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		<title>What Was Your Favorite Summer Movie of 2010?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe a better question is &#8230; Were there any good movies released in the summer of 2010? Last year Avatar dominated the charts. This year, there have been a ton of remakes, loads of sequels, and some outright lame movies. So we&#8217;re really wanting to know, what your favorite movie was? Inception? Iron Man 2? [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe a better question is &#8230;<br />
<strong>Were there <em>any</em> good movies released in the summer of 2010?</strong></p>
<p>Last year Avatar <a href="http://www.rethinkmonthly.com/2009/12/whats-your-2nd-favorite-movie-of-2009/">dominated the charts</a>. This year, there have been a ton of remakes, loads of sequels, and some outright lame movies. So we&#8217;re really wanting to know, <strong>what your favorite movie was?</strong></p>
<p><em>Inception?<br />
Iron Man 2?<br />
The A-Team?<br />
Toy Story 3?<br />
The Last Airbender?<br />
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse?</em></p>
<p><strong>Leave a comment below.</strong> We&#8217;re hungry for your thoughts&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Is Social Media Helping or Hurting Productivity?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BoLane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review posted a Management Tip of the Day that encouraged employers to promote the use of social media in their workplace. In their post they argued these three reasons: It creates a more attractive worklpace to potential, and younger, employees who see social media as a staple of work [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Earlier this year, the Harvard Business Review posted a <a href="http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/managementtip.php?date=020310">Management Tip of the Day</a> that encouraged employers to promote the use of social media in their workplace.</p>
<p>In their post they argued these three reasons:</p>
<p><em>
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It creates a more attractive worklpace to potential, and younger, employees who see social media as a staple of work life.</p>
<p>It improves productivity with those employees who were allowed to take breaks to surf the internet for fun.</p>
<p>It creates a more engaged workforce by allowing employees to use social media to connect with colleagues, which in turn improves communication and speeds up decision making processes.</ol>
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<p>But just as the many bloggers, employees, and businesses who argue the validity of using social media during work hours, there are many more who think that employers should ban social media sites in the workplace as they are potential time wasters.</p>
<p>There’s a debate going on about the effect of social media on worker productivity. Some say it steals too much time from the job at hand during work hours. Others say the quick mental break helps workers refocus so they get on with their tasks.</p>
<p><strong>But what do you say?</strong></p>
<p>Do you log in to Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn at work? Does it lower productivity or does it help you get through the day? Where do you stand on the issue? How about your employer? Come on, you can tell us.</p>
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		<title>Top 5 Superhero Movies of All Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BoLane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re complying a list of our reader&#8217;s Top 5 Superhero Movies of All Time and we need your help. We will be featuring your thoughts and picks in an upcoming issue of Rethink Monthly magazine. To submit your choice, simply leave a reply below. Here are a few of our favorites. The Dark Knight – [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re complying a list of our reader&#8217;s Top 5 Superhero Movies of All Time and <strong>we need your help.</strong> We will be featuring your thoughts and picks in an upcoming issue of Rethink Monthly magazine. To submit your choice, simply leave a reply below.</p>
<p>Here are a few of our favorites.</p>
<p><strong>The Dark Knight</strong> – I think we can all agree that The Dark Knight is one of the top superhero movies of all time. Christopher Nolan took the series in a different direction with Batman Begins and it was a huge success. He did the same with The Dark Knight and now the Batman series couldn&#8217;t get any hotter. Throw in an astounding performance from Heath Ledger, intense action, suspense and phenomenal acting, you have a superhero flick that tops the list.</p>
<p><strong>Spider-Man II</strong> &#8211; Usually we&#8217;re not a big fan of sequels but along came Spider-Man II, the follow up to the hugely successful Spider-Man. We didn&#8217;t think it could get much better after the first one but Sam Raimi and the all-star cast opened up the story a bit, allowing for real, dramatic themes to pour in.</p>
<p>Other notables:</p>
<p><strong>Batman Begins<br />
Batman (1989)<br />
Unbreakable<br />
The Incredibles<br />
X-Men</strong></p>
<p>Please take a moment and tell us your vote for Top Superhero Movies of All Time by leaving a comment below.</p>
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		<title>Rethinking Your Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.rethinkmonthly.com/2010/03/rethinking-your-drinking-the-story-behind-bottled-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BoLane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anne Leonard is at it again. The girl who brought us &#8220;The Story of Stuff&#8221; has released a new video, &#8220;The Story of Bottled Water.&#8221; The 8-minute video was released in honor of World Water Day tells of the bottled water industry&#8217;s slick environmental-themed campaigns and the mountains of needless plastic waste they produce. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anne Leonard is at it again. The girl who brought us &#8220;<a href="http://www.storyofstuff.com/">The Story of Stuff</a>&#8221; has released a new video, &#8220;The Story of Bottled Water.&#8221; The 8-minute video was released in honor of <a href="http://www.worldwaterday.org/">World Water Day</a> tells of the bottled water industry&#8217;s slick environmental-themed campaigns and the mountains of needless plastic waste they produce.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a recovering bottled water addict. I gave it up a couple of years ago when I heard that Americans spend $15 billion annually on bottled water while 1.1 Billion people globally don&#8217;t have access to clean drinking water. When one considers the cost differential and all of the studies showing that bottled water proves to be no cleaner, healthier, or tastier than tap water, there is really no reason to consume bottled water. Don&#8217;t be fooled by the pastoral scenes on the bottled water labels. These companies are fooling you into paying more for a product that&#8217;s already available to you for nearly nothing. I&#8217;m not legalistic and I haven&#8217;t become the bottled water police, but I opt for tap water these days and often carry a reusable bottle or thermos.</p>
<p>In my own spiritual walk, I&#8217;ve been trying to live more simply. Drive less, spend less, worry less, work less, waste less. Simplicity creates more time for friends, family, reading, reflecting, relaxing, and praying. As David Chronic writes, &#8220;Attaching to Jesus means detaching from the world and to simplicity of lifestyle. This is not simplicity for the sake of simplicity, but simplicity for the sake of relationship&#8211;relationship with God and relationship with each other.&#8221;</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t always work for me. Things still pile up and I still occasionally want to pull my hair out. I often catch myself neglecting my family and friends. Simplicity is hard, and I&#8217;ve got a long way to go. Reconsidering what we drink, however, is one easy way to spend less and create less trash. There is no way to calculate all the money or waste I&#8217;ve saved, but it&#8217;s significant. Take a look at the video above and begin rethinking your own drinking habits. Perhaps the first step toward a simpler life is as easy as H-2-O.</p>
<p><strong>Do you regularly drink bottled water? How much do you consume / spend?<br />
How important to you is saving money and reducing personal waste?<br />
Is this something you&#8217;d miss if you gave it up?</strong></p>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Favorite TV Show?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BoLane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you&#8217;re lost from watching LOST. Or you secretly think Michael Scott is the greatest boss of all time. Regardless, we&#8217;re curious and we&#8217;d like to know what TV show you like the most. Whether it&#8217;s a new show, one that&#8217;s been around for a long time, or one that has been written into the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you&#8217;re lost from watching LOST. Or you secretly think Michael Scott is the greatest boss of all time. Regardless, we&#8217;re curious and we&#8217;d like to know what TV show you like the most.</p>
<p>Whether it&#8217;s a new show, one that&#8217;s been around for a long time, or one that has been written into the pages of history, we want to know! Tell us by leaving a comment below.</p>
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