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Driven mad over impossible to find scifi young adult book Please help
I’m trying to find a young adult sci-fic novel. This might have only been an Australian publication, I am not sure. It is recent (only the last ten years or so), and I do not think it was a reprint, so it is a modern sci-fi novel. It is set in the future, but the only that seems significantly advanced is the medical technology; transport, space travel, all that is still the same as it is now.
In this world, the ageing process can be stopped, but it is irreversible, and renders one infertile. As a consequence, children are rare, and after often seen as a commodity. It has changed the social structures as well as the population demographic of the world. The story follows the life of a twelve year old kid. He is owned by a man who won the boy as a toddler in a card game. The boy is rented out from time to time to act like he is a child of couples who have taken the anti-ageing solution. They frequently have to move, because what they are doing is illegal, and because someone is after them. In the end of the story, it turns out to be the child’s true father.
This is all that I remember. Thank you for helping.
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Are outdated feminist views harming Harriets reputation
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AFTER a week with Harriet Harman in charge at Downing Street, I shudder to think what would happen if this arch-feminist was the real Prime Minister.
In a few days she has turned her guns on men in a way which not only reflects her obsession with sexual politics but suggests she is aiming to indoctrinate young children with her anti-male prejudices.
What else can you say when Ms Harman, pictured, comes up with the crackpot idea that lessons on the evils of wife-beating should be given to pupils at primary school?
Her central plank seems to be that men abuse women almost institutionally. We are a nation of wife-beaters and potential rapists. There could be one living next door to you.
On a different tack, the deputy Labour leader says "men can't be left to run things on their own" and believes the banking crisis could have been avoided if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters instead.
Besides being laughable piffle, this is overtly sexist. But if you're Harriet Harman, you can get away with it.
I have never come face to face with Harriet, but I did once interview her husband Jack Dromey when he was a union leader.
He struck me as someone with a mind of his own, certainly not the type to stay at home and look after the kids. I'd like to know how far he supports his wife's low opinion of men.
I wish I could believe that Harriet is playing a shrewd game with these headline-grabbing pronouncements.
But I'm afraid she's still fighting the battle of the sexes, as if little had happened to further the cause of women since the rise of feminism in the 1970s.
Someone should tell her that the battle is over. We elected a female Prime Minister 30 years ago. Here in Stoke-on-Trent, we've had a woman chief executive of the city council and a woman head of police.
There hasn't been a female Chief Constable of Staffordshire yet, but it'll probably come.
Where I cross swords with Harriet is over her belief that women have the right to be appointed merely because they are women rather than on their ability to do the job.
As someone with a graduate wife and graduate daughter I have no quarrel whatever with equality of the sexes. But I object when equal rights for women mean inequality for men.
Indeed, the idea that women can circumvent the rules on equal opportunity became clear in the Labour Party's attempt to introduce all-women shortlists for elections.
In other words, I believe that feminists like Harriet Harman regard the notion of equality as something which should be biased in women's favour.
This seems to be Ms Harman's policy in the legal minefield relating to rape. She is proposing tougher laws.
I understand she is looking for changes which include moves to discount whether or not a woman has given her consent.
To my mind, this is a crucial factor. Charges of rape fail in large numbers because juries are unwilling to convict when there is an element of doubt about consent.
The deputy Labour leader's objectives seem to be more about increasing convictions for rape than preserving the basic principles of justice.
So although it's been a bad week for the male of the species, it's been a worse one for Harriet Harman.
Her onslaught on men has done neither the Labour Party nor herself any favours
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under age kids getting pregnant what do you think
All the mature women , and notice i said women not young girls that havent finished puberty , how many of you get tired of answering everyother question that is im 12 and 16 or 15 or 14 yeats old pregnant . I wish these girls would have some dam common sense to keep there morals together , obviously they think having a baby is like a doll , that they can play dress up with and leave for mommy and daddy to take care of .
Im almost 25 and pregnant with my first and i didnt lose my virginity untill i met my husband , at 21 ,.. My parents would have kicked my butt if i came home knocked up , what is with parents now a days , they need to teach these little children that sex is not a game . I also believe that half the girls on here get pregnant on purpose , i highly doubt alot of these are accidents , . Sorry for venting it just gets very annoying that there are real women that need actual questions asked , and get no responses but little girls playing house have everyone actually giving them response , and some even support it . It's a real shame , , maybe one day they'll pull their head out of their butts and wake up , huh?
Thank you to the adults that posted i also completely agree with you , i can tell which ones are the little teens that are leaving iggnorant remarks , but thats okay some day they just might grow up. lol.
