12 Part IV: Review of Relevant Competitors The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 37 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined‚ they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929‚ while the history of Blue Shield dates to 1939. The Blue Cross Association dates back to 1960‚ while its Blue Shield counterpart was created in 1948. The two organizations
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“The Thin Blue Line” While preparing a documentary about Dr. James Grigson‚ Errol Morris unearths the story of Randall Adams and David Harris. One fateful day‚ Adams’ car runs out of gas on the side of the road in Dallas‚ Texas. That same day‚ after running away from home‚ stealing a car‚ and his father’s gun‚ Harris drove his car through Dallas. Then he comes across Adams walking to get gas for his car. Harris helps Adams and they spend the rest of the day together. That night‚ Officer Robert
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John Smith Opinion Paper; Are little white lies acceptable in business? White lies are not acceptable in business or anywhere else for that matter. Telling a lie‚ either a grave lie or white lie‚ contradicts the absolute of truth‚ therefore making it wrong. Many people view white lies as harmless or innocent‚ but what they do not realize are the potential consequences of even a small lie. A white lie can be the beginning for another lie to cover that lie‚ which will cover another lie and so
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associated with different colors: Blue Color Meaning there are three kinds of colors –cool colors ‚warm colors ‚ mixed cool/warm colors and neutral colours I like blue color the most .Blue is among the most popular colors and can be seen generously in nature. Blue is associated with peace and tranquility. This color also symbolizes loyalty and is often painted in bedrooms as contact with it makes the human body produce chemicals that have a calming effect. Blue also signifies dependability and
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focused on how companies can survive in a highly competitive market‚ for example by a choosing a strategy of differentiation or cost leadership. The authors of the book Blue Ocean Strategy argue‚ however‚ that intensive competition will only lead to bloody red oceans in which companies find themselves fighting over an ever-shrinking profit pool. Blue Ocean Strategy‚ on the other hand‚ is a very practical book that dares to deviate from this path by challenging and motivating companies to swim away
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Under normal circumstances‚ a lie is always bad‚ even harmful‚ but there are exceptions. When I was very little‚ Mom and Dad were always on business trips‚ so I stayed with my grandmother. I didn’t like to talk with others and to play with neighbors’ kids. They thought I was an unsociable and eccentric child. I just would like to think and behavior by myself. My grandmother was a very nagging person‚ at the very least I thought she was at that time. Every time she wanted to care about me‚
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faced the dire task of resisting the urge to conform to the American standard of Eurocentric supremacy. If African Americans proceed to replicate the white standards their true identity will be lost due to the mixed cultures. Unfortunately‚ African Americans have been plagued with slavery‚ which ended only to take on new forms in their minds through white expectations and the fallacious stereotypes manifested by minstrelsy. In The Piano Lesson‚ many characters‚ such as Berniece‚ are haunted by their
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The Red Pony by author John Steinbeck is a very notable book for young adults. The central and recurring theme of the four stories told within this short novel is life and death. The stories also deal with conflict between old and new. Unlike most novels for young adults this book is different because John Steinbeck does not try to soften or hide old age and death‚ but instead presents these themes as they are in reality. The stories tell how the main character‚ Jody Tiflin‚ becomes more responsible
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The Red Guards Beginning in 1966 until 1976 when Mao Tse Tung died‚ he launched The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Chairman of the Communist Party Mao Zedong‚ wanted his Red Guards to take over the other Chinese government authorities. Mao wanted to regain power within the Communist Party. The Red Guards were mainly made up of young adults and children. They were all followers of Mao’s ideas. The Red Guard ’s main goal was to get rid of everything that had to do with the old culture in
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The Red Panda‚ with as little as 2‚500 of them left on Earth‚ is going extinct. Before the important things are said about them‚ it is best that the small facts are mentioned. To start off‚ it has several different names‚ including Red Panda‚ Lesser Panda‚ Bear-Cat‚ Bright Panda‚ and Fire Fox. Though it has probably already been guessed‚ the Red Panda is a relative of the Giant Panda‚ as one may notice by looking at their fur patterns and similar diet. Although‚ the Red Panda has reddish brown fur
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