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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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    The Mississippi Delta stretches from Memphis‚ Tennessee to Vicksburg‚ Mississippi and from Helena‚ Arkansas to the Yazoo River. The Blues is a crucial part of the history in music. The “Blues is both music and the culture that produced it” * * * Listening to Mrs. Robbins and viewing Jacob Lawrence’s paintings gave me a better understanding of Jacob Lawrence as a painter. Mrs. Robbins explained how his parents moved and divorced in his childhood‚ and how he fell in love with color through the paintings

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    In the play Fences by August Wilson‚ power and privilege are key elements in defining the potentials and roles of the characters in their society. Set in America’s 1950s‚ Fences focuses on the poor‚ black family of Troy and Rose Maxson as they struggle to live through the hardships they are faced with during this period of segregation and racism. Accepting imperfections that are caused by power and privilege proves to be complicated for those such as the Maxsons who society has oppressed. The American

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    As Drama-Blue Remembered Hills Thursday 24th January 2013. Homework Pick a character and consider your approach as an actor in the portrayal of character. In at least 500 words‚ outline and explain your thoughts in an essay for submission next Thursday. In your answer you should refer to: • The original production‚ • The writer’s idea(l)s for the portrayal of the characters‚ • Vocal and physical characterisation‚ • Motivation‚ • Interaction with other characters

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    b. Endanger animals that only live in the area will find their homes destroyed or decade long hibernation/mating routes destroyed. c. Lives lost on the trek to the wall that splits the nations. 4. Conclusion Why the Border Fence is a Bad Idea The American government has decided that building a wall between our country and Mexico is the best option to keep out illegal immigrants. This wall is a sign of weakness‚ showing that our nation does not know how to handle such a situation

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    “Sonny’s Blues” In “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ we learn about two brothers‚ Sonny‚ and his older brother‚ the narrator. This story is as much about the narrator as it is about Sonny. Despite the fact that each takes separate paths in life‚ both still go through an immense amount of suffering. While the unconditional love this family revives plays a vital role in their success as individuals‚ at the end of the day‚ it is the individual who will choose his own destiny. They are each able to

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    Blue Ocean Strategy Abby Taylor HMI 408-B1 Kendall College 10 May 2014 Executive Summary “Have you caught the wave?” For those who have not heard this quote before‚ it is associated with a strategic strategy known as Blue Ocean Strategy; Blue Ocean was coined by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. In this strategy‚ the authors use the term “blue ocean” to get people to envision creating their own “blue oceans” which is often thought of as untouched

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    The impact of Blue Ocean Strategy In the earlier work (See Blue Ocean Strategy: how to create uncontested market ‚ 2005) it has been argued two types of strategies: blue ocean strategy and red ocean strategy. Red ocean strategists compete to win market share in traditional mature markets and pursue either a differentiation or cost leader strategy. On the other hand‚ Blue ocean strategists‚ create new environments‚ redefine products or services or the nature of competition‚ make competition irrelevant

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    the story‚ Fences‚ written by August Wilson was written during the time period between the 1930’s to the 1950’s. Our main character‚ Troy Maxson‚ has a lot of things going for him throughout the story and some of which he does not know how to react to correctly. At the end of the play‚ Troy Maxson dies and is sent to the gates of heaven where he is judges as a villain because it is clearly shown throughout the play that his con’s more than double his pro’s in his life

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    Infidelity is a sickness that can ruin relationships and tear families apart since it is a betrayal of the love that a husband entrusts in his wife and vice versa. In both fictional plays‚ Fences by August Wilson and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ infidelity is a clearly evident theme as both of the protagonists‚ Willy and Troy‚ betray their wives and have relations with other woman. Both men have a sense that what they are doing is wrong‚ but both continue to do so anyway. The major difference

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