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Is there something wrong with me
I'm not sure how to start this entire message but I am inclined to write it, regardless.
I am a boy in his late teens who isn't in the greatest positions, constantly. I've "dated" other women but I never told them I loved them or cared. Never had sex with them or anything sexual. Nothing more than a kiss on the forehead or once, a kiss that was of, could you say, normal teenager standards. Basically lips. I got complimented about it too but I didn't really feel anything. They never did either but it didn't hurt me too bad, I'd get over the constant breakups after a day, never more than 24 hours.
The biggest priority was always making sure they were comfortable and had a friend. I've been constantly told that I'm a great guy and my exes have all wished they could've done more to make me stay with them or themselves realizing what they had but I don't see it. I'm just a guy, many guys are like me, most are.
Years and years of not finding anything that even gave me 1% of affection, I started to think. Maybe I'm gay? One day, I had an experience with a guy, put on an act but then I got into bed, looked at the ceiling and knew, I wasn't. I've never had any pressure, my parents are open minded people, when it comes to that at least.
So, months or was it a year passes. I'm finally an adult and I take up my time doing little things, working *Can't find one right now and for a proper while, economy.*, reading, exercising and writing. It was satisfying and really, that's all I needed.
Until she came into my life.
On an internet website, people make "signs" for each other, pictures of themselves with the other persons name or whatever they want. I never really got the point of it but this girl sent me a sign, one of far too many *Waste of paper, haha.* and I opened the message.
I could only see her eyes but I fell, immediately. I rationalized this as I found her pretty and good looking but really, I didn't. I just couldn't focus my eyes off of hers.
I thanked her for the sign and asked her name, if not to figure out what this girl's name was, to talk to her in general. She told me it and it got me thinking to something very odd. When I was a young child, I played the sims and made myself, a wife and four kids. I also had them stuck in a pool but I suppose I'll save that for the video game answers section, no?
The name that was generated for the second adult.. Was her name. I uploaded the game, many years after, a day after she told me and sure enough, it was that name.
After the course of 10 fantastic months, we shared everything with each other. Many couples say they tell each other everything but give me the chance to tell you that we really did. We went through our struggles at time but we texted all day, talked every night in bed, basically talked 24/7. Didn't matter if it was waking up and eating breakfast together on the phone or her asking me everynight to sing her to sleep, we talked as much as possible.
I am living in an abusive household due to circumstances that are quite complicated but she was always there, as I was for her, there was no other option I ever wished of selecting. Her parents never liked me and my parents.. Well parent, doesn't like anyone but Obama. I voted for the guy but they're obsessed.
She had always been ignored by people but what I saw in her, was nothing short of what I thought I needed but more truthfully, what I needed. Not for sexual gain but just to know that's what a woman should look like. To be honest, the thing I wanted most was to hold her hand. Still do.
A few days ago, she broke up with me. At first I was shocked and couldn't stop crying. I'm not a man who cries too much, but I couldn't stop bawling beyond belief. When I was done I'd just laugh a little bit and think about how life is great with all of it's little emotions.
But for one day, I changed completely. I called a lot, asking her to reconsider. Did everything I could but she told me she met someone else. A boy had finally given her attention, the first one, after so many years. Three things went into my mind, immediately.
#1 Will this boy take care of her?
#2 I'm ecstatic that she's being recognized.
#3 I am madly, deeply, unlogistically in love with this woman.
The arguing and everything continued for days, I felt I could bring her back, I heard a bit of her in a little bit of every syllable she spoke. But then it all ended when her nude pictures got out because I had gotten angry at her once, many months ago for cheating on me/flirting and gave her passwords and id's to a friend in a short time of confusion, not two minutes after it happened. I felt regret immediately and did everything I could to get them to get rid of them but they told me no and she'd break my heart again and do something terrible. I did all I could but alas, they could not be reached. This person wanted what was "best for me" and gave the links to her *not the friend* friends on f
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do the fun game of would you rather
would you rather:
1. Be trapped in an elevator with wet dogs or with three fat men with bad breath?
2. Snort half a shaker of pepper or a live bee?
3. While starving on a desert island, eat a live moth with a body the size of a tomato worm and wing span four inches, or eat a dead hummingbird with the feathers?
4. Immerse your naked body in a bathtub of cockroaches or dive nakes head first into a pool of tobacco spit?
5. Run your tongue down ten feet of a new york city street or press your tongue into a strangers nostril?
6. Chew a piece of toenail off a dirty man's foot, or throughly lick his unshowered armpit?
7. Have a firecracker blow up in your mouth, or drill a small hole in your own forehead?
8. Lick up someone elses vomit, or let someone pee in your mouth and swallow it?
9. Knowing you will die tomorrow, spend your last night out to dinner with your closest friends, or have it with your favorite movie star?
