| Monks in Burma stage demonstration march
More than 100 Buddhist monks marched in northern Burma, in the first public demonstration since the government's deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The monks in Pakokku shouted no slogans, but one monk told the Democratic Voice of Burma, a Norway-based short-wave radio station and website run by dissident journalists, that it was a continuation of the protests last month. The march clearly was in defiance of the government. "We walked around the town and chanted ... we are continuing our protest from last month as we have not yet achieved any of the demands we asked for," the monk told the radio station. "Our demands are for lower commodity prices, national reconciliation and immediate release of (pro-democracy leader) Aung San Suu Kyi and all the political prisoners," said the monk, who was not identified by name.
A playoff schedule all season
Caesar Rodney High's football team underwent one of the more low-impact coaching changes in recent memory this season, and the result has been another state championship contender. When Mike Schonewolf took over the program from John Coveleski, he moved up from being a Riders assistant the past 10 years. So, it's no surprise that Caesar Rodney has continued as one of the state's top Division I programs. Since starting the season with a 2-2 record -- facing an intentionally difficult schedule -- the Riders had improved to 6-3 entering the final regular-season game Nov. 9 against Dover and appeared certain to qualify for the Division I state tournament, which starts Friday. Schonewolf lined up games against William Penn, Middletown, Salesianum and Concord to start his team's season with what he called a "playoff kind of schedule." "It was a great opportunity for some of our guys who were returning starters from as far back as their sophomore year to test themselves against teams that were well-thought-of across the state," Schonewolf said.
Honeymoon's over for Hyslop as she faces critics in university cash row
STANDING before more than 100 headteachers yesterday, Fiona Hyslop, the education secretary, was typically bullish. Speaking at the annual conference of the Headteachers' Association of Scotland, she outlined the Scottish Government's commitment to education. .
Palo Alto wins 'Voice of the People' award
The City of Palo Alto has received a "Voice of the People" award for having city services that are highly rated by its residents. The award is from the International City/County Management Association and the National Research Center, Inc. The award is given to cities that are among the top three in their categories with high ratings by residents for their services. The cities must also be in the top 10 percent in ratings of more than 400 cities and counties. Palo Alto was one of six cities nationally, plus one county, to win an excellence award. The award is for a 2006 survey of Palo Alto residents that had high favorable responses in four categories: � 95 percent of residents rated fire services as good or excellent.
Oxford Union debate with David Irving hit by protests - Summary
London - Angry student demonstrators Monday delayed a debate at the Oxford Union in Britain, forcing controversial historian David Irving to withdraw to a side room to air his views. Irving, the British historian notorious for his denial of the Holocaust, an offence for which he has served a prison term in Austria, was forced to abandon his plan to address the famous debating society in its main chamber. After a delay of several hours, he and fellow speaker Nick Griffin of the right-wing British National Party (BNP) were later chairing "mini-debates" in separate side rooms of the Oxford Union building. Earlier, police said that a group of about 30 students stormed the main debating hall, delaying the start of proceedings with a sit-down protest and by chanting anti-fascist slogans.
Interview: Frances Saunders
Change is afoot at the government's defence research lab. Natasha Gilbert talks to the woman in command
Tuesday November 20, 2007
The Guardian
Dr Frances Saunders, the chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down. Photograph: Frank Baron
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In Brief
Dioscuri is a modular emulator designed for digital preservation. It is capable of emulating an Intel 8086-based computer platform with support for VGA-graphics, screen, keyboard, and storage devices like a virtual floppy drive and hard drive. With these components, Dioscuri successfully runs 16-bit operating systems like MS-DOS, and applications such as WordPerfect 5.1, DrawPerfect 1.1 and Norton Commander. Furthermore, it is capable of running many nostalgic DOS-games and a simple Linux kernel. Designed for digital preservation Based on a new concept [1] designed by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of the Netherlands) Dioscuri offers two key features: portability and flexibility. Dioscuri is portable because it is built on top of a virtual layer, called a virtual machine (VM).
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