| A Top Gun Takes Aim at Strokes
Jackson Streeter left his dream job as a fighter pilot to tackle the second leading cause of death
Dr. Jackson Streeter once held the ultimate cool job. In the mid-1990s he was the first medical doctor to be a pilot in the elite U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, more commonly known as TOPGUN—the same group immortalized by Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie. Streeter, now 46, had wanted to join ever since high school. .
Your guide to today, tomorrow and beyond
Robert Mirabal: Native American artist Robert Mirabal will perform his new stage show "In the Blood" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Rio Grande Theater, 211 N. Downtown Mall, Las Cruces. $25 general, $20 students with valid ID. 505-523-6403.
El Paso Wind Symphony: The El Paso Wind Symphony's concert of holiday favorites, "Tis the Season," will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Magoffin Auditorium, UTEP. $12.50 adults; $7.50 students, military, seniors. 747-5234 or Ticketmaster, 544-8444.
Vicente Fernandez: Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez will perform at 9 p.m. Friday at Anitas convention center, Ramon Rayon at Waterfill Highway near the Ysleta bridge in Juárez. $35 at Sounds Music Stores. 011-52-656-682-1486.
FREE -- El Paso Civic Orchestra: The El Paso Civic Orchestra and the El Paso Community College Chorus will present the annual fall concert at 8 p.m.
Every school every Thursday -- WDM/Waukee/Clive
The Waukee school district will have no school Wednesday through Nov. 23.
Nov. 28 is the district's next two-hour early dismissal.
To ensure you have your holiday apparel order in time, your online order has to be received by Nov. 26. Go to www.waukeebands.org and then to the "Apparel" tab, and you can shop from the comfort of your own home. Warrior World is also open at the High School Commons on Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. All proceeds stay in Waukee schools and support the instrumental music program from grades five to 12.
Brookview
A PTO meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday in the Brookview media center.
Eason
On Monday, third-graders will perform a music program at 6:30 p.m.
Bissell’s people
A couple of months ago a space author generously sent me a copy of his book, telling me that he had used a number of my articles in writing it. So naturally I turned to the footnotes to see which ones and cringed to learn that he had primarily cited my Internet writings rather than my print articles. The reason that this bothers me is that I view my Internet articles as first drafts, not final polished works. They lack footnotes, for instance, and the careful checking, re-checking, and editing that I (and my editors—it's always good having someone looking over your shoulder) put into works that appear in print. Usually I write the Internet articles late at night, only a day or two before they go online, rather than weeks or months (or sometimes years) before they see print. My recent article about CIA official Richard Bissell's role in developing a key aspect of the first American space policy (see "Tinker, Tailor, Satellite, Spy", The Space Review, October 29, 2007) is an example.
In Vegas, wasting water is a sin
Outside the Bellagio casino, tourists stare at fountains thrusting water into the sky as Elvis sings "Viva Las Vegas." Meanwhile, off the Strip, residents dig up their lawns to save water — and get paid for it. That's the paradox in this desert town where water lured people thousands of years before casino-constructed wonders such as the canals of the Venetian, the shark reef of Mandalay Bay and the fountains of the Bellagio. .
Undergrads' terrorism reigns supreme in universities
The Government of the day is engaged in a right royal battle with the country's decades-long terrorism unleashed by the LTTE in the name of liberating the Tamil people. In recent times, the terrorist organisation has taken a severe beating, and sooner or later, it has to meet its waterloo. I have brought the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam into the picture to the important Daily News debate, because I sometimes keep on wondering, whether the monster of terrorism has spread its vicious tentacles, slowly and steadily, to the hallowed groves of academe. Before the killer disease spreads its cancerous root further and kill the fabric of the academic institutions, it is incumbent on the part of the powers-that-be to crack down hard and nip in the bud the kind of terrorism that crop up at the drop of a hat in these places.
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