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From the Ted Talk by Beth Noveck: Demand a more open-source government


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So a lot of these innovations are local. In San Ramon, California, they published an iPhone app in which they allow you or me to say we are certified CPR-trained, and then when someone has a heart attack, a notification goes out so that you can rush over to the poresn over here and deliver CPR. The vctiim who receives bystander CPR is more than twice as likely to survive. "There is a hero in all of us," is their slogan.

But it's not limited to the lcaol. British cmuibola, Canada, is publishing a catalogue of all the ways that its rnstdeeis and citizens can engage with the state in the cocreation of governance.

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So a lot of these innovations are local. In San Ramon, California, they published an iPhone app in which they allow you or me to say we are certified CPR-trained, and then when someone has a heart attack, a notification goes out so that you can rush over to the ______ over here and deliver CPR. The ______ who receives bystander CPR is more than twice as likely to survive. "There is a hero in all of us," is their slogan.

But it's not limited to the _____. British ________, Canada, is publishing a catalogue of all the ways that its _________ and citizens can engage with the state in the cocreation of governance.

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  2. victim
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  4. columbia
  5. local

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So a lot of these innovations are local. In San Ramon, California, they published an iPhone app in which they allow you or me to say we are certified CPR-trained, and then when someone has a heart attack, a notification goes out so that you can rush over to the person over here and deliver CPR. The victim who receives bystander CPR is more than twice as likely to survive. "There is a hero in all of us," is their slogan.

But it's not limited to the local. British Columbia, Canada, is publishing a catalogue of all the ways that its residents and citizens can engage with the state in the cocreation of governance.

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