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Out of three questions, first two questions are answered here Surbhi Tripathi's answer to What is the Nipah virus, and how is it transmitted?The last question which is most important one to answer is about government's measures on NiV. As India is one of the member state of World Health Organisation so the preparedness for NiV is recommended by WHO will be apt to apply in India:Surveillance, Prevention and Control ofNipah Virus Infection: A Practical HandbookPage No. 18–354. OUTBREAK OR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR NiV4.1. PreparednessPreparedness in terms of technical and logistical management of a Nipah outbreak is essential in countries with recurrent outbreaks. The best response to a Nipah outbreak is being able to detect cases as early as possible and prevent further infections.4.1.1. Enhancing surveillance during the NiV transmission seasonSurveillance should be intensified during the Nipah season from January through May, when most Nipah outbreaks have been identified. This will increase the possibility of identifying NiV infection and understanding the characteristics of the virus. Blood, CSF, urine and throat swabs are collected from suspected patients and sent to the reference laboratories.4.1.2. Awareness building in hospitals and raising community awareness• Encourage and train health-care workers to maintain standard infection control precautions, e.g., personal hygiene, use of personal protective equipment(PPE), and manage encephalitis or neurological patients appropriately.• Disseminate information to communities through multimedia, leaflets, posters and meetings (group, community and market) encouraging people:o to stop consumption of raw date palm sap;o not to eat fruit partially eaten by bats;o cover the mouth and nose while caring for unconscious patients;o wash hands with soap and water before and after feeding and taking care of patients.4.1.3. Infection control in health-care settings should be in place• Implement standard infection control precautions.• Acquire and maintain PPE stock and other equipment needed in epidemiological investigations and outbreak response.4.1.4. Planning for outbreak response: some major components4.1.4.1. Formation of a multisectoral team 20Since NiV infection is a zoonosis and outbreaks may be associated with multiple factors such as animal reservoirs, sociocultural practices, food habits and possible human-to-human transmission, a multidisciplinary team is needed, and preparation should be done for pre-outbreak, outbreak and post-outbreak phases.A multisectoral team should be built up at national and local levels for the monitoring, evaluation and response to unusual acute public health events and outbreak response, including Nipah outbreaks. The team should have a holistic, multidisciplinary approach consisting of public health personnel, clinicians and laboratory personnel. The multisectoral team may consist of the following professionals (depending on the evolving and country-specific situation) who would bring relevant expertise in outbreak investigation and response:• epidemiologist• microbiologist• anthropologist and/or social scientist• veterinarian• ecologist.National or subnational level – Rapid Response Team (NRRT): The NRRT should be assigned from institutes at the national/provincial level and partner institutes.District/provincial level – District Rapid Response Team (DRRT): The DRRT consists of the head of health services at the district/provincial level and clinical and laboratory expertise, and other expertise from the public health department.4.1.4.2. Evaluate and ensure the supplies for sample collection, storage and shipment of samples:• Assess PPE in stock;• Assess sample collection instruments;• Assess sample storage capacity in the laboratory;• Evaluate laboratory capacity for NiV testing (e.g., biosafety, quality, skills, human resources and consumables for NiV virus testing);• Evaluate hospital capacities for isolation facilities and ability to treat Nipah patients in Nipah-prone areas.4.2. Alert and outbreak investigationThe outbreak investigation should lead to formulation of an appropriate public health intervention as soon as the source and mode of transmission are known. In the meantime, control measures mitigating known risk factors should be implemented as soon as NiV transmission is suspected.4.2.1. Investigation of a suspected case or cluster of suspect cases:4.2.1.1. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for sample collection and transportation in place:• Surveillance physician will take verbal consent from patient or patient’s family member;• Collect 5 ml venous blood;• If possible, collect 3 ml extra-CSF when appropriate;• Aliquot 1 ml serum and 1 ml CSF samples in 1.8 ml cryovial tube. Try to aliquot serum and CSF samples in three cryovial tubes;• Label the cryovial tube with: type of samples (serum/CSF), patient name and identification number, and date of sample collection;• Store the serum and CSF samples in liquid nitrogen if possible, or −20°C freezer for short-term storage if liquid nitrogen is not available;• Ship samples in liquid nitrogen tank or ice pack to assigned centre for laboratory diagnosis;• Store samples in −70°C freezer for longer-term storage;• A list of potential national or international reference laboratories should be pre-established. There can be several for different purposes: a frontline laboratory would be the WHO Collaborating Centre for laboratory diagnosis of viral diseases with BSL 3 or BSL 4 facilities (see list of WHO Collaborating Centres and other institutions for laboratory diagnosis, surveillance and response in Appendix 4).4.2.1.2. Templates of data collection instruments pre-developed and in place for quick useThese templates should include the following:• line listing of all cases;• case reporting form;• questionnaire for case-control studies or other relevant studies;• forms for sample collection.4.2.1.3. SOP for activating and conducting outbreak investigation teamsThis SOP is commonly country-specific as the process relies on the administrative structures and capacity or resources of a given country. Therefore a country-based manual or protocol for outbreak investigations should be in place in at-risk countries forNipah outbreaks. A more generalized national SOP manual for all emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases of international concern could be developed focusing on a mechanism of response and roles and responsibilities of different parties.The following are some of the key components to prepare a team for outbreak investigation:1) National or Subnational Rapid Response Team (RRT) Should an outbreak of NiV virus disease be suspected and/or reported, the National RRT should be activated and should meet together to:(1) Plan and conduct the investigation;(2) Request further technical support if needed (e.g., further analysis and interpretation, risk communication, initiate control).2) Administrative SOP for field work in place: administrative clearance, organize supplies, travel arrangements:• approval/permission from competent authority;• arrangement for accommodation;• arrangement for security, if needed;• arrange vehicle;• supplies:o medicineso sample collection instrumentso PPEo disinfectants, hand sanitizero basic medical and investigation equipment, e.g., stethoscope, thermometer, GPS instrument, etc.3) SOP for rapid mobilization of additional or experts teamsIf the NiV outbreak is confirmed, an experienced Nipah outbreak investigation team comprising an epidemiologist, clinician, veterinarian and anthropologist or social scientist can move to the field within 24 hours of outbreak reporting.4.2. 1.4. Nipah outbreak investigationThe overall objective of investigating Nipah outbreaks is to control the outbreak and prevent future outbreaks. Any Nipah (or suspicion of) outbreaks should be investigated as the disease is of public health concern with potentially devastating consequences.The specific objectives include the following:• to determine the extent of the outbreak;• to characterize the populations at greatest risk and to identify specific risk factors;• to provide practical recommendations to strengthen control and prevention measures.Key steps when conducting Nipah outbreak investigationStep 1: Activate preparation plan for outbreak investigation (details above).Step 2: Confirm the outbreak.One of the first tasks of the initial investigation team is to verify that a suspected cluster of cases is indeed a real outbreak with common cause. Some will be unrelated cases of the same disease, and others will turn out to be real cases of AES or ALRI but of unrelated diseases. This step consists of confirming the diagnosis through visiting the outbreak affected areas to (1) examine the patients and/or review the medical charts to describe and understand the clinical presentation; (2) collect blood, CSF and throat swab samples at the time of admission/ first contact, and follow-up serum samples 2 weeks after the onset of illness for testing.A Nipah outbreak is defined as the identification of at least one laboratory-confirmed case.Step 3: Define and identify cases.The investigators should develop or adapt standardized case definitions appropriate to the outbreak context (see details in standard case definitions). Testing for NiV infection should be performed when there are: (i) clusters of AES due to an unknown agent or (ii) patients with AES due to an unknown agent living in or near NiV zones.Patients with AES should also be tested for NiV infection when they are exposed to a cluster of unexplained neurological/pulmonary illness in animals, such as horses and pigs.Step 4: Case-findingIn many outbreaks, including Nipah outbreaks, the first cases that are recognized are usually a small proportion of the total number. Retrospective and prospective case-findings are crucial to determine the true magnitude and geographical extent of the outbreak.Active case-finding should be conducted:Among close contacts:• A close contact is defined as “a patient or the person who came in contact with a Nipah case (confirmed or probable cases) AND stayed in the room or veranda or vehicle for at least 15 minutes”.