you wear a helmet? If not then how would you feel if you knew that you are three times more likely to die without your helmet? In the no helmet law states‚ only 58 people died in a motorcycle crash with a helmet. Guess how many died without a helmet? 148 people. That’s about two and a half times more than people with helmets. Are you willing to risk your life just because you won’t put a helmet on? Wearing a helmet can prevent so many health issues that could be caused without a helmet. Wearing
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSFL) Operating Services is Florida’s largest insurer‚ serving more than 6 million residents in total. Three trends that redefine how Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida brings value to its members are through consumer empowerment‚ E-business‚ and financial services modernization. BCBSFL holds approximately 30% of the HMO market share in Florida‚ which is twice the share of its nearest competitor. BCBSFL offers a BlueComplements program filled with discounts
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The Evolution of Helmet Safety in the NFL Informative Speech 11/19/2012 * Introduction * Since the foundation of the NFL in 1920‚ player helmet safety has come a long way with many advances being made to ensure players receive the highest degree of protection possible. In order to help you better understand the advancements the NFL has made to ensure player helmet safety‚ I will discuss 2 main topics. The History of the NFL Helmet 1. The Consequences of Head Injuries
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out that many High Schools use old football helmets for their football teams - some as old as 10 years. Each helmet has a 10 year old warranty and should get reconditioned & recertified every year. It doesn’t mean that a 10 year old helmet isn’t up to code. It just means you can’t use it because you can’t get it recertified. Helmets that were recertified have lables inside them showing the last recertification date.http://www.kshb.com/news/football-helmets-up-to-10-years-old-still-in-use Let’s face
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Wearing a helmet helps to protect our vital organs - the brain. We should wear helmets every time we are cycling‚ as well as kids. Even if a child thinks this is uncool and he looks funny‚ you should tell him that‚ it looks way less cool to have face all scarred up from sliding on the concrete or dirt. Research shows that half of the injuries received by cyclists are to the face and head and about 75% of all bicyclist deaths each year result from head injuries (“Do You Need a Bike Helmet”.) Helmets are
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Robert Leckie is the protagonist and author of the book “Helmet for My Pillow --- From Parris Island.” He is a World War II veteran and describes what it is like in the United States Marine Corps and how he endures the pain and devastating days of the horrors of World War II against the Japanese. The story begins with him in boot camp in Parris Island‚ South Carolina. The story then leads to the end of his basic training‚ which challenges him in the Pacific. During his hard journey‚ he uses many
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Devil in a Blue Dress: Novel vs. Film The hardboiled mystery novel‚ Devil in a Blue Dress‚ by Walter Mosley was first published in 1990 and was acknowledged by former U.S. President‚ Bill Clinton‚ as one of his many favorite novelists (Easy Writer). Taking place in post-war Los Angeles‚ the story is narrated by an African American laborer‚ Easy Rawlins‚ who is transformed into an L.A. detective after being pulled in to the affairs of local townspeople. The successful novel continued onto screen
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(CASTA2.CASTA)12040 LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX) CASTA TWO DEPARTURE (RNAV) AVENAL AVE 10 40 0 29 6 PASKE SL-237 (FAA) LOS ANGELES‚ CALIFORNIA ATIS DEP 135.65 TAKE-OFF MINIMUMS CLNC DEL Rwys 6L‚ 6R‚ 7L‚ 7R‚ NA - ATC. 121.4 327.0 Rwys 24L‚ 24R‚ 25L‚ 25R‚ Standard GND CON with a minimum climb of 500’ per NM COREZ () 2 5 SHAFTER EHF N 121.65 327.0 S 121.75 327.0 to 1800. ATC climb of 350’ per NM LOS ANGELES TOWER to 6200. N 133.9 239
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Albright‚ Calvin‚ 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment Headquarters and Service Company‚ S2 Subj: BOOK REPORT OF “Helmet for my Pillow” BY ROBERT LECKIE 1. Recommendations a. Audience. I recommend “Helmet for my Pillow” to every single Marine. The book was phenomenal in going into detail about exact events that happened to the 1st Marines during WW2. The author is writing the novel in 1st person point of view and his recollections of the events that took place. Since the author is writing in 1st
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The Blues is a musical form and genre‚ which originated in South America within the African-American communities. It originated near the end of the 19th century‚ and was rooted from spirituals‚ work songs‚ field hollers (which are very similar to work songs‚ but some do not have lyrics)‚ shouts and rhymes. The blues form in jazz‚ rhythm and blues and rock and roll; and each is characterised by a specific chord progression‚ the most common being the twelve bar blues. The blues notes‚ are played or
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