Crafts

How To Make Lanyards

Creative types may be curious to learn how to make lanyards. If you are able to follow simple directions you will be able to produce your very own lanyard for personal use or to give as a gift. Whether for yourself or a as a gift, lanyards are a great way to secure your keys, cell phone, badge, or whistle.…

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Insurance

The Blue Cross Story

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the largest private health insurance system in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada. It is composed of 55 independent, locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans that collectively provided health care coverage to over 88 million people in 2003. For its beginnings we need to go back to 1929…

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Recreation Sports

Stay Off Away From Tracks To Stay Safe

The change of seasons encourages us to be bold, to step out, to get there sooner. While bold action can be admired in some cases, it’s a different story when it comes to railroad tracks. Nearly a dozen people age 17 and under have been severely injured or killed on railroad tracks in the beginning of spring. Unfortunately, it happens…

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Arts Entertainment

Were You There

Were you there, when they crucified my Lord? That is the title of a well-loved old hymn. Imagine standing on that hill 2000 years ago witnessing the nailing of Jesus on the cross. Here he is already near death after a heavy crown of thorns had been sunk deeply into his skull. His back is covered with deep, oozing stripes…

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Wealth Building

Compare The Major California Health Insurance Carriers

Five Critical Criteria used to compare California carriers. 1. Health Plan pricing in the market. Ultimately, benefits need to be priced well relative to other similar plans on the market. Also, the plans have to make sense financially in today’s world of ever-increasing cost. Some large multi-line carriers like Principle offer extremely rich benefits that have completely priced themselves out…

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Medicine

How The Blue Cross Works

The Blue Cross is, in actuality, not a single company, but is instead a large conglomeration of companies that make up the Blue Cross Group of companies. These businesses that make up the Blue Cross include the leading companies with the highest financial stability in providing several medical services, such as travel insurance, personal accident insurance, and medical insurance, as…

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