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	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Remembering MacMillan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/December-2008/REMEMBERING-MACMILLAN/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-12-31:2614</id><published>2008-12-31T03:06:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-31T12:00:00-06:00</updated><author><name>A. Kam Napier</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Shortly before Christmas, we received word that local author Ian MacMillan had passed away on Dec. 18. ]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Finally, Success!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/December-2008/FINALLY-SUCCESS/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-12-17:2591</id><published>2008-12-17T07:19:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T12:00:00-06:00</updated><author><name>A. Kam Napier</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hawaii finally scores high on a national ranking. Unfortunately ...]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Tired Rhetoric]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/November-2008/Tired-Rhetoric/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-11-24:2578</id><published>2008-11-24T11:20:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T12:00:00-06:00</updated><author><name>A. Kam Napier</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama supports public schools in his day job, but not in his private life.]]></summary><category term="Education" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Fail Safe]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/October-2008/Fail-Safe/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-10-15:2530</id><published>2008-10-15T06:54:34-06:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T12:00:00-06:00</updated><author><name>A. Kam Napier</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Have you noticed people using the word “fail” in a strange new way lately? ]]></summary><category term="Arts and Entertainment" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Old Soy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/October-2008/Old-Soy/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-10-01:2525</id><published>2008-10-01T06:22:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T12:00:00-06:00</updated><author><name>A. Kam Napier</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[For how long do you think Kikkoman has been making soy sauce?]]></summary><category term="Food and Wine" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Vote From Home]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/September-2008/Vote-From-Home/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-09-15:2497</id><published>2008-09-15T10:23:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T12:00:00-06:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[No candidate is a stranger when you use absentee voting—you can look them up while you vote!]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[False Choice on Rail]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/September-2008/False-Choice-on-Rail/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-09-04:2491</id><published>2008-09-04T08:49:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-09-04T12:00:00-06:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Noteworthy quote in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Mayor Mufi Hannemann about how Honolulu’s mixed reaction to rail jeopardizes rail’s future:


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	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Three Dirty Words--Vacationing in Hawaii]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/July-2008/Three-Dirty-Words-Vacationing-in-Hawaii/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-08-11:2456</id><published>2008-08-11T09:52:00-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T12:00:00-06:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Illinois Sen. Barak Obama’s family visit to the Islands has taught us a valuable lesson: The Mainland, if it remembers us at all, thinks Hawaii is a joke. Well, not a joke exactly, but something frivolous, something one should not be associated with if one is trying to be taken seriously.]]></summary><category term="Hotel and Travel" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[When Rail Gets Old]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/July-2008/When-Rail-Gets-Old/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-08-06:2453</id><published>2008-08-06T08:46:57-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T12:00:00-06:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Remembering Mayor Hannemann’s wisdom of approaching any civic infrastructure project with three questions—Do we need it? Can we afford it? Can we maintain it?—this piece from <em>The New York Times</em> caught my eye. It seems that even New York, one of the nation’s wealthiest, most densely populated cities, can barely afford to maintain what is one of the nation’s oldest, most successful, most heavily used rail systems. ]]></summary><category term="Community" /></entry>
	<entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[How Many Environmentalists Does it Take to Screw Up the Light Bulb?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/Off-My-Desk/July-2008/How-Many-Environmentalists-Does-it-Take-to-Screw-Up-the-Light-Bulb/"/><id>tag:www.honolulumagazine.com,2008-08-06:2452</id><published>2008-08-06T08:34:45-06:00</published><updated>2008-08-06T12:00:00-06:00</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The incandescent light bulb was such a brilliant, inspired idea that the light bulb itself became the symbol for brilliant, inspired ideas. Lately, a combination of green movement idealism, HECO discount coupons and energy-conscious legislation has been moving people toward the Compact Fluorescent Light bulb, or CFL. ]]></summary><category term="Shopping" /></entry>
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