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Bridge (ward)
A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle. Bridge can also refer to: Places * Bridge (City of London ward), a ward in the City of London, England * Bridge (Redbridge ward), a ward for Redbridge London Borough Council, Greater London, England * Bridge, Kent, in Kent, England * Bridge, Oregon, in Oregon, US * Bridge Ward, Ipswich, Suffolk, England * Bridge of Allan, a number of places in Scotland * Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada * Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada People * Bridge (surname) * Bridge (musician) - an American singer, songwriter and producer Arts, entertainment, and media Card games *Bridge whist or straight bridge, derived from whist *Auction bridge, a further derivation popular in the early 20th century *Contract bridge, the modern form of the game **Two main variants: ***Duplicate bridge, in which the same set of deals are played by all competitors ***Rubber b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to cross. There are many different designs of bridges, each serving a particular purpose and applicable to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on factors such as the function of the bridge, the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it, and the funds available to build it. The earliest bridges were likely made with fallen trees and stepping stones. The Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland. The Arkadiko Bridge, dating from the 13th century BC, in the Peloponnese is one of the oldest arch bridges in existence and use. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' traces the origin of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago (bridge Card Game)
Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge,Goren, (1961), p.172. is a form of contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ... and a variation of rubber bridgeFrey et al (1967), pp.61-62. in which one or more sets of four deals are played and scored. Origins and distinctions Getting its name from the Standard Club of Chicago where it originated in the early 1960s, the game is well suited to club and home play.Francis et al (2001), pp.71-72 While the auction and the play of the hand are the same as in rubber bridge, Chicago has the following unique features: * A rubber consists of exactly four deals. If a deal is passed out, the same player deals again and the deal passed out does not count as one of the four deals. * The duration of a set of four de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Marlette
Douglas Nigel Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction."Cartoonist Doug Marlette dies in pickup truck crash , an story via His popular '' |
John Skipp
John Skipp (born May 20, 1957) is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels, and has also collaborated with Marc Levinthal and Cody Goodfellow. He worked as editor-in-chief of both Fungasm Press and Ravenous Shadows. Skipp has also been a past contributor to liner notes for cult film distributors Grindhouse Releasing/Box Office Spectaculars on the North American Blu-ray/DVD release of '' An American Hippie in Israel''. Doc Terror "AN AMERICAN HIPPIE IN ISRAEL: Grindhouse Releasing Brings the Most Psychedelic Blu-ray Ever to Hold the Most Psychedelic Movie Ever Made" September 21, 2013 DVD Verdict An American Hippie in Israel (1972) (Blu-ray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeri Massi
Jeri M. Massi (born September 4, 1960 in Levittown, Pennsylvania) is a technical writer and an Evangelical Christian author whose novel ''Valkyries: Some Through the Fire'' (2003) was nominated for a Christy Award. Since 2001, Massi has attacked the response of Fundamentalist churches in cases of child molestation committed by members of the clergy in which the leadership (and sometimes the entire congregation) enforced silence on the victims. In 2005, Massi produced a five-part audio documentary, ''The Lambs of Culpeper'', and released it onto the Internet for free download. The documentary addresses alleged abuses against children at Calvary Baptist Church of Culpeper, Virginia, a church then pastored by Charles Shifflett. In 2007, Massi founded the Conference of the Lambs, a two-day conference designed to assist adults who had been molested as children in Fundamentalist churches. In 2008 Massi self-published ''Schizophrenic Christianity'', which denounced corruption within P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge (Banks Novel)
''The Bridge'' is a novel by Scottish author Iain Banks. It was published in 1986. The book switches between three protagonists, John Orr, Alex, and the Barbarian. It is an unconventional love story. Plot summary "The road cleared the cutting through the hills. He could see South Queensferry Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian, it is now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. It lies ten miles to the nor ..., the marina at Port Edgar, the VAT 69 sign of the distillery there, the lights of Hewlett-Packard’s factory; and the rail bridge, dark in the evening’s last sky-reflected light. Behind it, more lights; the Hound Point oil terminal they’d had a sub-contract on, and, further away, the lights of Leith. The Forth Railway Bridge, old rail bridge’s hollow metal bones looked the colour of dried blood. You fucking beauty, he thought . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge (short Story)
