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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185‚ Summer 2009 For my listening assignment‚ I chose the piece‚ “St. Louis Blues” by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong‚ recorded in the late 1920s. At this time‚ the country was in the transition from country blues (a single artist accompanied by a single guitar) to city blues (a single artist accompanied by either a piano and/or several instruments). In city blues‚ the form was based on a very rigid 12-bar blues structure‚ which used mainly the I‚ IV‚ and V7 chords in similar progressions each
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“Refugee Blues” by WH Auden‚ is a ballad and‚ as such‚ has a sense of musicality that is created by both its structure and the repetition of certain phrases. The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza tell the story‚ while the third line contains a repeated phrase (like a chorus) that develops the theme of the poem. For example‚ the first stanza ends: “yet there’s no place for us‚ my dear‚ yet there’s
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The Gospel of the Blues By: Nikita Gabrielle Taggart Nikita Taggart MUS 426 Dr. Lewis 5/1/14 Have you ever gone out on a Saturday night to hear someone sing the blues? In the same respect‚ gone to a church the next morning and heard a gospel soloist? If not‚ one might think that these two musical expressions have nothing in common with one another. However‚ by listening to the motivic development‚ form‚ and studying their histories‚ one will come to learn how similar
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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Robbins‚ S.‚ Bergman‚R.‚ Stagg‚ I.‚ & Coulter‚ M. (2012). Management roles. French Forest NSW 2086: Pearson Australia In this book Robbins et al. review the management roles that refers to specific categories of managerial behaviour and the expectations that are associated with being the person in that role. The authors in this book describe the managerial roles based on Mintzberg’s ten management roles to emphasize the readers about the roles. The data provided focuses
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QUESTIONS FOR HERODOTUS’ THE HISTORIES I. Who is Herodotus’s intended audience? Why was it written? A. His intended audience was the Greeks. B. It was written to tell the story of the Pelopensisan War C. Written to cover the conquests of Cyrus as he takes over much of the known world by ruling the Persian Empire. D. Herodotus was half Greek and half Persian E. He intended his work to undermine Hellenic ethnocentricity -- to open the Greek mind to to the rich diversity of the surrounding
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Blue Cross and Blue Shields Association Saint Leo University Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is one of the many major health insurance companies in the United States. The company was started by a man named Dr. Justin Ford Kimball in 1929. Kimball started the program because he noticed that teachers had a huge burden of medical bills in his area. He started a plan for teachers to be able to have a three week hospital stay covered for as little as fifty cents a month.
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In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ the main idea is: the obligation towards brotherly love. The short story expresses this idea through the use of strong characterization‚ focusing on Sonny and his older brother‚ and their life together. This short story is meaningful with several emotional experiences that are heart-breaking and life changing. Taking place in Harlem‚ the story describes the relationship of two brothers‚ the narrator and Sonny‚ and their different and similar ways
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Born Too Short Thirteen year-old‚ five-foot one Matt Greene has one problem. He also has many talents that go unnoticed. He is very intelligent and can play the guitar. But‚ he does not get the respect due to him because of his height. He does not play sports‚ and has gotten rejected by girls he wants to date. They do not want a boyfriend who is the size of a dwarf. Unlike Matt‚ his best friend‚ Keith‚ was the coolest most popular guy. He is everything that Matt is not. He stands a towering
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Introduction Blue Ridge Spain is a joint venture established between an American fast food chain and a Spanish agricultural firm‚ Terralumen. Terralumen contributed the most to Delta’s success in foreign markets. After 15 years of a successful joint venture‚ Costas was shocked to find out that new owner‚ Delta‚ wanted to end the partnership despite of the joint venture’s profitability. Issues and Analysis Cultural Issues Cultural differences‚ as related to doing business‚ come into play here
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