  It was previously shown from the redshifts and positions of the compact,
high-redshift objects near the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068 that they appear to have
been ejected from the center of the galaxy in at least four similarly
structured triplets. Here some of the consequences of assuming such a local
model for QSOs are examined. From the ages of the ejection events it is found
that in a relatively short time (10 - 100 million years) the intrinsic redshift
component in these objects disappears and their luminosity increases to a value
close to that of a normal galaxy. This period may then determine the
approximate lifetime of a QSO and, in this scenario, QSOs may represent the
first, short-lived stage in the life of a galaxy. It is shown that when QSOs
are assumed to be "local", their generation rate is found to be constant
throughout the age of the Universe. There is no need to invoke an epoch of
enhanced, high-luminosity QSO production as is required if their redshifts are
assumed to be purely cosmological. Because QSO lifetimes are relatively short
(less than 100 million yrs), an initial event (Big Bang) may still be required
to explain the high-redshift galaxies whose intrinsic redshift component will
have long since disappeared. The Hubble expansion is therefore still expected
to apply for normal galaxies.
