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sun valley lodge
from ernest hemingway posted in literature by pete_nice
As Ernest Hemingway's marriage to Pauline Pfeiffer began to dissolve in 1939, he received an invitation from the owner of the Sun Valley Lodge in Idaho to stay at the resort. The owner thought it would be good publicity, and Hemingway stayed with his writer/journalist girlfriend Martha Gellhorn in Room 206 as he worked on the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Hemingway loved the Idaho landscape and people, and returned to the area often to hunt game and write.
view full location details...gerhry winston guest house
from frank gehry, architecture posted in art and design by speedy_dee
Frank Gehry designed the Winston Guest House as a piece of working sculpture, inspired by the Italian painter Giorgio Morandi.
The guest home stood on the banks of Lake Minnetonka, and was listed as one of the best works of 1987 by Time magazine.
It was given to the University of St. Thomas and moved 110 miles to the Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna, MN where it can now be toured by the public.
view full location details...planetary resources
from new space, space travel posted in technology by prof_improbable
Formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, Planetary Resources is an asteroid mining company headed by Space Adventures CEO Eric Anderson and X PRIZE founder and chairman Dr. Peter Diamandis.
Planetary Resources has a roster of advisors and investors that any tech company would envy: filmmaker James Cameron, Google inventor Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt, and billionaire heir Ross Perot, Jr.
The mission statement of Planetary Resources?- "Harnessing valuable minerals from a practically infinite source will provide stability on Earth, increase humanity’s prosperity, and help establish and maintain human presence in space."
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from space travel, new space posted in technology by pete_nice
Founded by Eric Anderson in 1998 (two years after he graduated college), Space Adventures specializes in space tourism. Specifically, the company books passage on Russian spaceflights for space tourists and organizes all the necessary training.
Space Adventures had the world's first space tourist, entrepreneur Dennis Tito, as a client in 2001. They continue to plan for zero-G flights, suborbital and orbital spaceflights, and hope to provide the world's first private lunar mission.
view full location details...paradise rock club
from u2 posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
U2's live album Live from Boston 1981 was recorded at the Paradise Rock Club (at the time the Paradise Theater) on March 6, 1981 during their Boy Tour.
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