• Record contacts for potential follow-up if need be. They are to be followed up in case of occurrence of illness (up to 18 days). Serum specimens should be collected in case of symptom onseto in high-risk groups or in groups exposed to the sourceo through enhancing surveillance in the outbreak area and the at-risk areas for case-finding in the communityStep 5: Evaluate the outbreak in relation to ‘time, place and person’• establish a line-list of current and previous cases;• draw an epidemic curve;• analyse and interpret the data to identify potential sources of transmission.Step 6: Develop and evaluate hypothesesOnce step 5 has been done, investigators should have some hypotheses regarding the source and/or mode of transmission and the exposures that caused the disease. These hypotheses should be compared with established facts.Step 7: Refine hypotheses and carry out additional studiesIf step 6 is not conclusive, these hypotheses can be refined to look for new modes or vehicles of transmission and be evaluated through conducting case–control studies.Step 8: Implement control and prevention measures (see response section below)Step 9: Communicate findings and information about risks (i.e., outbreak report)• Develop an outbreak report and disseminate to concerned authorities.• Learning from the outbreak includes detailing:o new findingso major limitations during outbreak investigation• Resume the activities of pre-outbreak phase.4.3. Additional considerations with respect to Nipah outbreaksWhen the Nipah outbreak is confirmed, the investigation team needs to:• Immediately inform the local, regional and national authorities.• Inform the partners/stakeholders (notably those involved at local level): treating hospitals, patients’ relatives.• Declare the Nipah outbreak to WHO under the International HealthRegulation 2005 (IHR) via National IHR focal points (see detail below in the response section).Notification and assessment of Nipah outbreak and/or cases to WHO should be based on the following four criteria described in Annex II of IHR 2005. A "yes" to any of the four criteria would lead to notifying WHO under Article 6 of the IHR.• Is the public health impact of the Nipah outbreak and/or cases serious?• Are the Nipah outbreak and/or cases unusual or unexpected?• Is there a significant risk of international spread?• Is there a significant risk of international travel or trade restrictions?4.3.1. Conduct rapid risk assessmentSome of the major risk assessment questions should include the following:• What is the risk of occurrence of further cases from the detected outbreak?• What is the risk of spread of the infection?• What is the risk of major impact of the current outbreak on the health-care system?4.3.2. Evaluate the impact of control measuresEach outbreak should be thoroughly investigated, and lessons learnt from each outbreak should be evaluated and documented so that control measures can be reviewed and modified as required.4.3. 3. Develop further research with the objective of identifying determinants of infection or severity and determining modes and dynamics of infectionThe populations to be investigated would be those exposed to NiV:4.3.3.1. Health-care workers (HCWs)There is evidence of nosocomial transmission in India and Bangladesh, and one nurse was positive to Nipah IgM antibody in Malaysia (3, 4). HCWs are to be trained for infection control and prevention (see below). Surveillance should be in place to detect any suspected cases among HCWs. In addition, a study should be conducted to identify asymptomaticcases among HCWs who provided service to Nipah patients. Among these, positive cases should be subsequently compared with negative ones to determine risk factors for infection and understand the dynamics of transmission. Some components of the study could include:• Make a list of HCWs who provided care to Nipah patients.• Take consent from HCWs.• Interview at-risk HCWs using an exposure questionnaire, about 3 weeks after the last exposure to NiV-infected patients.• Collect 5 ml of blood for serology testing about 3 weeks after the last exposure to NiV-infected patients.4.3.3.2. Communities potentially exposed to NiVThe investigation should encourage involvement of multidisciplinary and multisectoral team using a one-health approach. For instance, investigators should have the support of microbiologists and their laboratories to conduct community-based seroprevalence surveys (detection of recent antibody response) to determine the extent of the outbreak via detecting subclinical and/or asymptomatic cases. Asymptomatic cases could be further compared with controls to identify risk factors for infection.Anthropologists or other social scientists with extensive community-based experience could help propose additional behaviour risk factors to be tested in a case–control study. Anthropologists should work with communication/health promotion specialists to develop communication messages combining both local explanatory models and biomedical models using local terms and languages, and deliver the message in such a way that it is meaningful to the community.Veterinarians and eco-health specialists should join the investigation to conduct studies collecting specimens from animals and the environment in the outbreak settings.Zoonotic and environmental investigations during an NiV outbreak primarily aim to determine the primary reservoir, likely source of the virus, route of transmission and the extent of the spread of the virus in animals. Georeferenced positive specimens could be analysed with positive human cases to better understand the dynamics of transmission.4.4. ResponseAs soon as a Nipah outbreak is confirmed, national authorities should implement control measures based on known risk factors. The interventions should be based on a multisectoral approach and include/understand the following strategic objectives:1. Establishment of a coordination committee for outbreak prevention, and control activities and resources mobilization; the role of this committee is to ensure the general coordination of operations. It must clearly define the responsibilities of the various teams and the route of information during outbreak response operations.2. Setting up partnerships with the media to ensure media monitoring and better risk communication.3. Formation of a referral system with the principal objective of easing transfer of cases to the appropriate case-management health-care settings.a. Active detection for new Nipah cases and their transfer to the case-management ward.b. Follow up all contacts during 18 days after their last unprotected exposure to Nipah patient(s) or infected animal or tissue (e.g., laboratory) and their transfer to the case-management ward if they fall sick.4. Set up a social mobilization and medical education programme whose principal role is to inform the public and promote practices that decrease community transmission of the disease.5. At the foci zone, the medical team should ensure safe case management of Nipah patients by complying with the following guidelines:a. Respect patients and their families’ dignity and rights, in particular their right for information on disease and treatment,b. Set up a specific Nipah case-management ward that ensures biosafety of in-patient care,c. Set up infection prevention and control measures for safe patient care,d. Organize the safe transport of patients from their residence to the ward,e. The express consent of patients is necessary for any hospitalization. In the event of patient’s refusal to be hospitalized, the medical team should organize, temporarily, a patient’s care at home with his/her family support.f. Organize safe burials while respecting the funeral ceremony,g. Set up psychosocial support (patients, family, HCWs).6. Outside the foci zone, to prevent secondary foci, the medical team should reinforce standard infection prevention and control measures in health care in all health centres of the affected district and all hospitals catering to the outbreak zone.7. Establishment of links with the animal health sector to:a. Continue monitoring the cause of disease and death in domestic animals and wildlife.b. Test samples and alert public health authorities as needed.c. Control slaughtering/butchering activities of domestic animals and wildlife, at home, and in markets and slaughterhouses.8. Media and communicationa. Designate a spokesperson in the outbreak team.b. Designate a spokesperson at the national level who communicates with national media.c. Regularly update reports to be sent to assigned authority.d. Conduct regular meetings with press and community.e. Distribute information, education and communication material.4.5. In the aftermath of the outbreak (evaluation)4.5.1. Declare the end of the outbreakThe health ministry declares the end of the outbreak. The date of outbreak end is equal to twice the mean incubation period for Nipah counted from the last infectious contact with a confirmed or probable case.The national authorities should use the announcement of the end of the outbreak to acknowledge national and international field teams as well as the media. They should also formally present their solidarity and their empathy to the victims, their families and the affected populations.4.5.2. Writing a final report of the outbreak control activitiesThe report objective is to describe the activities undertaken during the epidemic as well as constraints and difficulties encountered. It should include technical aspects (final epidemiological analysis, clinical investigations, etc.), as well as administrative and financial aspects. The report should be published to achieve wider dissemination of findings and lessons learnt.4.5.3. Archive outbreak documents and files• Gather all the reports, files, photographs, videos and other documents related to the outbreak management.• Store all the documents in a place accessible for their later use.4.5.4. Evaluate the management of the outbreakThe evaluation of the management of the outbreak response will review the performance of the various components of the strategy: coordination, relationship to the media, surveillance system, social mobilization programme, clinical management and logistics.The aim of the evaluation is to determine lessons learnt to improve the future management of epidemics. This evaluation should be led by a team comprising national and technical partners.4.5.5. To resume activities of the pre-outbreak period

