Word: accessibility
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...Berkman Center Web site seeks to compile data on web access and censorship around the globe. Herdict.org—whose name is a portmanteau word of “herd” and “verdict”—allows Internet users to record when a Web site appears inaccessible to them. They can also see if other users around the world are experiencing the same problem, creating a real-time database that catalogues and monitors which Web sites are down or restricted. By calling on Internet users to report their experiences, Herdict utilizes a burgeoning...
...Waiting to gain access to the San Jose locker room afterwards, I concluded from the coach’s tirade drifting into the hallway (F-bomb average: 3/sentence) that neither team lacks intensity when it comes to the game they love...
...when the lights came up I remembered that I had gotten such access to cover the expansion Boston Blazers, one of twelve National League Lacrosse teams trying to gain footing in a crowded U.S. sports market. Despite generous helpings of thunder sticks, the few thousand fans below me did not seem to register on the arena’s Noise-O-Meter, causing me to question this device’s accuracy. At the opening faceoff between the Blazers and visiting San Jose Stealth, I looked down with contempt, a spoiled American fan accustomed to nationally-hyped sports action...
...find a job that would include health coverage. Until that happened, "unexpected illnesses and accidents happen every day, and the resulting medical bills can be disastrous," Assurant's website warned. "Safeguard your financial future with Short Term Medical temporary insurance. It provides the peace of mind and health care access you need at a price you can afford." (Facebook users, comment on the story below...
...according to the ACS - or because the patient is struggling to maintain coverage in the face of rising premiums and accumulating co-pay costs. Some, having been forced by illness to stop working, must struggle to keep their employer-sponsored coverage through COBRA rules. Others are looking for access to sometimes pricey state-funded high-risk pools, and 72% of the callers are simply uninsured. So intense and complex is the insurance issue that in 2004 the ACS launched the Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS) within the call-center operations. Made up of a small group of specialists, the HIAS...