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	<description>Dissecting everyday images of escape and paradise.</description>
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		<title>Dear Sweet Pyongyang, Capital of Paradise</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2009/04/dear-sweet-pyongyang-capital-of-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s wanderings take us to North Korea where the eastern terminus of their Hyoksin (“Renovation”) subway line is 낙원, Rakwon or Ragwon, (“Paradise”), thus making the famed North Korean subway/underground bomb shelter a true medium to paradise.&#160; This knowledge came by way of a Foreign Policy photo reportage called “The Land of No Smiles.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imperial Junkie ~ jeans for urban paradise?</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/02/imperial-junkie-jeans-for-urban-paradise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says &#34;urban street wear&#34; like a bunch of cliche exotic animals in an ad: I&#8217;m in the bayou.&#160; Oh wait, maybe it&#8217;s the jungle.&#160; Or am I in a meadow with my butterfly net?&#160; I&#8217;m floating like an imperial junkie. Ouch!!&#160; The monkey bit me.&#160; Am I wearing women&#8217;s jeans?&#160; Oh, look, a pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP: &#8216;An unloved new island in Maldives&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/02/ap-an-unloved-new-island-in-maldives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2008/02/ap-an-unloved-new-island-in-maldives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Islands]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press write Matthew Rosenberg has a new article called &#34;An unloved new island in Maldives.&#34;&#160; The article talks about the island of Hulhumal&#233; that the government of the Maldives built near the airport and the capital of Male.&#160; They can&#8217;t seem to attract people to live there according to the article.&#160; Of course, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai ~ replacing New York as the center of the 21st-century world?</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/dubai-replacing-new-york-as-the-center-of-the-21st-century-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/11/dubai-replacing-new-york-as-the-center-of-the-21st-century-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re at all interested in Dubai, you may want to pick up a copy of the November 2007 issue of Metropolis magazine.  The issue is easy to find; it has a huge skyscraper on it, the Burj Dubai: The cover design is great.  It shows the printer&#8217;s marks at the top to illustrate that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honolulu ~ one of &quot;the world&#8217;s 10 most liveable cities&quot; according to Intl. Herald Tribune</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/honolulu-one-of-the-worlds-10-most-liveable-cities-according-to-intl-herald-tribune/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/honolulu-one-of-the-worlds-10-most-liveable-cities-according-to-intl-herald-tribune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honolulu has been named one of the world&#8217;s &#34;Ten Most Liveable Cities&#34; by the International Herald Tribune.&#xA0; It is the only US city on the list.&#xA0; Its company includes Helsinki, Tokyo, Copenhagen, and Madrid.&#xA0; I have to say that I&#8217;m a little shocked that Honolulu would be named in this list.&#xA0; I love it as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai Megaprojects ~ A great interactive map showing trilobites marketed as palm trees</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/dubai-megaprojects-a-great-interactive-map-showing-trilobites-marketed-as-palm-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/dubai-megaprojects-a-great-interactive-map-showing-trilobites-marketed-as-palm-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follow this link to a little interactive map providing a great overview of the many megaprojects in Dubai.&#xA0; I have to say the sandfill developments look more like trilobites than palm trees.&#xA0; Let&#8217;s call them Dubailobites.]]></description>
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		<title>Should corporations be allowed to write off their beach houses as expenses on their taxes?</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/should-corporations-be-allowed-to-write-off-their-beach-houses-as-expenses-on-their-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/should-corporations-be-allowed-to-write-off-their-beach-houses-as-expenses-on-their-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just listening in the background to the Extra Hollywood gossip show, and I overheard that LG has a beach house in Malibu.&#xA0; After a quick search, it appears that so does Polaroid, and apparently their neighbors nearby don&#8217;t like the parties, as reported here at the Real Estate Bloggers. Who cares if they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowe&#8217;s household goods ~ unexpected paradise in the desert</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/lowes-household-goods-unexpected-paradise-in-the-desert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/lowes-household-goods-unexpected-paradise-in-the-desert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more, images of desert paradise are being pushed on us.&#xA0; Much of it has stemmed from the push to get us to buy homes in Arizona.&#xA0; This ad from Lowe&#8217;s appears to use an image from the Moab, Utah area for the landscape in the background. The deserts of Utah have yet to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paving paradise ~ or everywhere ~ for parking</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/paving-paradise-or-everywhere-for-parking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/10/paving-paradise-or-everywhere-for-parking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult questions that you come across when you plan and design physical places is parking.&#xA0; There are rules and zoning that try to do what&#8217;s best for society, but often have unintended consequences (the economists are all saying, &#34;we call them externalities&#34;).&#xA0; We often hear people calling it &#34;paving paradise.&#34;&#xA0; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like lipstick on a concrete pig</title>
		<link>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/09/like-lipstick-on-a-concrete-pig/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.rapidsea.com/2007/09/like-lipstick-on-a-concrete-pig/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how many palm trees you put into you ad for colored concrete, you ain&#8217;t gonna make that cement look pretty.  This picture is from a Scofield ad on the back cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine (October 2007).  It&#8217;s great to peruse through industry magazines like this one because you get a chance to [...]]]></description>
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