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A way to turn the customized diets that Weight Watchers or WebMD create into a peapod order.Online petition forms with compliant signature verification software.Customer service solution for general contractors that allows them to put in notes and they’re generated as an email or voicemail to customer to provide them with regular reports on how the work is going and what is holding things upNetworked home alarm systems so that neighbors can check on each other’s homes during break-ins.Scavenger Hunts, Inc. – We setup pre-defined scavenger hunts for small business team building (like a mini Amazing Race) or even for kid’s birthday parties (in a local park)Eyeglasses that you can adjust to the light. Not that they adjust on their own.Worst, etc.Clipping service for high school athletes parentsEZPass for humans on public transportation (key fob?)A company that creates baseball trading card style packets for restaurant chains.A cleaning service using only eco friendly productsCustom Hypnosis CD Business – Customers go to a studio and record their own voice reading self-hypnosis scriptsOnline Suspenders store – Company sells nothing but suspendersA non-profit that supports poor on using technology in classes taught by young freelance artists.Online Antique Appraisal Service – Send pictures of your antiques online to have them appraisedMicrobrewery with high-octane beers with boutique labels that cost as much as good winesTechnology consulting for venture firms.Harmonica It. com: download audio of people playing popular songs on the harmonica.A site that aggregates naturopathic medicines that have been shown to work to peer reviewed journals, but which for whatever reason aren’t prescribed by mainstream doctors. The site would then show the medicines proven effective for each condition, with a link to the journal article or clinical data or whatever.A hyperlocal iPhone app to find food, but for a series of use cases more specific than what Zagats and yelp are designed for. For example, list the best 3 food places within one mile of each highway exit that take less than 20 minutes. Or what wine tastings are within 10 miles of me within the next week.Anti-drug education program for inner city schools. In conjunction with a touring program that sends a message to parents across the country.Food consulting company that helps local restaurants with calorie measurement and other health issues – and publishes calorie, fat, vitamin data to third party apps on smart phones.Mushroom/compost farm that uses the Matter of Trust “lasagna” to eat cleaned up oil spillsCompany working with small local newspapers helping them develop a social network presenceGiant Magnadoodle for teachersComputer Remote Technician – Fixes your computer by remotely connecting to your PC or MacConference organizing company that handles all the logistics of creating and running conferences for other organizations.Retro-fitting older school buses with seats with seatbeltsOnline Town HallSpeed dating online.Adopt a prisoner “charity” that allows people to adopt an inmate and assure that they are visited and receive cards/letters on important dates.Prius Cab Fleet (www.greenfares. com)Buzz-monitoring of brands with software tools sold to enterprises and brand managers.The Purple Cow (most innovative product)Feng Shui experts that tells you the best way to put your stuff/furniture in your house.Expert roommate negotiator – Expert negotiator specializing in solving roommate disagreementsRent a scout that gives you a good idea of your child’s sports potentialBook packaging for great college writing and emerging writers.Online Palm Readings – Readings done via SkypeSelf-righting picture hangerWebsite for online job searching with IM capabilities so you can ask questions to other people searching or people who are advertising.An IMDB for people who have won awards. I want to a quick way to find the professors with the most citations in any given subject, the chefs in the area with the best Zagats reviews, the local high school football players with the most touchdowns, etc.A digital coloring book.SMS messaging for television tickers scrolling at the bottom of popular shows.A website that users can program in advance to take some action if some event happens. For example, a national chain of tire stores could send an email reminding its customers to get their snowtires on two days before the first predicted snowfall of the season in that user’s zipcode.Garanimals for adult menDating Consulting – individualized service on how to find, meet and date quality peopleBoat or Yacht share program.DeadCells Art: mail your old, hated cell phones to a factory that smashes it and returns it to the user as framed work of art.Girls Getaway – a company that sets up ‘girls week / weekend’ vacations (shopping, Broadway shows, hiking, wine tasting, etc.)Toilet seat covers for public toilets that don’t fall off the seats.For younger students, nap time is often hard to relax and in a bright room. There should be a company that creates comfortable nap time products for kids.A company that you can hire that will come to your town and make a 4 show realty series that you can show to your friends or play on local stations.A service that manages the risk of house swapping.Build the you own Barbie. com. Pay $100 to dress and color the you own doll.Twitter or SMS restaurant reservationsDigital family whiteboard on fridge (like an iTablet for the family)A website that connects people with Objects of Sociability. For example, you have a group of friends you want to do something with and it connects you with an open hibachi table or a deep sea fishing boat rental. You can also rent objects of sociability, so for example you could rent a bread maker or a super nice tea set with 30 looseleaf teas. It would also connect people to third places that would be suitable for, say, a first date.Dissolvable contacts that deliver medicine to the eye overnightA charity that works with major retailers to encourage buyers to bring in their old clothes for a discount. The company will then take the clothes from the retailer and send to a third world country or American red cross.TV Show Summary Service – Brief summaries of your favorite shows are e-mailed to you in case you missed them.Globalization consultancy.Creating a website community for freelance professors (professional educators with a specific expertise; different from tutors in the sense that they are not preparing students for a certain test or “actual class”) to connect with students who want to be educated via an alternative route. The ideal site would essentially be a hub for professor profiles/portfolios with a variety of mediums for conversation between the students and the professors for hire. comments/rating system (no anonymity including a record of that person’s comments rates so you can get a better picture of who is saying what). The idea is similar to something like pick a prof. that most college kids use now to pick their classes; however, the emphasis with pick a prof is typically to pick easy classes to graduate where as this would be an effort to allow professors and students to negotiate the value of the education without going through the university as a middle man. Monetization routes: site advertisements, membership fees for students and/or profs, selling books written by professors for commissionBuild Your Own Back Pack Shop.Group dating website.Online mentoring program for students of all ages (Pen pals that teach each other skills online.)Citizen journalism website.A website that teaches kids how to do quant trading. The site would come with a data feed, dozens of pre-packaged statistical tests that could be deployed or combined in various ways, and the ability to do backtesting to see if this strategy would have been effective on previous data.Designer bibs for patients during their teeth cleaning. This could be a cartoon design for kids or pattern for adults.RingTone this. com: upload audio and have computer-like versions automatically generated and sent to the you cell phone as a ringtone.A book about the history of the internet made from recycled phone books.A cutting-edge fashion company that tells the story of wearable computing.A virtual interior decorator that will make suggestions via digital photographs.A company like 800CEOREAD that does bulk book rentals. So for example you could rent 1,000 copies of Jeff Jarvis’s new book for a month instead of purchasing them.A company that sells high quality sawdust / sand in bulk to put on the floor of restaurants or bars. The company would then be responsible for removing the old material and replacing it when necessary.IP Camera security company – software solution – offsite remotely recordingMilitary Peak Performance Consulting – Consult the military on matters of peak performance (nutrition/stress management/etc.)An event planning organization that markets to stay-at-home moms with big ideas, eager to share there inventions and business ideas with other mothers.Educational youth iPhone gamesAn automatic dimming light bulb coated in that same stuff that is on glasses that the user wear on the you face.Frozen venison shipping store – Company that specializes in shipping the best venison across the countryA safe vice for your head when you have a headache (made from strong fabric maybe)Apprenticeship management company for high profile business personalities.Celebrity voice wake up callsObama TARP consulting for financial institutions.For Americans book series – Cricket for Americans, Bollywood for Americans, World History for Americans, French Film for Americans – would be topics that go outside our country to hopefully explain that the rest of the world isn’t just like us, nor should it beA consulting company that works with aerobic instructors to trademark their exercise routine.Webcam security set up to watch kids, dogs, older parentsA recipe holding cell online for all your recipes to edit, print, and send to friends.A small handheld set up to video chat only via satellite.A business model that implements a ‘couples fare’ if you are in a long distance relationship you register for a year deal where you get specialized pricing and discounts.iPhone app that has similar features to Nike plus (who doesn’t have an app yet). For runners. Pace, speed, etc. All reports back to a website that has