"The Bridge" (German: "Die Brücke") is a short story by Franz Kafka. It was published posthumously in ''Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer'' (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in '' The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections'' (New York City: Schocken Books, 1946). The story is told from the first person point of view. In the tale, the bridge discusses how, above the ravine, it grasps onto each end. When someone, or something, begins to suddenly place pressure on the structure, it collapses. The last sentence mentions it is breaking apart, falling upon the jagged rocks below. Analysis The Bridge is one of many very short pieces by Kafka (flash fiction) yet it is ripe with meaning. The bridge demonstrates human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Homin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge (long Poem)
The Bridge may refer to: Art, entertainment and media Art * ''The Bridge'' (sculpture), a 1997 sculpture in Atlanta, Georgia, US * Die Brücke (''The Bridge''), a group of German expressionist artists * ''The Bridge'' (M. C. Escher), a lithograph print by M. C. Escher Books and publications * "The Bridge" (short story), a short story by Franz Kafka written in 1916 * "The Bridge" (poem), a 1930 modernist poem by Hart Crane * ''Die Brücke'' (novel) (''The Bridge''), a 1958 West German anti-war novel by Manfred Gregor * ''The Bridge'' (Banks novel), published in 1986 by Iain Banks * The Bridge (Gandolfo novel), a 2018 novel by Enza Gandolfo * ''The Bridge'' (short story collection), published in 1986 by Zayd Mutee' Dammaj * '' The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama'', a 2010 biography * ''The Bridge'', a 2012 novel by Karen Kingsbury Film and TV Films * '' De brug'' (''The Bridge''), a 1928 documentary short directed by Joris Ivens, of a vertical lift railway bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge On The River Kwai
''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the novel ''The Bridge over the River Kwai'', written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are almost entirely fictional but use the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943 as its historical setting."Remembering the railway: ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' , ''www.hellfire-pass.commemoration.gov.au''. Retrieved 09-24-2015. The cast includes William Holden, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge (Scandinavian TV Series)
''The Bridge'' (, ; ) is a Nordic noir crime television series created and written by Hans Rosenfeldt. A joint production between Sweden's SVT and Denmark's DR, it has been shown in more than 100 countries. The first season begins with the discovery of a dead body at the centre of the Øresund Bridge, which links the Swedish city of Malmö with the Danish capital Copenhagen, necessitating a joint investigation. Sofia Helin, as the Swedish police detective Saga Norén, stars in all four seasons. In the first and second seasons her Danish counterpart, Martin Rohde, is played by Kim Bodnia; in the third and fourth, the Danish police officer is Henrik Sabroe, played by Thure Lindhardt. The first season was broadcast on SVT1 and DR1 during the autumn of 2011, and on the United Kingdom's BBC Four the following spring. The second season was aired in the Nordic countries during the autumn of 2013, and in the UK in early 2014. The third season was broadcast in Denmark, Sweden and Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge (1988 Film)
''Bridge'' () is a musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ..., the first USA/USSR student co-production. Introduction Winner of a College Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and two CINE Eagle Awards from the Council on International Non-Theatrical Events in Washington, D.C., “The Bridge Project” is the ground-breaking student film that embraced Mikhail Gorbachev’s “Glasnost” and “Perestroika” in 1988 to become the first filmed collaboration between students in the United States and the former Soviet Union. Shot on location in Moscow, Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and Chicago, the project brought together young filmmakers who bridged the gap between their respective countries to express a message of hope and cooperation through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridge (1969 Film)
''The Bridge'' (Serbo-Croatian: ''Most'', Serbian Cyrillic: ''Мост'') is a 1969 Yugoslav partisan film directed by Hajrudin Krvavac. It stars Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović, Slobodan Perović, Boris Dvornik and Igor Galo. Similarly to Walter Defends Sarajevo, this film was also popular in the People's Republic of China. Plot In 1944, Standartenführer Hoffmann is assigned as extra security for a vital bridge near the Yugoslav border with Greece as German forces are pulling out of the latter country. He wants to take a proactive approach towards Yugoslav Partisan threats but Oberst von Felsen, whom Hoffman is reinforcing, disagrees. Meanwhile, the Partisans want to destroy the bridge to prevent German troops from entering and foiling a planned operation with 5,000 men. A Partisan officer nicknamed “Tiger” is tasked with destroying the bridge in seven days. From the Partisans, he recruits an assassin nicknamed “Tihi”, a young fighter nicknamed “Bambino”, and Zav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
