We saw abandoned homes, weeded lots, no sidewalks, a park falling into disrepair, and a senior citizen center shuttered.

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He is also director of the Center for Citizen Media.

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"Twenty-eight percent of low-income subsidy recipients are currently in plans that are free to them, but will not be free to them if they stay in that plan in 2008, " says Kevin Prindiville of the National Senior Citizen's Law Center.

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When a 9-1-1 call is received reporting someone unconscious, unresponsive and likely needing CPR, the local communications center will dispatch public safety resources as they do today, but software running in the center will also send this alert to nearby citizen rescuers.

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The Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington has begun an initiative exploring technology and citizen-driven decision-making.

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And so with support from the International Center for Journalists, with whom he is a Knight International Journalism Fellow, Choudhary began an experiment in citizen journalism.

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