monthly subscription costNetwork of restaurants where chefs rotateAgency that trains people for doctor’s offices. Doctor’s offices need etiquette training for their employees desperately.A service that transfers CDs -> LPs (not the other way around)Organic grapes and wine brokerage.If you’re doing home exchanges, a personal website devoted to you and your trip and all of its details. It will have an itinerary on a main page so you don’t have to access your email to see it and it has all the details there.Collectibles investment club.After Party Art where the user send in bottles collected from special gatherings to a factory that melts and shapes glass into guest gifts.Stickers for backpacks (stick well to nylon, etc.)Roomba type toy for dog to chase around house. Should move faster, be fairly indestructible and make appropriate noises.An online toy that introduces children to audio mixing through a Mr. Potato Head-like interface. Add a nose, add an instrument to the band!Children’s school that finds the right balance between Marine Corps boot camp methods, Montessori methods, and liberal arts education – located half the year in big cities worldwide and half the year in wilderness camp setting.Dashboard painting of car interiorsAmusement park based on video gamesPersonal chef for a day. A formalized service where you can call and get a chef with a specific specialty to come and cook a few days worth of food. In cities, this would be very popular and in demand.After party cleaning crewFence store – Sells nothing but designer fences with custom designsInvestment bank that helps non-profits tap the public market with stock listings.An invite only site that allows friends to create video playlists from Hulu, the userTube and third party programming.Online Astrology Readings – Readings done via SkypeGym review company – Company that reviews gyms and creates a guide like ZAGAT that we sellNetflix for freshwater aquariums. If you get bored of some of your old fish you can swap them out for new ones.Phone booth style device that you walk into and it steam presses your clothesA website that you can put in a characteristics of a person and it will come up with an avatar.A store for really obscure food products that change regularly. Every time a customer checks out, you ask them if there are any products that we don’t know about that we should know about, and if there is then the customer ten dollars off their bill and that product shows up in the store within a week or two. Maybe even more narrow than just foods in general, so for example a store for niche meats that come from animals you’ve never heard of.Religious Karaoke Bar – Bar where only religious songs allowed to be sung, and no alcoholSoda Pop flavored mochi balls.A sophisticated website that uses an eHarmony-like algorithm to match nannies and familiesSolid state lighting retrofits of vintage light fixtures (art deco, 40’s 50’s 60’s fixtures) get them at Goodwill and other second hand shops and turn them into $300 “green works or retro art”A dating service where only your friends can set you up on dates.Fractional Ownership of Season Tickets / Box SeatsAffordable home matting and framing kitConsumer fingerprinting business – Company provides trained experts to apply fingerprints tests for household eventsA relocation service for Americans looking to permanently move to a new location for global opportunities.Website where musicians can collaborate on lyricsRoomba for the backyard to pick up dog poop and enzyme it. Or it works with the Doggie Doolie and dumps the poop in it on a regular basis.Fish Burial Kit.Mail in your old mixtapes and get a playlist sent to you via email with a digital version of that mix.A not-for-profit that pairs experts with eager and willing pupils for an apprenticeship program.Actor research consulting service – Consulting service for actors to be setup with people who can mentor them in research for their rolesAutomatic documentary maker, where families upload clips, photos and music from their special occasions generating a smooth transition clip that captures the essence of the moment.Executive Power nap business – Locations where executives can take a 20 minute energizer nap during the dayGraphic novels based on video gamesProfessional protesters agency.Lip reading school – School that teaches students how to read lipsDigital Workflow Consulting – “We’ll get your precious memories (files) into the cloud”Brand of energy ice cream.Cereal Bar (cereal the way you like it with “extras” – open late)Sell web stats back to website owners who are computer illiterate (Google Analytics)Anti-inflammatory Hot SauceFirefox Plugin for Autosave ClipboardUndercover Teenager – hire a teenager to spy on your kidiPhone app that uses the GPS to measure amount of accumulated gains in altitude for climbers, hikers, skiers.Pay at the pump carbon offsetsRoof-mounted Active Denial System (pain ray) to keep deer out of your garden. Or possibly a sounder laser. The system would be mounted next to a camera with an image recognition system that could pick out a deer.Netflix for conversation pieces. Get bored of your coffee table book and send it back for another.Box removal after people move – green message of recyclingRelationship Hotline – Relationship experts answer phone calls 24/7Age verification company – A company that solely does research to verify someone’s age (little league baseball would be a big client)Campaign Suite -> Political Suite – set of web apps – all the good things Obama did in a “package”A seminar business that trains people to be tribe leaders.Mobile software for a picture-based wishlist. When you see something you like at a store, you can take a picture of it and record the info about it either so you can comparison shop or someone can shop for you. Might replace the print-out-20-sheets-of-info gift registries in places like Target.An Urban Dictionary for texting.Salon for blind peoplePicture book series for adults explaining technology topicsCloset organization for adult men – Garanimalize their clothing for them after the factVision board builder site that provides a virtual design for users to focus on their goals daily.A website that teaches you about what is involved in the day-to-day training for different sports, so you can make an intelligent decision about what sport to take up instead of just choosing based on what it looks like on TV. Has links to where you can go to take up a sport as a beginner, what the competition structure looks like, how far you typically have to travel, etc. Can drive traffic to consultants who help get kids recruited to college, to genetic testing firms, to sports physiology labs, etc.DeadTV Art: mail your old, hated TV sets to a factory that smashes it and returns it to the user as framed work of art.Organic vitamin pills and supplements for vegetarians sold through health stores.Teach companies how improv comedy can help them in their business (comfort zone, setup your partner)Herb garden planting – plan, plant and basically get your herb garden going.Legal Advice Hotline – Legal staff and call center charges consumers to call in for advice charge per hourA website for elementary and middle school kids that helps them build a portfolio of their best artwork, writing, sports accomplishments, etc.A data aggregator of global statistics on death, destruction, catastrophes, violations of human rights, freedom in media, etc. There is so much attention put on the middle east. It would be interesting to see and compare what is happening in your neighborJelly Belly for gumTeam in Training – supporting a family or village instead of a causeFilmmakers café-It would be great to have a place that people could go and use a TV and DVD player in a cool coffee house setting–similar to how the internet cafes are run…It could be a place where people could just leisurely watch something midday and also people can meet and discuss their work and others’ work while watching through it.Website that allows people to share clothes and shoes (fractional closet ownership)iPhone app that measures the speed of a pitch. Utilizing the built in accelerometer, you throw the phone as fast as you can. When you pick it back up it tells you the speed of your throw. This pairs well with the iPhone insurance idea.A site that gives you a step-by-step system to build a large web presence and a large group of followers, and makes it easy to track how many people are reading your blog, commenting, sending you emails, etc. so you can work on growing your number of followers and increasing your influence as efficiently as possible. Gives you detailed instructions each step of the way based on your performance.Affordable set top box with video chat (less functionality and cheaper than Media Center)Robotics sports entertainment company – Create robotic athletes that play sports using AI, charge for admissionA storytelling site that markets to families who want easy ways to archive the voices of their elders.Interactive billboard advertisements with codes for coupons sent to mobile phones (mobile-location-based-presence advertising).One stop shop custom photo labs – bring in digital pictures and you have access to Photoshop expert, printing matting, framing,A village in china that paints portraits of pop culture icons as various dog breeds. Look, Obama as a GreyHound!Fish babies. Specifically market a female and a male fish capable of mating to customers interested in seeing the miracle happen at home.A consumer hotline to advise people on electronic purchases and installation on a $ per minute basis.BestOf. com A website that only sells one specific type of each product…but you know its the best.Create YouTube channel with local restaurant reviews (or any kind of local business)Words sewn into a certain brand of clothes – need to find people with same clothes to spell out a word or phrase on the website to win a prize (like McDonald’s Monopoly but with clothes and a website)Public bathrooms that you pay to use. There is a room attendant for your bags.A bio-degradable “plastic” to be used in developing countries where outsiders come in and drink lots of things in plastic bottles because they can’t drink the water. These countries don’t have trash and thus no way to deal with the plastic trash Westerners bring with them.A free live music concert video site streaming a huge archive with