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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, July 22, 2008

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
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Michael Emerson

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Want everyone to know about your favorite restaurant? Register your vote today, on Page C16 in our business section, or online at www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ilima, with our 2008 'Ilima Awards ballot.

The 12-year-old 'Ilimas honor the Islands' favorite restaurants, as chosen by readers and our food writers. The awards will be presented Oct. 13 at a gala event at Diamond Head Theatre, beneficiary of the 'Ilima program. Vote by July 31, and you'll automatically be entered into a drawing for tickets to Diamond Head Theatre's award-winning productions.

— Paula Rath



BOOKS



HOW EXERCISE REALLY CAN MAKE YOU FEEL A LOT HAPPIER

In "The Athlete's Way: Sweat and the Biology of Bliss" (St. Martin's Press), endurance athlete Christopher Bergland says exercise is a source of joy — and gives readers tips to tap into it, by reducing neural connections that associate exercise with suffering and strengthening those that associate it with pleasure. He must love it: Bergland, a veteran of "ultra-length" triathlons, has competed in the Hawai'i Ironman contest multiple times.



FINAL WORD

"I was laying in bed and I heard the phone ringing, and I jumped up outta there because I thought, 'Oh God, I know what this is.'"

Michael Emerson | "Lost" star on getting the news he was nominated for an Emmy as a supporting actor in a drama series, to The Associated Press