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Gain the Red Edge: Feeling at Home for Christmas

Gain the Red Edge: Feeling at Home for Christmas

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One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is the compelling draw to be with family. I believe most people long to be home during the Christmas season. This seems to be true regardless of religious affiliation, be it Christianity or other, or lack of affiliation. There’s a beautiful spirit during the Christmas season that seems to permeate throughout the world, creating a natural desire to be home. Bing Crosby sang it best. I’ll be home for Christmas… Singing…

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Monday Morning Boost: Handel’s Messiah for Rustic Voices

Monday Morning Boost: Handel’s Messiah for Rustic Voices

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There’s a story told, a Forgotten Carol if you will, of an angel who wanted to sing with the Heavenly host announcing the birth of the Babe in Bethlehem. But it wasn’t to be. When the angel went to audition before the grand chorusmaster, his voice was found, as some may say, somewhat lacking. Heartbroken, the eager young angel questioned why the chorusmaster and the other angels could not hear the music that sang out loud and clear inside his…

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Gain The Red Edge: Fast Fashion and USU’s Outdoor Product Design Program

Gain The Red Edge: Fast Fashion and USU’s Outdoor Product Design Program

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The textile and fashion industry historically needs a long lead time, great forecasting, and significant influencers to create and maximize a trend. The Fast Fashion movement has the ability to disrupt the industry and Gain The Red Edge with their “catch a trend and quick to market” concept, perhaps similar to what digital printing has done to the publishing industry. The Fast Fashion concept is to put “trending styles right at your fingertips” with a “digital storefront advertised across the likes of…

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Monday Morning Boost: The Christmas Truce of WWI

Monday Morning Boost: The Christmas Truce of WWI

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Soldiers hunkered down in trenches did their best to stay warm as a white frost enveloped the ground. Artillery explosions thundered sharply in the distance, rattling everything around them. Amidst the hell of war came the gentle sounds of Silent Night wafting softly from the German trenches across no man’s land. “Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!” It was Christmas 1914 and things were about to get “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The unofficial Christmas Truce of World War I had begun. Garth…

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Monday Morning Boost: The Gift of Christmas Music

Monday Morning Boost: The Gift of Christmas Music

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I started out my Christmas musical journey a couple of weeks ago listening to the music of the “Forgotten Carols.” The story, year after year, captivates my heart, the music and lyrics transporting me closer to the true meaning of Christmas inviting me to “Let Him In.” https://youtu.be/iu3wcBuGNiU The Forgotten Carols is the story of Connie Lou, a nurse whose journey through life had left her bitter and empty. Devoid of any kind of merry feelings at Christmas time, which she felt “lasted…

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Monday Morning Boost: Preparing for the Unthinkable

Monday Morning Boost: Preparing for the Unthinkable

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We want to think the unthinkable will never happen in our community. Especially when it comes to acts of terror. Sometimes talking about or preparing for the unthinkable can result in being ridiculed. Even in a professional community. Such was the concern of Dr. Kevin Menes. Dr. Menes was the attending physician at the emergency department of Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas the night bullets rained down on the Jason Aldean country concert. Fifty-eight people were killed that night, and…

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Monday Morning Boost: Much To Be Thankful For

Monday Morning Boost: Much To Be Thankful For

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I’m a new grandpa. I feel pretty darn good. I have an awesome family. I live in Cache Valley, my most beautiful place on earth. I have a lot to be thankful for! Life has been incredibly good to me. And to my family. We have a beautiful home nestled on a quiet street in Hyde Park. We love our neighborhood. We are blessed to be surrounded, literally and figuratively, by wonderful people who have chosen to see our potential. Life…

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Monday Morning Boost: Did They Fight In Vain?

Monday Morning Boost: Did They Fight In Vain?

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It was once asked of Medal of Honor soldier Alvin York, at the Tomb of the Unknown, if war still exists did those who fought in the “War to End all Wars” fight in vain? His answer, given in 1941, bears consideration today when we find ourselves “fighting eternally” for these intangible principles we call “liberty and freedom and democracy.” “People who ask us that question, ‘What did it get you?’ forget one thing. True, we fought the last war to…

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Gain the Red Edge: Run to Remember Veterans

Gain the Red Edge: Run to Remember Veterans

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Remembering those who have fought for our country who are now struggling with the personal mental battle back home is a great reason to stand in the rain. It’s also a great way to #GainTheRedEdge. Last Saturday I joined with Phillip Redlinger and Dan Durham for the Run To Remember charity 5k to raise funds for the Cache Valley Veterans Association and Veteran Service Dogs. The Run to Remember was in honor of Army veteran James Lewis of Smithfield who was killed by Suicide December 26, 2015. While…

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Monday Morning Boost: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Monday Morning Boost: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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The story we consistently tell ourselves, and the story we consistently listen to, will be the story that will most consistently come true in our life. Our mind has a remarkable and beautiful ability to create that which we consistently feed it. “The brain is the grand conductor of the symphony of our selves,” as neuropsychologist Jennifer Wolkin describes it. “The brain leads mind and body, and the brain heeds mind and body. The brain plays a role in every thought,…

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