limited commercial breaks.Portable safety landing zone for emergency extractions sold to government first responders.A mentoring program (website) that connects entrepreneurs with specific mentors they seek.Art co-op that sells memberships and the art travels among the homes of the members. Kind of a Netflix for art, maybe. Art to eventually be sold at auction via exclusive contract with Sotherby’s and profit made. Could be sold as a shared-art program or as an investment co-op. Or both.Senior friend – hire people to come by to spend 30 minutes just hanging with your older relative who live away from you.Website that generates naming and branding ideasTravel agency that shows you dying civilizationsA service that provides specific enthusiastic people who want to volunteer or have time to go engage with people at nursing homes and doing activities with them.Private investigation company for restaurant employees – Restaurant companies pay to have PI’s investigate whether employees are washing their hands in the bathroomA service that takes your records and digitizes them into MP3’s.Unique Bachelor & Bachelorette Parties – we work with you to design a fun, unique bachelor or bachelorette party experienceA singer/song-writer could offer to write, record, and perform personalized songs for people’s special occasions (anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, or just because). Many would love to have the ability to write, record, and perform an original song for a special someone, but they just don’t have what it takes musically. Then, there are those of us who do have the ability but don’t know how to market themselves.Outsourced sales staff for high-ticket items.Manufacturer of flying cars (courtesy of Tim Draper).Mobile app with hospital floor plans, maps, info about area restaurants, etc.Digital Painted Blinds. Every time a dorm student closes their blinds, the window becomes a poster of rotating images he/she uploads from a flash drive.A service of highly trained babysitters specialized in all ages that you could call upon last minute any night of the weekA service where people are employed to talk specifically to antisocial or shy people at a party (they’ll feel better about themselves and will be more likely to open up next time with their new confidence.)Live Tutor (online tutoring via webcam, chat)The “C-Games” – like the X-games, but real people and celebrities compete in wacky (think Japanese game show) events & all $$ goes to charityA website that aggregates tastemakers. Collect the people who do for other things what Fred Wilson does for music. Give them a really good platform. Give them points for picking up on trends before they go mainstream.A consulting company that creates tribes for your business.USB stick into a cell phonesite that allows people to upload stock video in HD for use by other filmmakers. Low cost per minute. 50/50 split between site and uploader when a purchase is made.Positive news TV channel (PNN) – TV news network that only plays positive TV programming, nothing negativeGrocery checkout efficiency consulting service – Company consults grocery stores on their checkout process to increase efficiency10% for the world – an association of businesses who add 10% to their prices and donate the 10% to charity.Traveling Poker school – weekend intensive poker school – get some prosAssist business people (authors, bloggers, executives) organize speeches and presentations – establish relationships with many venues & marketing channelsBaby fitness class company – Organize fitness classes for babies and their parentsiPhone app that is a recorder (like the ocarina app, but more familiar).Globalization import-export trading company.Really good collaboration software for creating mindmaps, with version control that’s as easy to use as Wikipedia’s history tab. Uses the same open data format as FreeMind.English speaking, US educated virtual assistantRestaurant where you cook alongside the chef , choose your ingredients and learn a new technique.A virtual world future’s exchange, so you can bet on how much a Linden dollar will be worth in US dollars six months from now.Script Assistants-A business that assists screenwriters as they are developing their script by aggregating credible/hard to find reference material that is diverse. Often a young (or firsttime) screenwriter has a great idea and may not know what to reference to develop their idea. This business would evaluate the theme/tone/genre of the script and assist in coming up with a solid and effective reference package pulling from books/TV/movies/screenplays.Web cam at school events so you can see your kid when you can’t make itUse Google Earth to determine green improvements to a given residenceA personal education coach-they pick blogs, books, resources for you to learn based on your personal interests and career goals. They gather all the materials and for you and make recommendations on the best way for learning the material.Non-profit that takes old technology items (computers, monitors, phones) to make them usable for non-profit use – clean off the software, ensure it has all the pieces, etc.)We come to your house to list only your good stuff on eBay or Amazon so you don’t have to bring it to a store. You could have a portable photo studio in the van so the product never leaves the premises until they have cash in hand after the sale. Charge a commission and have college students working for you.All electronic gadgets in one. Phone charger, mp3 player, computer, radio, watch) should all be able to be charged by the computer. (Travelsize/lightweight.)Gold reclamation service from old electronicsA guitar pedals that make exotic animal noises.Kids choose a week’s worth of lunches online with their parents and a van delivers them everyday at lunchtime.An organization devoted specifically to growing awareness over an obscure problem that no one really looks at (i.e. kids that grow up in negative environments and what that does to them as adults.)Fractional Ownership of Segway3D personalized bubblehead dolls ordered over the Internet based on submitted photos and scans.Art for the blind – Company that translates art into some type of Braille system where blind people can appreciate it.A place online that has all your usernames and passwords for all of your bank accounts, bill paying (cell phone, grocery, utilities)…keeps track of them.Vanity audiobook company for Lulu. com authorsWebsite that allows groups to document their lottery ticket purchases and each individual members’ shares to avoid problems when they win – there are a lot of winners beside the jackpot winner.Wikipedia search hotline for those who don’t have access to the internet and simply want quick answers to their inquiries sent to them as SMS texts.Build Your own Mardi Gras mask site.RSS Batches – supported with ads (so you can subscribe to a batch of the top 10 marketing blogs and in addition to the feeds you get an occasional relevant and anticipated ad)Philanthropic tourism – pay a huge fee with part of it going to help the people you visitGrocery store with only junk foodHeadphone buds that look like headphones but that are really powerful earplugs so people can’t tell the difference.A store completely filled with weird vending machines.Offer private curbside recycling service in towns where it isn’t offered. For a monthly fee, provide a container and service it once a week. All the contents are taken to the city’s collection site.Marketing Awards (like the Oscars, potentially online)A private site where corporations hire street artists to Tag over their build boards in an ongoing campaign to draw attention to the location of the sign. Then at its peak awareness, replace it. And start the process again.Online judge dispute resolution – Submit your disagreements onliine and for a fee a judge will email you back the verdict on who is rightSteroid scandal consultant – Firm specializes in advising baseball players that are in the midst of a steroid scandalCasino Airlines – Airline that has casino games on the plane as soon as the plane gets over the seaTrade Ya. com where users trade their personal goods for other user’s crap.A drive through fast food place that has healthy sandwiches.A laundromat/video arcade – Play video games with your kids as you wait for your clothes to be doneA crowd-sourced social filter. So you type in something you think would be funny to say or do to someone else, and the site tells you whether it’s actually a good idea or whether it would be wildly inappropriate.Instead of cryogenic freezing of bodies, store genetic signatures and compile multimedia memories.Change Consulting – Teach companies how to change – “stories of change” workshopsWebsite that is an aggregator of all the charities that celebrities support and how you can get involved.To-go food materials that are 100% recyclable such as a straw.Company that anonymizes current case studies from real companies facing real struggles that others can subscribe to to be aware of current day challenges, sold as subscriptions.Delivery service of food from local restaurants that don’t offer deliveryRestaurant of the month club – diners pay $100 – get $200 gift certificates for a rotating set of restaurantsPolice texting alerts-in case of an emergency you can text the police instead of calling them.An application that is a Thesaurus for your phone.Will you marry me. com, that allows viewers to share video of wedding proposals and live stream real ones.Neighborhood phone bookTravel agency for the rich and famous.Improv comedy coach comes to dinner parties or can order “Improv Party” DVD setMobile pet neuter vans.A software that will allow you to change the channel and adjust the lights in the room through you computer.Etiquette guides for various social mediaStart a multi-level marketing company that specializes in sex toy parties for men.Snow Man kit: a packaged snow man parts, encouraging fun times building a Snowman with family and friends. Biodegradable.A digital book reader that provides an OED, so that readers can look up words as they come across them.Web-based portal that allows people to invest in or fund movie scripts written by new writers and allows studios to scout for good stories.FamousNoses. com, pick the you favorite hollywood star and get a rubber version of their beak for the you own!Online Executive Betting System – Online trading system that allows you to trade CEOs like securities to make moneyCreate your own ice cream flavorsTech adventures. Expensive one and multiday adventures where we put the players in scenarios where they get to play with the latest cool technology…night vision…robots…James bond type stuff. Real life role playing game.A PhD site where students and teachers post thesis.Casual escrow service – Escrow service for more casual transactions, like between family or friendsA software program that functions like Pandora for television programs.A company that creates baseball trading card style packets for fashion designer lines.Government sign business consultant – Company finds infrastructure signs (roads, bridges, etc.) that are ineffective or misleading that by fixing will save the government moneyStacked Twitter iPhone App (like TweetDeck or PeopleBrowsr for the iPhone)A place where kids can go and dress up like their favorite childhood book. There will be a set and costumes to dress up. Perfect for birthday parties.A car sharing service that manages the risk and coordination of sharing a car in major cities.Video messaging service where people can tape their messages (birthdays, holidays, etc.) and they give us the content from their own camera and we edit them and send them to the people they love.A not-for-profit company that works with the NYC government to spray paint North/south/east/west signs on the street or on a sign outside the subway stations to help the directionally challenged.A YouTube VC firm, that will invest money in people who are willing to do stupid stuff on video in hopes that the video will go viral and they will make a profit.AngryClickers. com: a streaming site that allows users to cue live face punches in an online fight. This is sick.Job swap board for stay at home moms – I’ll do your laundry if you do my grocery shopping.A high school homework site that markets to the schools and teachers who want to know what their neighbors require and post best-of results.Bicycle that generates electricity to run the clubInterview practice company – A company that will do mock interviews with you and give you feedback on your performance.A website or iPhone app that finds places for large groups to hang out in real time. So for example if you’re wandering around union square with fifteen friends at night, find the nearest ten places that can accommodate that many people right now.In store sales (for the next 60 minutes – x is 50% off – sent via SMS to customers who have signed up)Design agency for Second Life and other digital worlds.Private Security Insurance – promise trained “Blackwater-esque” security in the event of civil disturbance.Green Architecture Best Practices CommunityNap stations throughout the city. To integrate it into our culture, we can introduce them through napping stations similar to coffee houses.Video creation for local businesses to put on YouTubeInstall digital screens on shopping carts and sell advertising to national packaged goods companies. This would replace the current printed adds on the shopping carts. Grocery store shares in ad revenue. The carts could be location aware and tell you about products you were close to.Company that creates widgets that advertise high-end jobs on the most influential and specialized bloggers in the areas of tech, medical, finance, etc.Pillow case store – Store that only sells customers a large variety of custom pillow casesTactical fire arms training for urban environments.Be a sports team mascot for dayA digital medicine cabinet where patients upload their latest prescriptions and receive automatic feeds that relevant Google alerts.Dedicated sms/twitter service responding to shopping people about “greenness”/ethics of products.Software to build social graphs based by comprehensively integrating all the different online and offline social networks.Footnotes[1] Software Secrets Book

Yes the fuck they SHOULD!! Why? Because there’s a huge problem with the death penalty in China! They don’t publish the numbers or reasons or ANYTHING!! Which means that ANYBODY could be sentenced to death for any reason they deem appropriate!! That’s just crazy to me! They can kill political adversaries or political activists and people who protest or disagree with the government on any level, and they ain’t got to tell nobody shit!! Anybody says they are for that shit on any level better get the fuck off that “christian train.” And re-think your position!! To give a government that kind of power. The power to “disappear” people? You gotta be some kind of informant or government controlled rat to think that such a thing would be alright for these militaristic, theocratic thugs. To think that they are using that power equitably or responsibly is fantasy. The problem with the death penalty is that it has a serious flaw which I’ll just call HUMAN ERROR!! Humans are flawed and fallible and in our society our flawed fallible and subjective memories are often used to have people placed on death row. If indeed there were DNA evidence in every case and in every case we could be CERTAIN that a person were 100% guilty, I might not have much of an objection to people like the student eater guy being killed by the state. Having said that, such is NOT the case in over 60% of cases. In 60% of cases there IS NO DNA!! That’s the problem with our system. Aside and apart from the fact that black and brown men who have had mostly less than adequate representation comprise a disproportionate number of cases. And let’s not even talk about corruption. Check this link out. A republican governor who did away with the death penalty and commuted everyone’s sentence to life because of the unbelievable depths of the corruption of their homicide detectives.George RyanFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFor other people named George Ryan, see George Ryan (disambiguation).This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "George Ryan" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(February 2021)(Learn how and when to remove this template message)George Ryan39th Governor of IllinoisIn officeJanuary 11, 1999 – January 13, 2003LieutenantCorinne WoodPreceded byJim EdgarSucceeded byRod Blagojevich36th Secretary of State of IllinoisIn officeJanuary 14, 1991 – January 11, 1999GovernorJim EdgarPreceded byJim EdgarSucceeded byJesse White42nd Lieutenant Governor of IllinoisIn officeJanuary 10, 1983 – January 14, 1991GovernorJames R. ThompsonPreceded byDave O'NealSucceeded byBob Kustra65th Speaker of the Illinois House of RepresentativesIn officeJanuary 14, 1981 – January 10, 1983GovernorJames R. ThompsonPreceded byWilliam A. RedmondSucceeded byArthur A. TelcserPersonal detailsBornGeorge Homer RyanFebruary 24, 1934 (age 86)Maquoketa, Iowa, U.S.Political partyRepublicanSpouse(s)Lura Lynn Lowe​​(m.1956; died 2011)​Children6EducationFerris State CollegeProfessionPharmarcistbusinessmanMilitary serviceAllegianceUnited StatesBranch/serviceUnited States ArmyYears of service1954–1956[1][2][3][4]George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician who was the Republican 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Ryan received national attention for his 1999 moratorium on executions in Illinois and for commuting more than 160 death sentences to life sentences in 2003. He was later convicted of federal corruption charges and spent more than five years in federal prison and seven months of home confinement. He was released from federal prison on July 3, 2013.Contents1Early life2Political career3Term as governor3.1Capital punishment4Scandals, trial, and conviction4.1Indictment4.2Defense and appeal4.3Sentencing5Electoral history6References7External linksEarly life[edit]George Homer Ryan was born in Maquoketa, Iowa to Jeannette (née Bowman) and Thomas Ryan, a pharmacist.[5][6] Ryan grew up in Kankakee County, Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he worked for his father's two drugstores.[7] He attended Ferris State College of Pharmacy (now Ferris State University) in Big Rapids, Michigan. Eventually, he built his father's pair of pharmacies into a successful family-run chain (profiting from lucrative government-contract business selling prescription drugs to nursing homes) which he sold in 1990.[7][8] Ryan was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954. He served a 13-month tour in Korea, working in a base pharmacy.[9]On June 10, 1956, Ryan married his high school sweetheart, Lura Lynn Lowe (July 5, 1934 – June 27, 2011), whom he had met in a high school English class. She grew up in Aroma Park, where her family (originally from Germany) had lived since 1834. Her father owned one of the first hybrid seed companies in the United States.[10] The couple had five daughters (including a set of triplets);[8] Julie, Joanne, Jeanette, Lynda and Nancy;[11][12] and one son, George Homer Ryan, Jr.[13][14][15][16]Lura Lowe died of lung cancer at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee on June 27, 2011. Ryan's brother, Tom, was a prominent political figure in Kankakee County.[7] In addition, Ryan's sister Kathleen Dean's former son-in-law, Bruce Clark, is the Kankakee County, Illinois Clerk.[17]Political career[edit]Ryan began his political career by serving on the Kankakee County Board from 1968 to 1973 (his brother Tom J. Ryan was Mayor of Kankakee for 20 years from 1965 to 1985). He was then elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, where he served from 1973 to 1983, including two terms as Minority Leader and one term as Speaker. He then spent 20 years in statewide office, as Lieutenant Governor under Governor James R. Thompson (1983–91), Secretary of State from 1991 to 1999, and as governor from 1999 to 2003. During his first term as Secretary of State, then–State Treasurer Pat Quinn was publicly critical of Ryan. Specifically, he drew attention to special vanity license plates that Ryan's office provided for clout-heavy motorists. This rivalry led Quinn in a failed bid to challenge Ryan in the 1994 general election for Secretary of State.