In a bold move to address the healthcare affordability crisis, Blue Shield of California Chairman & CEO Bruce Bodaken announced a pledge today that Blue Shield will limit its annual net income to no more than 2 percent of revenue. This commitment will apply retroactively to income earned in 2010, when Blue Shield’s net income exceeded the 2 percent target by $180 million. That amount will go back to Blue Shield’s customers and the community.
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Lucy Weston, the vampire prey immortalized in Bram Stoker’s DRACULA has found the secret diaries of Queen Elizabeth, vampire slayer. This spellbinding account of the Queen of England and the King of Vampires rewrites history, and sweeps across centuries. Even now, in modern times, Lucy knows the power of such secrets. And who may try to stop her from sharing The Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer. Learn more about the book here: http://bit.ly/cC5Pu5 Fantasy, Paranormal
The rampant use of light to medium purple amethyst gems is basically related to the price of the gemstones. Darker and more saturated purple amethyst stones are priced higher and are therefore not common in wholesale gold or silver jewelry. The reference of African (darker amethyst) and Brazilian (lighter) amethyst gems is basically made to differentiate color. It does not clearly relate to the location of the particular amethyst mines. The Directstones report on amethyst gems has more details check it out at http://www.amethyst.directstones.com/amethyst-gemstone-01.htm
\\\The Columbine Cause\\\ by Evan Long raises questions about the April 20, 1999 attack on Columbine High School which have gone unaddressed or unanswered by corporate and state media, including:
Why do counts of the ballistics evidence charts yield totals far greater than the three hundred-odd shots officially stated by law enforcement officials to have been fired?
Why did students and teachers inside the school during the attack describe up to a dozen distinct shooters, some of whom some of them were able to identify by name as neither Eric Harris nor Dylan Klebold?
Why were the people of the world told that the attack was a \\\wake-up call\\\ when some Columbine students knew it to have been \\\the big rumor\\\ for up to two years in advance?
There is much more to the story of the attack on Columbine than has been widely made known.
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Rapid urban growth in emerging nations has rarely been accompanied by foresight and planning. As economies expand, sucking more and more people into towns and cities in search of jobs and prosperity, the up-shot has too often been uncontrolled development, scant regard for building standards and an ugly urban sprawl.
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During a biking race, two bikers get tangled and begin to fight ontop of a bridge. Just as the winner gets going again, a spectating fan gets upset, tackles and then throws the cheating bicyclist over a bridge to a cold lake below. Talk about getting your panties in a wad! Guess this will teach you not to cheat during a bike race. If your still bored, check out/add my profile/videos if you like 'fails' or are into that sort of thing.
A corpse, a homicide cop and a government sorceress. Who needs who more? Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/9v6Spj and its author here, http://dianewhiteside.com/ Paranormal romance
Vesper, book one in Jeff Sampsons Deviants series, is a supernatural mystery about a smart, sarcastic, geeky, and proud of it, teen girl who must solve a rash of murders in her small town while attempting to figure out what has transformed her into a strong, utterly fearless version of herself. Learn more about this book here: http://bit.ly/hCFo0b Like DEVIANTS on Facebook: www.facebook.com/deviantsbooks.
Many students leave the house without eating breakfast in the morning and at noon fast food restaurants and bakeries near schools enjoy the fact that they are becoming more and more popular. In times of increasing numbers of all-day schools it is time for things to change, more and more schools are convinced of this too. School cafeterias are the logical consequence. But the implementation is not so easy. French Fries and Hot dogs or greasy burgers definitely don’t help concentration in the classroom. Sluggish and tired students are the result.
Music To Save Lives - Malaria No More UK. Music is incredibly emotive, but now, thanks to Malaria No More UK, it has the power to save lives. Over 780,000 people, the equivalent of the UK's 12 largest music festivals, die each year from malaria.
Malaria No More UK are using the power of music to raise awareness about this devastating, yet preventable and treatable disease. They want to inspire action and are giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the:
The Big Chill
Parklife Weekend
Wychwood Festival
Sonisphere
http://malarianomore.org.uk/festivals
When Hemingway’s lost works, stolen in 1922 from his first wife Hadley Richardson, are recovered, they’re worth millions. The womanizing academic who found them is murdered, and Chicago Insurance Investigator DD McGil, aided by her antiquarian book dealer friend Tom Joyce, must recover them, if genuine, or prove they are fakes. Learn more about this book: http://bit.ly/ds77tS Learn more about this author: http://dianegilbertmadsen.com/ Mystery Thriller
The Procter & Gamble Company’s Oral-B® and television host Brooke Burke took over New York City’s Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Station to celebrate their commitment to advancing America’s oral health. Oral-B, the brand of toothbrush more dentists use themselves worldwide, is offering consumers 50 percent off select Premium Power toothbrushes after mail-in rebate from Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2010 to empower Americans to take charge of their own oral health. Oral-B Premium Power toothbrushes will be donating $25,000 to Operation Smile — a worldwide children’s medical charity that provides free surgeries for children with cleft lips and cleft palates.
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