Human Interest

“First Impressions”

Question: Do you have any suggestions for how a leader can get to know his or her new team?

Answer: This is a great question. Many leaders walk into these kinds of situations with their ideas, their expectations, and nothing else. They don’t spend time building relationships with new team members. In the long run, this type of approach is self-defeating.

With the 4th of July coming up, and now with Melania checking in with the immigrant kids in the detention centers in Texas ...and with all the flap about illegal immigration, American patriotism, homeland security, border walls, and our newly ordained (but not by popular vote) controversial to say the least president, Donald J. Trump, and not to mention the ripping of immigrant children from the bosoms of their fleeing parents and throwing them in cadges, I think it’s time to look at the lighter side of this.  Satirically, of course.  

July 4 holiday a perfect time to fish mountain lakes and moving water

In addition to celebrating the birth of our country, many Utahns will be looking to escape the heat and wet a fishing line over the July 4 holiday. Fishing can be a great family activity and a perfect way to relax over the holiday. And Utah provides several great options. Randy Oplinger suggests the following as great ways to make this July 4 holiday one of your best yet:

·         Beat the crowds and enjoy the scenery while fishing a cool mountain lake in Utah’s backcountry.

In the face of rising electricity demand, Energy Secretary Rick Perry recently unveiled a plan to preserve some of the nation’s key coal and nuclear power plants. It’s a sensible move since the nation’s power grid can’t rely solely on natural gas, wind, and solar.

Latter-day Saint Hymnbook and Children’s Songbook to Be Revised

Save the Date

Many may not remember their basic U.S.

“Come to the USA!?”

13 Restaurant Strategies to Help You Eat Healthy and Avoid Type 2 Diabetes
Restaurant meals are often unhealthy, but you don't have to blow your diet every time you
go out to eat. Registered dietitian nutritionist and author Jill Weisenberger offers tips
to help you enjoy healthier restaurant meals and lower your risk for type 2 diabetes.

        For several decades, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Americans is entirely wrong. Dr. Shelby Steele, a scholar at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, said: "Instead of admitting that racism has declined, we (blacks) argue all the harder that it is still alive and more insidious than ever. We hold race up to shield us from what we do not want to see in ourselves."