[18][19]Term as governor[edit]This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "George Ryan" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(February 2021)(Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ryan was elected Governor in 1998, defeating his opponent, Glenn Poshard, by a 51–47% margin. Ryan's running mate was first-term state representative Corinne Wood. Ryan outspent Poshard by a 4-to-1 margin. Poshard, a firm believer in campaign finance reform, placed limits on individual donations and refused to accept donations from corporate or special interests.One of Ryan's pet projects as governor was an extensive repair of the Illinois Highway System called "Illinois FIRST". FIRST was an acronym for "Fund for Infrastructure, Roads, Schools, and Transit". Signed into law in May 1999, the law created a $6.3 billion package for use in school and transportation projects. With various matching funds programs, Illinois FIRST provided $2.2 billion for schools, $4.1 billion for public transportation, another $4.1 billion for roads, and $1.6 billion for other projects. He also improved Illinois's technology infrastructure, creating one of the first cabinet-level Offices of Technology in the country and bringing up Illinois's technology ranking in a national magazine from 48th out of the 50 states when he took office to 1st just two years later. Ryan committed record funding to education, including 51% of all new state revenues during his time in office, in addition to the billions spent through Illinois FIRST that built and improved schools and education infrastructure. In 1999, Ryan sparked controversy by becoming the first sitting U.S. Governor to meet with Cuban President Fidel Castro. Ryan's visit led to a $1 million donation of humanitarian aid, but drew criticism from anti-Castro groups.[20] In 2000, Ryan served as a chair of the Midwestern Governors Association.Capital punishment[edit]Ryan helped to renew the national debate on capital punishment when, as governor, he declared a moratorium on his state's death penalty in 2000.[21]This decision was heavily influenced by lawsuits filed by exonerated prisoners who made false confessions as a result of police torture under the direction of a police commander named Jon Burge.[22] "We have now freed more people than we have put to death under our system," he said. "There is a flaw in the system, without question, and it needs to be studied."[23] At the time, Illinois had executed 12 people since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977, with one execution, that of Ripper Crew member Andrew Kokoraleis, occurring early during Ryan's term. Ryan refused to meet with religious leaders and others regarding "a stay of execution" in light of the impending 'moratorium' and other facts relative to the 'flawed' capital punishment system in Illinois; in fact, under Ryan's governorship, 13 people were released from jail after appealing their convictions based on new evidence. Ryan called for a commission to study the issue, while noting, "I still believe the death penalty is a proper response to heinous crimes ... But I believe that it has to be where we don't put innocent people to death."[24]The issue had garnered the attention of the public when a death row inmate, Anthony Porter, who had spent 15 years on death row, was within two days of being executed when his lawyers won a stay on the grounds that he may have been mentally disabled. He was ultimately exonerated with the help of a group of student journalists at Northwestern University who had uncovered evidence that was used to prove his innocence. In 1999, Porter was released, charges were subsequently dropped, and another person, Alstory Simon, confessed and pleaded guilty to the crime of which Porter had been erroneously convicted. Simon himself was later released after serving fifteen years for the crime, after it was proven that he, too, was wrongfully accused.[25]On January 11, 2003, just two days before leaving office, Ryan commuted (to "life" terms) the sentences of everyone on or waiting to be sent to Illinois' death row — a total of 167 convicts — due to his belief that the death penalty could not be administered fairly. He also pardoned four inmates, Aaron Patterson, Madison Hobley and Leroy Orange (all of whom were interrogated by Burge and released), and Stanley Howard. However, Patterson is currently serving 30 years in prison after being arrested for drug trafficking he committed after his release from death row. Howard remains in prison for armed robbery.[26] Ryan declared in his pardon speech that he would have freed Howard if only his attorney had filed a clemency petition; Ryan then strongly urged investigators to examine Howard's alleged robbery case, because it appeared to be as tainted as his murder conviction.[27]These were four of ten death row inmates known as the "Death Row 10," due to widely reported claims that the confessions that they had given in their respective cases had been coerced through torture. Ryan is not the first state governor to have granted blanket commutations to death row inmates during his final days in office. Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller also commuted the sentence of every death row inmate in that state as he left office after losing his 1970 bid for a third two-year term, as did New Mexico Governor Toney Anaya before he left office in 1986 and Ohio Governor Dick Celeste before he left office in 1990.[citation needed]Ryan won praise from death penalty opponents: as early as 2001, he received the Mario Cuomo Act of Courage Award from Death Penalty Focus, in 2003 the Rose Elizabeth Bird Commitment to Justice Award from the same organization, and in 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. On the other side of the Atlantic, Robert Badinter, who had successfully introduced the bill abolishing the death penalty in France in 1981 praised Ryan's decision.[28] Many conservatives, though, were opposed to the commutations, some questioning his motives, which came as a federal corruption investigation closed in on the governor and his closest political allies (see below). Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan called Ryan "pathetic", and suggested the governor was attempting to save his public image in hopes of avoiding prison himself. Buchanan noted "Ryan announced his decision to a wildly cheering crowd at the Northwestern University Law School. Families of the victims of the soon-to-be-reprieved killers were not invited."[29]Scandals, trial, and conviction[edit]Ryan's political career was marred by a scandal called "Operation Safe Road", which involved the illegal sale of government licenses, contracts and leases by state employees during his prior service as Secretary of State. In the wake of numerous convictions of his former aides, he chose not to run for reelection in 2002. Seventy-nine former state officials, lobbyists, and others were charged in the investigation, and at least 76 were convicted.[citation needed]The corruption scandal leading to Ryan's downfall began more than a decade earlier during a federal investigation into a deadly crash in Wisconsin. Six children from the Willis family of Chicago, Illinois, were killed; their parents, Rev. Duane and Janet Willis, were severely burned.[30] The investigation revealed a scheme inside Ryan's Secretary of State's office in which unqualified truck drivers obtained licenses through bribes.In March 2003, Scott Fawell, Ryan's former chief of staff and campaign manager, was convicted on federal charges of racketeering and fraud. He was sentenced to six years and six months.[31] Former deputy campaign manager Richard Juliano pleaded guilty to related charges and testified against Fawell at trial. Roger Stanley, a former Republican state representative who was hired by Ryan and testified against Fawell, pleaded guilty to wide-ranging corruption, admitting he paid kickbacks to win state contracts and campaign business, secretly mailed out vicious false attacks on political opponents and helped obtain ghost-payrolling jobs.[32]Indictment[edit]The investigation finally reached the former governor, and in December 2003, Ryan and lobbyist Lawrence Warner were named in a 22-count federal indictment. The charges included racketeering, bribery, extortion, money laundering and tax fraud. The indictment alleged that Ryan steered several state contracts to Warner and other friends; disbursed campaign funds to relatives and to pay personal expenses; and obstructed justice by attempting to end the state investigation of the license-for-bribes scandal. He was charged with lying to investigators and accepting cash, gifts and loans in return for his official actions as governor. On September 19, 2005, the case went to trial.[33]Fawell, under pressure from prosecutors, became a key witness against Ryan and Warner. He agreed to a plea deal that cut the prison time for himself and his fiancée, Andrea Coutretsis. Fawell was a controversial witness, not hiding his disdain for prosecutors from the witness stand. According to CBS Chicago political editor Mike Flannery, insiders claimed that Fawell had been "much like a son" to Ryan throughout their careers. At Ryan's trial, Fawell acknowledged that the prosecution had his "head in a vise", and that he found his cooperation with the government against Ryan "the most distasteful thing I've ever done".[31] Nonetheless, he spent several days on the witness stand testifying against Ryan and Warner. Once a tough-talking political strategist, Fawell wept on the witness stand as he acknowledged that his motivation for testifying was to spare Coutretsis a long prison sentence for her role in the conspiracy. The jury was twice sent out of the courtroom so that he could wipe tears from his eyes and regain his composure.Ryan's daughters and a son-in-law, Michael Fairman, were implicated by testimony during the trial. Stipulations agreed upon by the defense and prosecution and submitted to the court included admissions that all five of Ryan's daughters received illegal payments from the Ryan campaign. In addition to Lynda Fairman, who received funds beyond those her husband Michael testified he had received, the stipulations included admissions from the rest of Ryan's daughters that they did little or no work in return for the payments.[34][35] In addition, Fawell testified that Ryan's mother's housekeeper was illegally paid from campaign funds, and that Ryan's adopted sister, Nancy Ferguson, received campaign funds without performing campaign work.[11][34] The prosecution took nearly four months to present their case, as a parade of other witnesses (including Juliano) followed Fawell.On April 17, 2006, the jury found Ryan and Warner guilty on all counts.