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Angie’s List
Author: John
Angie from Angie’s List A short video where Angie explains why medical gag orders go against your First Amendment rights (the opening commercial is short).
Have you ever run into a problem with a company and wished someone had told you about how bad that service was. If you lived in a small town or have lived in an area long enough you could probably ask your cousin or neighbor or a co-worker. But what if you are new to an area or you you have a new problem to solve and no one to ask about it.
Welcome to Angie’s List. They have a list on almost any service you can think of using. And they have comments about that service from REAL PEOPLE. That’s right, real people who have used the company or service provider and given their opinion, good or bad, for that service or company. And before the comments are posted, all reviews are checked in order to guard against companies that try to report on themselves or their competitors.
They are constantly adding areas, services and comments to their list. As each new person signs up, more and more information is added to the list.
Yes, this is a paid service. They have monthly, annually and multi-years rates, depending on what you want to pay. Their rates are highly reasonable and fair, considering the information you will receive. Even if Angie’s List is new to your area. They offer a free one-year membership for the first few months they are in your area. Members who sign up during this time period help them build the List. After your first year, you’ll have the option, not obligation, to renew your membership at the regular monthly or annual price.
More than 650,000 members nationwide use Angie’s List. The people who join Angie’s List are like you – looking for a way to find trustworthy companies that perform high quality work.
Member benefits include:
* 24-hour access to the reports and reviews at AngiesList.com
Just think how valuable that would be at 11:00 pm on a Saturday night and the air conditioner goes out.
* Real-live support through Angie’s award-winning call center
* Angie’s List Magazine
An email version will be delivered to members with complimentary memberships. Paying members also receive a hard copy in the mail.
* Coupons and discounts from highly rated service companies.
* Access to Angie’s Complaint Resolution Process
If you don’t receive the quality of work that you expected from a service company, Angie’s works to resolve the situation on your behalf.
Angie’s Complaint Resolution Process is an excellent service. It’s a service designed exclusively for Angie’s List members to help restore communication between you and a company you’re having a problem with.
If your complaint qualifies (go to AngiesList.com for the rules of the game), they will contact the company in question on your behalf. And space permitting, they may print the outcome of your complaint in their magazine and on their website — good or bad!
Companies that don’t respond to your complaints end up in the “Penalty Box,” and their name appears in the magazine for three consecutive months.
They have helped a lot of our members get refunds, repairs and re-dos for remodeling jobs of all types. How? There’s power in numbers, and you have the strength of the entire Angie’s List membership base behind you.
And that is the real worth in an Angie’s List membership. As a single individual, you may feel powerless against a company but with 650,000 people to stand with you, you are a veritable giant. So check it out, click on the box in the left column or on the highlighted links in the text, I think you will be pleasantly suprised.
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Searching The Internet Increases Brain Function
Author: John
ScienceDaily (2008-10-15) — Scientists have found that for computer-savvy middle-aged older adults, searching the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning. The findings demonstrate that Web search activity may help stimulate and possibly improve brain function.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014111043.htm#
Pomegranate Prevents Inflammation, Heart Disease
Author: John
By Bob Condor, AHJ Editor — Published: May 05, 2009
The pomegranate offers a healthy outlook for both you and food companies making juices and other products from the ancient fruit. The pomegranate grows wild from Iran to India, but is getting plenty of attention from California growers who have cultivated the plant…
Read the rest of this article at Alternative Health Journal. Click here
Although, it may sometimes be difficult to obtain the whole fruit that we need in our diet, we can use juice to obtain the nutritional benefit we desire as long we minimize the sugars both artificial and natural and get adequate fiber from other sources.
Holistic Wellness for Life North of 50
Author: John
Welcome to the opening of Holistic Wellness for Life North of 50 ! As we all know, Holistic Wellness can mean different things to different people. However,the basic foundation and our approach to Holistic Wellness means the wellness or health of your overall body, mind and spirit. Holistic wellness and holistic healing takes the problems and diseases of the body, the mind and the spirit and attemps to affect a solution that benefits the overall person, not just one part of that person. Here at Holistic Wellness for Life North of 50, we will offer information, resources and guidance to assist the individual over 50 to improve their general wellness and the life that surrounds them, whatever that may encompass. We hope to help maximize our members quality of life, through a holistic approach to total wellness.
In order to accomplish this, we first need to understand today’s medical environment, particularly western medicine, and how it has sub-divided health problems into smaller and refined categories. This somewhat myopic view means traditonal medicine ends up looking only at microscopic components of your body or mind, while disregarding any effects that component may be having on the rest of your body or mind. And the effects on your spirit are almost never considered and certainly not acknowledged. To understand the total impact of the body, mind and spirit, let’s look at depression as an example. Depression is normally identified as a problem of the mind with roots in the chemical composition of the brain. It’s typically treated with mood enhancing drugs and some psychotheraphy. However, depression also crushes your spirit, making your life a veritable hell. Therefore, depression can also effect your physical health and wellness. Studies are finally demonstrating the overall impact of depression and how it is more likely to contribute to the development of diabetes, cardiac, circulatory problems and other issues in the depression state patient.
There are many examples that expand on the philosophy of Holistic Wellness. But with the right outlook and mind set we can overcome many obstacles and create to different future than the seniors of the past. Just as the theory of senior living used to mean that when a person approached or reached retirement they would sit in a rocking chair or be relegated to a senior home somewhere with relatives making an occasionally visit, if they were lucky! We are no longer seniors, if we don’t want to be. We are the mid-life boomers with options and adventures to still fullfill. Life is so much more than sitting on your butt doing nothing. There’s friends, family, hobbies, clubs, groups and travel. Even second careers and volunteer work are possible, if you decide it’s the right thing for you. Life is up to you. Your quality of life and activities available are defined by what you are willing to make them. Dream it, research it, do it! Life North of 50 is an open palette, create the canvas you desire, experiment with the colors of life. Enjoy it!
Until our next post , we at Holistic Wellness for Life North of 50 wish you a happy and engaged life.
Be well.
