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Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 3:44:29 AM

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Let's nominate a Person of the Year for 2014.

It should be the person you think has made the biggest or most positive contribution to making the world a better place during 2014. The person can have any background or status - religious political artistic etc.

My nomination is Edward Snowden, who showed that an individual acting on a sincere strongly held principle can still make an enormous difference. Who is your nomination, and just as importantly why?

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 4:37:18 AM

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As above. Edward Snowden.

He has sacrificed himself for the greater good of humanity by uncovering an unjust and illegal operation that makes the observation and control in 1984 look mild.

Imagine the thought process and soul searching he must have gone through to face on his own "The Evil Empire". Exactly what was in it for him except to be able to sleep with a clear conscience? He has exposed so much and lost everything.

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 6:22:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle
Let's nominate a Person of the Year for 2014.
It should be the person you think has made the biggest or most positive contribution to making the world a better place during 2014. The person can have any background or status - religious political artistic etc.
My nomination is Edward Snowden, who showed that an individual acting on a sincere strongly held principle can still make an enormous difference. Who is your nomination, and just as importantly why?

While I understand your reasoning, I do question that an he, as an individual acting on a sincere, strongly held principle, has made an enormous difference.

While I don't question that he has acted on a sincere and strongly held principle, I do question how much of a difference he has made. Had it led to wholesale reductions in the amount of spying the US does, I'd completely agree. I don't think that has happened, and I'm not sure it will (though I think it should).

An argument could be made for Putin to gain the nomination, but that would depend on how the tensions in the ME settle out.

An argument could be made for John Kerry, if he can finally get Israel and the Palestinians to hash out a deal. Major players could get a group nomination for this, even.

It's tough to nominate someone on the basis of what might happen.

Snowden is as good a candidate as any, though.

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 6:36:17 AM

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There are a few scientists that spring to mind. Hmmm. I'll have to do a bit of research.

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 7:44:44 AM

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For me there is no question: Malala Yousafzai.

In October of 2012, this brave Pakistani girl was shot in the head in an assassination attempt by members of the Taliban for daring to attend school. Throughout 2013 this young activist has become an icon in the fight for the educational rights of women and children. The assassination attempt against her brought International attention and a UN petition was circulated in her name which eventually lead to Pakistan's first Right to Education Bill being ratified this year. Malala now continues her education in Birmingham UK and she also continues speaking out for educational rights for women and children despite ongoing threats against her life from the Taliban.

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 7:55:20 AM

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I'm not sure who it is, but Whoever was responsible for this gem:

. Road to the End of AIDS: A Newborn Is Functionally Cured of HIV

It seemed almost too good to be true, so Dr. Hannah Gay, a pediatrician at University of Mississippi Medical Center, checked the numbers again. But they told the same story. A toddler born to a mother infected with HIV was, after two years, seemingly free of the virus. The infant was functionally cured of HIV.

The baby, who showed signs of infection just after birth, was able to shed its viral load thanks to a combination of three anti-HIV drugs that doctors normally use to treat older infants and adults. Generally, doctors give both the HIV-positive mom and newborn baby a single antiretroviral drug during delivery to stop transmission of the virus from mother to child. But because the baby’s mother did not know she was HIV positive, that precaution wasn’t taken. So Gay and her colleagues took a chance on the more potent drug cocktail. It worked, and the virus has not returned, even after the child stopped taking the medications.

Experts are hedging their celebrations, especially in light of the latest research showing that up to 60% more HIV may lie dormant in infected individuals than previously thought. These reservoirs could potentially seed new infections and cause new symptoms. But the Mississippi toddler represents the hope that if doctors can intervene early enough after HIV infection, there might be a chance of stopping the disease altogether.

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 8:15:22 AM

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mine would be Snowden also..

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RE: Who is your Person of the Year? - 12/31/2013 8:19:48 AM

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The Supreme Court for ruling you cannot patent DNA.

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