[36] However, when ruling on post-trial motions, the judge dismissed two counts against Ryan for lack of proof.[37] Ryan said that he would appeal the verdict, largely due to the issues with the jury.Patrick Fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor, noted, "Mr. Ryan steered contracts worth millions of dollars to friends and took payments and vacations in return. When he was a sitting governor, he lied to the FBI about this conduct and then he went out and did it again." He charged that one of the most egregious aspects of the corruption was Ryan's action after learning that bribes were being paid for licenses. Instead of ending the practice he tried to end the investigation that had uncovered it, Fitzgerald said, calling the moment "a low-water mark for public service".[38]On September 6, 2006, Ryan was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.[39] He was ordered to go to prison on January 4, 2007, but the appellate court granted an appeal bond, allowing him to remain free pending the outcome of the appeal.[40] His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit on August 21, 2007,[41] and review by the entire Seventh Circuit was denied on October 25, 2007.[42] The Seventh Circuit then rejected Ryan's bid to remain free while he asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case; the opinion called the evidence of Ryan's guilt "overwhelming".[43] The Supreme Court rejected an extension of his bail, and Ryan reported to the Federal Prison Camp in Oxford, Wisconsin, on November 7, 2007.[44][45] He was transferred on February 29, 2008, to a medium security facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, after Oxford changed its level of medical care and stopped housing inmates over 70 years old.[46] He was listed as Federal Inmate Number 16627-424 and was released on July 3, 2013.[47]Defense and appeal[edit]Ryan's defense was provided pro bono by Winston & Strawn, a law firm managed by former governor Jim Thompson. The defense cost the firm $10 million through mid-November 2005.[48] Estimates of the cost to the firm as of September 2006 ranged as high as $20 million. Ryan served as Thompson's lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1991. After the United States Supreme Court declined to hear Ryan's appeal, Thompson indicated that he would ask then President George W. Bush to commute Ryan's sentence to time served.[49] United States Senator Dick Durbin wrote a letter to Bush dated December 1, 2008, asking him to commute Ryan's sentence, citing Ryan's age and his wife's frail health, saying, "This action would not pardon him of his crimes or remove the record of his conviction, but it would allow him to return to his wife and family for their remaining years."[50] Bush did not commute Ryan's sentence.After his conviction Ryan's annual $197,037 state pension was suspended under state law. Ryan's attorneys litigated the pension matter all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, which ruled on February 19, 2010, that state law "plainly mandates that none of the benefits provided for under the system shall be paid to Ryan".[51] Ryan was paid $635,000 in pension benefits during the three years between his retirement and his political corruption conviction, plus a refund of the $235,500 in personal contributions he made during his 30 years in public office.[52][53]Sentencing[edit]In 2010, Ryan requested early release, partly because his wife had terminal cancer and was given only six months to live, and partly on the grounds that some of his convictions should be vacated in light of a Supreme Court ruling that was alleged to have affected their legitimacy. On December 21, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer denied Ryan's request.[citation needed]On January 5, 2011, Ryan was taken from his prison cell in Terre Haute, Indiana, to a hospital in Kankakee to visit his dying wife. He was present when she died five months after that visit.[4][54] Ryan entered a Salvation Army halfway house in Chicago on January 30, 2013. Less than three hours later, he was released back to his home in Kankakee where he remained on home confinement until July 3, 2013.[55]Electoral history[edit]1998 – Illinois Governor[56]George Ryan (R) 51%Glenn Poshard (D) 47.5%Lawrence Redmond (Reform) 1.5%1994 – Illinois Secretary of State[57]George Ryan (R) 61.5%Patrick Quinn (D) 38.5%1990 – Illinois Secretary of State[58]George Ryan (R) 53.5%Jerome Cosentino (D) 46.5%References[edit]^ "George Ryan". Biography in Context (fee, Fairfax County Public Library). Detroit, MI: Gale. 1999. Gale Document Number: GALE|K1650000189. Retrieved June 27, 2011. 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Retrieved April 4, 2015.NBC NewsExternal links[edit]CNN.com: "'Blanket commutation' empties Illinois death row", January 11, 2003.Biography from site supporting his nomination for a Nobel Peace PrizeChicago Sun-Times archive on The George Ryan TriangleAnd if that’s not enough for you I have statistics from the Innocence Project for you that have (through new ways of testing evidence…DNA evidence and otherwise) worked to have over 200 people freed from death row.DNA Exonerations in the United StatesFast facts:1989: The first DNA exoneration took place375 DNA exonerees to date37: States where exonerations have been won14: Average number of years served5,284: Total number of years served26.6: Average age at the time of wrongful conviction43: Average age at exoneration21 of 375 people served time on death row44 of 375 pled guilty to crimes they did not commit69%: Involved eyewitness misidentification and of these:34% of these misidentification cases involved an in-person lineup52% involved a misidentification from a photo array7% involved a misidentification from a mugshot book16% involved a misidentification from a show-up procedure5% involved a misidentification from a one-on-one photo procedure27% involved a misidentification through the use of a composite sketch11% involved a voice misidentification2% involved a misidentification through hypnosis54% involved an in-court misidentification29% involved a misidentification through some other procedure (e.g., mistakenly “recognizing” someone on the street and reporting them to law enforcement)77% of the misidentification cases involved multiple procedures84% of the misidentification cases involved a misidentification by a surviving victim42% involved a cross-racial misidentification32% involved multiple misidentifications of the same person by different witnesses18% involved a failure to identify the exoneree in at least one procedure43%: Involved misapplication of forensic science29%: Involved false confessions49% of the false confessors were 21 years old or younger at the time of arrest31% of the false confessors were 18 years old or younger at the time of arrest9% of the false confessors had mental health or mental capacity issues, known at trial17%: Involved informants268: DNA exonerees compensated190: DNA exonerations worked on by the Innocence Project165: Actual assailants identified. Those actual perpetrators went on to be convicted of 154 additional violent crimes, including 83 sexual assaults, 36 murders, and 35 other violent crimes while the innocent sat behind bars for their earlier offenses.Demographics of the 375:225 (60%) African American117 (31%) Caucasian29 (8%) Latinx2 (1%) Asian American1 (<1%) Native American1 (<1%) Self-identified “Other”Other facts:130 DNA exonerees were wrongfully convicted for murders; 40 (31%) of these cases involved eyewitness misidentifications and 81 (62%) involved false confessions [as of July 9, 2018]102 DNA exonerations involved false confessions; the real perp was identified in 76 (75%) of these cases. These 38 real perps went on to commit 48 additional crimes for which they were convicted, including 25 murders, 14 rapes, and 9 other violent crimes [as of July 24, 2018]180 of the DNA exonerees (50%) had the real perpetrator(s) identified in their cases [as of August 22, 2018]137 of the DNA exonerees had the real perpetrator(s) identified through a cold database hit [as of October 19, 2018]At least 43 (52%) of the 83 DNA exonerees who falsely confessed included non-public facts in their confessions [as of July 29, 2020]23 (22%) of the 104 people whose cases involved false confessions had exculpatory DNA evidence available at the time of trial but were still wrongfully convicted [as of July 29, 2020]83 (61%) of the 137 DNA exonerees who were wrongfully convicted for murder had false confessions involved in their cases (33 confessed themselves, 20 had co-defendants who confessed, and another 30 confessed themselves and had co-defendants who confessed) [as of July 29, 2020]How DNA makes a difference in the criminal justice systemSince 1989, there have been tens of thousands of cases where prime suspects were identified and pursued—until DNA testing (prior to conviction) proved that they were wrongly accused.In more than 25% of cases in a National Institute of Justice study, suspects were excluded once DNA testing was conducted during the criminal investigation (the study, conducted in 1995, included 10,060 cases where testing was performed by FBI labs).An Innocence Project review of our closed cases from 2004 – June 2015 revealed that 29% of cases were closed because of lost or destroyed evidence.ContactAboutDonateWays to GiveCareersFinancialsPrivacy PolicyLegalThe Innocence Project is affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.You really think that they’re doing things any differently in New York than they were in Chicago? Only if you’re so privileged you cannot see the forest for the trees.Lastly, I would add that the death penalty is akin to “gang-banging” on a societal level. This is not what we should teach our children. Correct me if I’m wrong but teaching our children that it’s okay to kill killers…to show that killing is wrong…is like the most asinine, backwards shit you could ever do. Come on man. Bottom line is we can’t be for killing based on the flawed, subjective views of 12 people who you can be sure will not be my “peers,” and who are prone to making these horrible mistakes REGULARLY!! If you’re FOR such a flawed system it not only shows how privileged you are, it shows what raw killers we can all become. Crazy!