1. 1  Transportation. 2  Blood is the primary means of transport in the body that is responsible for transporting important nutrients and materials to and from the cells and molecules that make up our body.
Flag Display Guide. Displaying the Flag at Half Mast: When you need to display the American flag at half mast, you actually need to hoist it completely to the peak of the pole and then instantly lower it to the half staff position. At the close of the day, the flag should again be raised to the peak of the flag pole and then lowered completely.
How does one raise a flag to half-staff? Surprisingly, not just by raising it halfway up the flagpole. To properly fly a flag at half-staff in mourning, one quickly raises the flag to the peak of the pole before slowly lowering it back down to the half-staff position. More from Mental Floss: