Blue Shield
Blue Shield may refer to: * Blue Shield emblem, a distinctive symbol marking cultural property defined by the 1954 Hague Convention * Blue Shield International, an international organization named after the Blue Shield emblem that protects cultural property in emergencies * Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, an American health insurance group * Blue Shield of California, health plan based in San Francisco, California * Blue Shield of California Building * Blue Shield (comics), a Marvel Comics Superhero * Blue Code of Silence The blue wall of silence, also blue code and blue shield, are terms used to denote an informal code of silence among police officers in the United States not to report on a colleague's errors, misconduct, or crimes, especially as related to pol ...

Blue Shield (comics)
The Blue Shield (Joe Cartelli) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Blue Shield first appeared in '' Dazzler'' #5 (July 1981), and was created by Tom DeFalco and Frank Springer. The character appeared sporadically through the years since then, having made appearances in '' Dazzler'' #14 (April 1982), '' Contest of Champions'' #3 (August 1982), ''Marvel Age Annual'' #1 (1985), ''Captain America'' #352 (April 1989), ''Quasar'' #8 (March 1990), '' Marvel Super Heroes'' vol. 3 #3 (September 1990), ''Quasar'' #51-53 (October–December 1993), #57 (April 1994), '' The Avengers'' vol. 3 #6 (July 1998), and ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #550 (February 2008) Blue Shield received an entry in the original ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' #2, and in the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition'' #1. Fictional character biography Joe Cartelli was born in the Bronx, New York. He is th ...
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Blue Cross And Blue Shield Association
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, also known as BCBS, BCBSA, or The Blues, is a United States–based federation with 33 independent and locally operated BCBSA companies that provide health insurance to more than 115 million people in the U.S. as of 2022. It was formed in 1982 from the merger of its two namesake organizations: Blue Cross was founded in 1929 and became the Blue Cross Association in 1960, and Blue Shield emerged in 1939 and the Blue Shield Association was created in 1948. Its headquarters are at the Aon Center at 200 E. Randolph Street in Chicago, Illinois. BCBSA claims to control access to the Blue Cross and Blue Shield trademarks and names across the United States and in more than 170 other countries, which it then licenses to the affiliated companies for specific, exclusive geographic service areas. It has affiliated plans in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and licensees offering plans in several foreign countries; it also participates ...
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Blue Shield Of California Building
50 Beale Street is a , 23-floor high-rise office building in the Financial District, San Francisco between Market Street and Mission Street. It is on the list of tallest buildings in San Francisco. Completed in 1967, the building served as the world headquarters for Bechtel before the company moved to Reston, Virginia. The building has also served as headquarters for Blue Shield of California between 1996 and 2018. In 2006, Blue Shield renewed its lease and acquired naming rights to the building. The building has formerly been known as the Bechtel Building and subsequently the Blue Shield of California Building. Broadway Partners acquired the building in 2007. A joint venture of The Rockefeller Group and Mitsubishi Estate New York acquired the building in September 2012. The building was sold to Paramount Group, Inc. for approximately  million in September 2014. The building features a 1920 railcar used by Steve Bechtel. The private railcar was the Bechtel family home in t ...
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Hague Convention For The Protection Of Cultural Property In The Event Of Armed Conflict
The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is the first international treaty that focuses exclusively on the protection of cultural property in armed conflict. It was signed at The Hague, Netherlands, on 14 May 1954 and entered into force on 7 August 1956. , it has been ratified by 133 states. The provisions of the 1954 Convention were supplemented and clarified by two protocols concluded in 1954 and 1999. All three agreements are part of International humanitarian law, which, in the form of further agreements, primarily includes provisions defining the permissible means and methods of warfare and aiming at the widest possible protection of persons not involved in the fighting. In contrast to these parts of International Humanitarian Law, the agreements on the protection of cultural property were drawn up under the auspices of the United Nations (UN); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ...
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Blue Shield International
The Blue Shield, formerly the International Committee of the Blue Shield, is an international organization founded in 1996 to protect the world's cultural heritage from threats such as armed conflict and natural disasters. Originally intended as the "cultural equivalent of the Red Cross", its name derives from the blue shield symbol designed by Jan Zachwatowicz, used to signify cultural sites protected by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict. The Blue Shield's mission statement is in their statutes. It is a network of committees of dedicated individuals across the world that is “''committed to the protection of the world's cultural property, and is concerned with the protection of cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the event of armed conflict, natural- or human-made disaster''.” Blue Shield is a close partner organiza ...
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Blue Shield Of California
Blue Shield of California is a mutual benefit corporation and health plan, founded in 1939 by the California Medical Association. It is based in Oakland, California, and serves 4.5 million health plan members and more than 65,000 physicians across the state. Blue Shield of California was founded as a not-for-profit organization. As of 2014, it is no longer tax-exempt in California and has been paying federal taxes for years before that. History Blue Shield of California, then known as California Physicians' Service, was created by the California Medical Association in 1938. The organization was incorporated in 1939 and began offering coverage on March 6 of that same year. In 1946, the organization was among the founders of the National Association of Blue Shield Plans, which later became the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. In 1950, the Blue Shield of California health plan began offering catastrophic coverage. By 1961, it had one million subscribers of its health pla ...
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