Top Five Tips to be a Savvy Health Care Consumer
By Pam Gold, vice president of sales, UnitedHealthcare of Utah

Christmas budgeting made easy                                                                                                                                                                                    

Courtesy of EveryDollar.com

Christmas is the best. You get to hang stockings, shop for your favorite people, and potluck like a champ. There’s no other time of the year quite like it. That’s why it’s so easy to get carried away with your seasonal shopping!

The quest for cleaner energy is one of the great challenges of the 21st Century, and has fueled many “green” initiatives in recent years.  But something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama Administration has announced its new “Clean Power Plan” (CPP).  In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power plants, the administration is implementing new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that raise troubling legal issues.

They say that your friends are your chosen family.  Although much is made about the traditional family gatherings that abound this time of year, some of your most anticipated events of the season may actually revolve around your closest friends. With everyone contributing a dish, friend-focused potluck celebrations are the perfect time to put a unique spin on traditional dishes for a modern approach to holiday dining.

Follow these steps to help make the most of your holiday ham – a traditional seasonal centerpiece that can take you further than you might think!

Simplify servings: If you’re hosting a crowd for the holidays, use the guidelines below to make sure you’ll have enough ham to go around. Rule of thumb: Plan on each person eating about 1/3 to 1/2 of a pound of ham. However, if you’re planning on enjoying leftovers, you may want to consider purchasing a slightly larger ham.

Giant Carpet One Floor & Home Tackles Household Worries 

Handcrafted unique one-of-a-kind gift introduced

Some questions in life just don’t seem to have any ready answers. For example, how do I get the golf ball in the hole in fewer strokes? Take this one step further and you have this unique one-of-a-kind gift that will keep you guessing and questioning, “How did they get the ball in that wooden box and how can I get it out?”

Legalize Freedom: Why the Oil Export Ban?
By Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

The House recently passed legislation that prohibits the federal government from restricting crude-oil exports. In response, the White House stated that it "strongly opposes" this bill and demanded that Congress instead invest more in "wind, solar, energy efficiency, and other clean technologies."

Welcome to the religion of global warming where legalizing freedom for anything oil is verboten.

With more than 5 million people in the United States diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, chances are high that disease will touch your family in some way. Watching someone struggle with Alzheimer’s disease is not easy for anyone. It is important to remember the disease affects the whole family, including children. It can be frightening and confusing for a child to experience changes in their loved ones. They may think, “Why doesn’t Grandma remember me?” Or “Doesn’t Grandpa love me anymore?”