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...cream sandwiches, to be exact, constructed and dispensed by a roving Los Angeles food truck that goes by the nom de glace Coolhaus - a nod to Rem Koolhaas, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed Seattle's futuristic glass-and-steel Central Library. Coolhaus is not your average ice cream truck. For one, it doesn't play annoying, repetitive jingles. It is a tricked-out former postal wagon with a Barbie-pink custom roof, shiny wheel rims (acquired at an auto-body shop in East L.A.) and lots of photos of famous buildings, including Louis Kahn's concrete-heavy Salk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cool Way to Make Architecture Pay: Ice Cream! | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

There is an official U.S. time, determined concurrently by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Naval Observatory. Both operate atomic clocks, which are capable of calculating the exact time within an infinitesimally small degree through a process that uses microwaves to manipulate cesium atoms. These clocks are publicly available, both at time.gov and over radio airwaves. GPS systems also carry on-board, constantly updated atomic clocks. (See the top iPhone applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't My Clocks Keep Time Accurately? | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...attitude that views art as the most expendable “luxury” we own—and therefore the most dispensable during tough times. But because of what art is there to do—express, provide escape, inspire—the truth is actually the exact opposite. Depression is when we need art the most...

Author: By Nathaniel S. Rakich | Title: It's a Free Country! | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...sides, however, threaten to alienate Iranians who do not want to see another bloody revolution in their lifetime. There is still shock at seeing blog postings revealing personal information about Basij members - in one instance the mobile number and address of a militiaman with the implicit suggestion that protesters exact revenge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Momentum — but No Clear Goal — for Iran's Street Protests | 8/11/2009 | See Source »

...Operations contacted professionals as soon as possible following the fall, said Mitchell, and “work began on removal the very next morning.”  He added that the University is considering replacing the tree, but has yet to reach a decision. The exact age of the elm is unknown...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: If a Tree Falls in Tercentenary... | 8/10/2009 | See Source »

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