10. Live in a world where nobody cleans up crap after their dog, or everybody, including you, has to pick it up bare-handed?
11. Swim in a pool for an hour of human blood, or hang upside down for 8 hours?
12. Have a fat, nasty but or floppy jowls?
13. Eat a shot glass full of live wasps, or eat the shot glass?
14. Admit that you once commited a horrible crime, do the time in prison, and get on with your life, or never admit it to anyone, live an honest life from then on, and deal with the guilt?
15. Have EVERY SINGLE hair on your body plucked, or every fingernail ripped off?
16. Show up noticeably drunk on a national TV show, or roaring drunk at your child's college graduation?
17. French kiss a dog or have a baby spit up drool into your open mouth?
18. Drink a shot of yak spit, or a teaspoon of snail slime?
19. As a man, wake up to find you have grown nonremovable D cup breasts or that your testicles have disappeared?
20. Eat a dead porcupine, or eat a live rabbit?
if you put the same answer's as me, you get 10 points.
have fun!. (:
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Serious Question Regarding MJ amp YA
The "Michael Babies" need not respond. I don't usually delete because I believe in freedom of speech, but you're all so big on playing with the report button, you're going to get it back if you can't be rational for once. And if you have this question deleted, it will be reposted infinitival because there are NO limits on accounts with yahoo...
So I want to know if anyone agrees with this "media bunch" of Michael fans - these teens who are now terrorizing this section of YA - should be referred to from here on in as the "NMMF" - "The New Michael/Manson Family"? because this is exactly what they are acting like. They report and delete anyone who disagrees with them (no one says anything about reporting the outright rude & disrespectful but you're going overboard with it)...all they do is disrespect Michael Jackson themselves by asking about his derriere and other physical features, completely disregarding how sensitive Michael was about his looks in the first place and how terribly humiliated he would be reading these "statements"...they're rude, dictatorial, annoying and elitish. So who agrees that their parents should remove their PC privileges? Who else feels like they are going to pull their hair out before the media hype ends and they go away? Shouldn't they have to grow up and understand who Michael really was and what he was about before they should be allowed to post their bubble gum filth? Where are these childrens parents, anyway? Arent you tired of getting bad mouthed by a bunch of children because if you may not agree with them? The Yahoo offices are 20 minutes away from my front door...I'm about to go have a talk with a friend of mine who works there. I'm *that* sick of this crap.
I've seen a few who agree with me, who are also tired of the kiddie games concerning Michael. the foul mouths on these children alone are worth taking the few moments to respond with a "yea" or a "nay"!
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How do you survive today I am ready to call it quits
Can't find full time ANYWHERE and I have a good resume. No one replys. I am sick of searching the web & no call backs. Can't support myself on 2 or 3 days a work & pay child support cuz my son is w/ his stupid dad out of state who won't even buy him school clothes and he starts Monday. My sons bike got stolen. Dad won't buy him a new one. Son eats junk, no fruits or vegies. Son has severe pimples on his face, I just sent him some acne soap and underware. My friend sent him $150.00 worth of Transformer toys. My therapist stood me up, she has been out on a family emergency. I can't stand life anymore! I just got a cell phone bill for 300.00. Just bought a 1990 piece of junk, borrowed the money cuz my van died. What to do? My son has ADHD, Impulsivity. I let him go to his dads last June to Arizona & it is killing me I can't be w/ him. He is scared to start 5th grade & says he has the meanist teacher. I visited him in June (sold my jewlery) to see him & his dad was a jerk! All his dad does it sit on his computer day after day. Dad hasn't prepared him son for school, hasn't read one book to him & I sent books!!! His dad is 56 & lazy! I am 45. I should have never sent my son but teachers, therapist figured he needed his dad. All my son does is sit on his bed and play Call Duty games. He is only 10.!!! How do you get a full time job????? Why can't we apply in person anymore??? screw the internet. Noone replys back.
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I believe in god but not everything he has done what am i
I believe in God. but i don't believe he created the world, he didn't create man, or Adam and eve, i do believe in sex after marriage. i believe God has a set path for us and things that happen in life to us is just an obstacle. people who cant take anymore and commit suicide give up on "the game" (as in life) as i call it (and not the perverted one). but people who die of old age "win" and go on to heaven. i do believe there is a "heaven" type thing out there for everyone i don't think there is a hell or anything like that. i also believe in a past life and life in the future (or reincarnation) so when i die my soul will be pasted on to a new born child.
is there a religion for this? or am i basically screwed as far as choosing a defendant religion goes?
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