Siebert said the failure to release F-16C/Ds will weaken Lockheed Martin’s plans to extend the production line for the fighter.
“While Congress has been notified of Oman and Iraq’s desire for F-16s, the Taiwan order for 66 aircraft is very important to the long-term viability of the F-16 production to include the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and the thousands of suppliers throughout the U.S.,” she said.
–From Defense News
According to the leading proponent of assortative mating, Simon Baron-Cohen, director of Cambridge University’s Autism Research Center (and cousin to the comedian Sasha Baron-Cohen), autism tends to run in families. While that’s not news — it’s been estimated that a family with one autistic child has a 1 in 20 risk of having a second autistic child — Baron-Cohen has expanded upon that theory to posit entire communities of people with some tendency toward autism or Asperger’s syndrome, a related disorder.
http://news.yahoo.com/assortative-mating-blame-rise-autism-152400736.html
http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/19/could-the-way-we-mate-and-marry-boost-rates-of-autism/
1. Is there an unspoken consensus among the leadership in Washington that things are about to get much worse? It would answer some questions which I do not feel have been adequately answered yet, and I do not seem to be alone in this.
2. The rumor that those Senators and perhaps Representatives who voted against the recent bill will not be eligible to serve on the super-committee is disturbing. There is an aspect to it that makes sense, as a whip device, but it doesn’t quite fit there. it looks more like a weapon aimed at splitting or suppressing the Tea Party, in exactly the same way that Democrats use tax hikes to split or suppress the Republican Party.
Obviously, McConnell would like a unified front, but … Continue reading
People say that the ultimate question is the meaning of life, but I think that;s a cop-out. People care very little for notions as abstract as that, although it can be fun to debate at the University duck pond, in terms as sweeping as they are impersonal.
A far better question is “Do I matter?” and I think that most of human activity can be divided into two types: that which makes a person matter, and that which makes a person appear to matter. It’s a yes/no question and everybody wants the answer to be yes. Failing that, they want other people not to know that the answer is no.
Quote on economy
Alakozai added that while pulling out foreign troops might be a good move politically for countries fighting an unpopular war, it could be disastrous for Afghanistan’s new generation of businessmen.
“At this stage, Afghan security forces cannot be trusted,” he said, referring to the 300,000-strong Afghan force being handed increasing control of security as foreign troops leave.
“Everybody invested in Afghanistan trusting that the US and NATO forces would stay here for the long run. But if they leave so soon, it’s no longer safe for the business community to invest in Afghanistan.”
Another young Afghan entrepreneur, car dealer Haji Zabiullah, echoed many of his wealthy countrymen by suggesting he could take his wealth elsewhere, for instance Dubai, if the economic and security situation gets … Continue reading
You’ve got plenty of great ideas, and you just can’t resist throwing yourself into them. Unfortunately, your motivation seems to vanish … and you’re left with a bunch of notes, outlines and first drafts that aren’t going anywhere.
via How to Finish What You Start: A Five-Step Plan for Writers | Write to Done.
