over busy. So what is Charles Bridge? Charles Bridge (Karlov Most) is to Prague is what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris, the Tower to London etc. It is possibly Prague's most famous landmark. It is an impressive...

oldchem 24.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Charles Bridge, Prague

Under the bridge?

Advantages: Value for money, good location.
Disadvantages: Bathroom a little tatty, no restaurant or bar.

...With my bargain Ryanair flights for just 2p per person I set about the task of looking for a luxurious hotel at a bargain price, having been to Dublin a good few times before I had stayed in a few different areas previously and was very keen on staying in the Temple Bar area again, I had misunderstood my other half when he said he had been to Dublin before as he had stayed in Dublin but he had only been for the day so when he said he had found a fantastic hotel in a great location for a great price I let him go ahead and book it as Dublin is easy enough to get around and nowhere is really ever to far to get to. A 4 star guesthouse the Leeson Bridge Guesthouse is located on Upper Leeson Street and was ?99.00 for 1 night and promised a comfortable clean room in a great location and what was more it had a sauna and Jacuzzi bath exactly...

KELLYLOUJ 14.06.2007 · Read review
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This bridge is double suspension

Advantages: good bridge
Disadvantages: none

...We are playing with the Brio trains again today. My grandchildren and the class where I work have a large amount of Brio trains and accessories. Some of it is the real Brio wooden train sets and some is Brio compatible from other companies. The Box of brio track gets emptied on the floor and track laid, to make it more interesting we have the double suspension bridge. Just over 1 metre long at 3.5 feet its Length: 1134mm (44.7"). The highest point is just over 7 inches/18cm. This is Brio?s longest bridge it is Modelled after San Francisco?s famous Golden Gate, The pieces that make this bridge are 2 red bridge sections these are plastic and the track that goes over them is wooden. There is a short piece of track (A1) that can be used to join the bridge parts together. There are also 2 ascending N tracks one for each side...

mumsymary 07.12.2009 · Read review
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Building a Bridge to my Heart

Advantages: Stunning architecture and setting, free, the handsome divers
Disadvantages: Dives are at random times; very slippy stones underfoot

...Perhaps because I live in Gateshead, where seven of them within a stones throw of each span the River Tyne linking us with Newcastle, bridges seem to strike a chord with me. Not only do their designs and the materials they are constructed from put them in a defined time but their very being often represents some important moment from history. Often so much more than just a crossing place, bridges can arise from or be symbolic of more than is at first obvious. Since childhood I longed to see the Stari Most in the city of Mostar in what was then Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina. A family friend had been in the country and had brought back postcards of various sights in Yugoslavia, this being one of them. In particular I was fascinated by the divers, those brave ? some might say crazy ? young men who leap from the peak...

fizzytom 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Old Bridge (Stari Most), Mostar

This is not a Bridge Too Far

Advantages: Lovely food and entertainment
Disadvantages: I have to drive

...~~ The Bridges ~~ I was introduced to The Bridges a few years ago, when I started going there as one of their mediums for the Psychic Dinners and Suppers. I was really very impressed with the place not only the look, but the good food and atmosphere as well. The Bridges established a reputation as a Restaurant and Carvery back in 1995, where it offered its customers a choice of three meats and a choice of 8 different vegetables, they also cater for other dietary needs, offering things like Salmon or a Nut Roast; if you are unsure of your choice or requirements then give them a call first, one of their very helpful staff will be sure to advise you. They have built up a wonderful reputation fro the entertainment they provide as well you get to go to Lunch with a Show or maybe make a night of it and go for Cabaret and Dinner...

arnoldhenryrufus 21.04.2008 · Read review
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