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Filtering the geeky genes out of high-tech breeding grounds like Silicon Valley, in other words, might remove the very DNA that made these places what they are today. --By J. Madeleine Nash. With reporting by Amy Bonesteel/Atlanta
...even more strongly genetic than classic autism, says Dr. Fred Volkmar, a child psychiatrist at Yale. About a third of the fathers or brothers of children with Asperger's show signs of the disorder. There appear to be maternal roots as well. The wife of one Silicon Valley software engineer believes that her Asperger's son represents the fourth generation in just such a lineage...
...Silicon Valley connection that led Wired magazine to run its geek-syndrome feature last December. The story was basically a bit of armchair theorizing about a social phenomenon known as assortative mating. In university towns and R.-and-D. corridors, it is argued, smart but not particularly well-socialized men today are meeting and marrying women very like themselves, leading to an overload of genes that predispose their children to autism, Asperger's and related disorders...
...favorite unofficial site for outdoor adventures is gorp.com which features magazine-style articles on topics like "10 Best Adventure Lodges" and "Death Valley's Vital Signs," along with thorough listings for national, state and local parks. I especially like Gorp's Zagat-style ratings of parks and trails (best national park: Glacier in Montana) as well as helpful tips on when to avoid the crowds and the mosquitoes. When the time comes to book a campsite at a state or local park, I head to reserveamerica.com It shows the exact layout of thousands of campgrounds, so that...
...provides specialized software into the financial-services market and recently bought Comdisco to make it a larger player in that area. Comdisco was one of the companies to help businesses get back up quickly following 9/11. In the consumer area we like Clorox. It owns Kingsford charcoal and Hidden Valley, interesting and sustainable franchises. It's not growing at a rapid rate, but it is a very sustainable franchise, and we think that it's an industry that will consolidate over time, though that's not why we own the stock...