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Grammars pressed over poor pupils

Grammar schools take half the rate of poor bright pupils than non-selective state schools, research suggests.

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People 'unaware' of pension risks

Millions of people are being encouraged to take too much risk with their pensions, the Pensions Advisory Service warns.

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Austria's Haider dies in accident

Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider has been killed in a road accident in Carinthia, Austria, police reports say.

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Mugabe's party 'wants mediation'

Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's party has agreed to outside mediation over a deadlocked deal, a minister says.

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G7 nations pledge to fight crisis

Top finance ministers promise to take "decisive action and use allavailable tools" to tackle the world economic crisis.

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Fire mother 'did all she could'

A mother whose sons died in a fire in Eastbourne "did everything she could" to save them, her solicitor says.

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Call to ban junk food from NHS

Hospitals and GP surgeries should follow the lead of schools and ban sugary drinks and snacks, experts say.

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Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

Peru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.

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Christie struck by bank collapse

Manchester cancer hospital The Christie becomes the latest victim of the Icelandic bank collapse.

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Living in boxes

Has the desire for privacy driven us into tiny homes?

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Send your video, pictures and story ideas

Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.

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Cash crisis 'won't hit services'

Welsh council services and taxes are unlikely to be affected "at this stage" by the bank crisis, says the assembly government.

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Right approach?

Should police write up their notes alone or together?

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Pirates threaten to blow up ship

Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.

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John Smeaton 'in intensive care'

Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton is taken to a hospital intensive care unit after suffering an asthma attack.

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Spain flood deaths father's grief

A British man who lost his wife and one of his twin daughters in flash-floods in Spain descibes the tragedy.

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EastEnder Wendy Richard marries before starting cancer treatment

"Dying" former EastEnders star Wendy Richard marries her partner ahead of receiving treatment for cancer.

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Capello in dark over Kazakhstan

England boss Fabio Capello admits he knows little about World Cup qualifying opponents Kazakhstan because of their recent managerial change.

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Palin abused power, probe finds

Sarah Palin abused her power as governor for personal ends, a report by the Alaskan state legislature concludes.

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Mike Baker

Are we asking too much of our teachers?

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Pay back

Heavy marketing of payback loan companies

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Lebowski lives

Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?

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Ballesteros 'stable' in hospital

Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros has left intensive care but is still undergoing tests having suffered an epileptic fit, says Madrid's La Paz hospital.

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Teacher jailed over child images

A Belfast teacher who admitted downloading more than 500 images of children being sexually abused is jailed for 15 months.

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Virtual healing

How students use 3D technology to beat cancer

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    Collaborative Source Software

    This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.

    http://www.methodsandtools.com/archive/archive.php?id=11

    Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software

    This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.

    http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/yee/index.html

    Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards

    This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposals.

    http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue5_1/mann/index.html

    Graand

    Free Classified Ads Portal

    www.graand.com

    A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects

    The Software Freedom Law Center's introduction to the legal issues surrounding the use of FOSS.

    http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/foss-primer.html

    Making it in a Post Windows World

    The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC.

    http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200006/200006.htm

    Monochrom: Some Code To Die For

    On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto.

    http://www.monochrom.at/codetodiefor/

    Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review

    Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics.

    http://www.omar.org/opensource/litreview/

    Open Source Strategies

    Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.

    http://www.opensourcestrategies.org/

    Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson

    Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.

    http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/computer-article-open-source.html

    OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition

    A definition of the Open Source license for software.

    http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

    PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools

    How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment.

    http://perlstalker.amigo.net/

    A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov

    Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's "Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research"

    http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_11/raymond/index.html

    Salon | The Free Software story

    Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement

    http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html

    Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles

    A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.

    http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/12/11list.html

    A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar

    Another critical review of Eric Raymond's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar."

    http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_12/bezroukov/index.html

    UXculture

    Weblog exploring the Open Source and related topics dealing with user experience design and its impact on technology, business, and society. Also touches on digital design, business strategy, and the emergence of networked society.

    http://www.uxculture.com/

    The Wall Street Performer Protocol

    This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software.

    http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/rasch/index.html

    Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source'

    An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term "free software" is a better choice than the term "open source".

    http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

    Wikipedia - Open Source

    Long article with examples.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

    Why Free Software has Poor Usability, and How to Improve It

    Essay by Matthew Paul Thomas, discussing the origins of common problems with constructive suggestions to address them. (August 1, 2008)

    http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

    Study on the Economic Impact of Open Source Software on Innovation and the Competitiveness of the Information and Communication Technologies Sector in the EU

    Report from a study funded for the European Commission on the economics of FLOSS. Findings include that in almost all cases long-term costs could be reduced by switching from proprietary software. [PDF] (November 20, 2006)

    http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/doc/2006-11-20-flossimpact.pdf

    The Register: Open Source is Good for America - US Military Advised

    Andrew Orlowski discusses a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software. (October 29, 2002)

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/29/open_source_is_good/

    First Monday: Open Source Intelligence

    Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative coding of software. (May 20, 2002)

    http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_6/stalder/

    ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source

    Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference. (May 8, 2002)

    http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-902087.html

    OReilly - Working Without Copyleft

    Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft. (December 19, 2001)

    http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2001/12/12/transition.html

    InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution?

    Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured. (December 18, 2000)

    http://www.informationweek.com/817/source.htm

    Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs

    CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices. (May 5, 2000)

    http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/05/open.source.smugglers.idg/

    How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done

    A feature story from the Washington Monthly. (March 1, 2000)

    http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/0003.thompson.html

    Forbes: Letting go of Lego

    "Hackers crack the code of a new chip and post the design secrets on the Web. The chip's maker, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?" (August 9, 1999)

    http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0809/6403122a.html

    Mike Baker

    Are we asking too much of our teachers?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Spain flood deaths father's grief

    A British man who lost his wife and one of his twin daughters in flash-floods in Spain descibes the tragedy.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Pirates threaten to blow up ship

    Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Mugabe's party 'wants mediation'

    Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's party has agreed to outside mediation over a deadlocked deal, a minister says.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    G7 nations pledge to fight crisis

    Top finance ministers promise to take "decisive action and use allavailable tools" to tackle the world economic crisis.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Palin abused power, probe finds

    Sarah Palin abused her power as governor for personal ends, a report by the Alaskan state legislature concludes.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Grammars pressed over poor pupils

    Grammar schools take half the rate of poor bright pupils than non-selective state schools, research suggests.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Teacher jailed over child images

    A Belfast teacher who admitted downloading more than 500 images of children being sexually abused is jailed for 15 months.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Pay back

    Heavy marketing of payback loan companies

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Right approach?

    Should police write up their notes alone or together?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Capello in dark over Kazakhstan

    England boss Fabio Capello admits he knows little about World Cup qualifying opponents Kazakhstan because of their recent managerial change.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Living in boxes

    Has the desire for privacy driven us into tiny homes?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Call to ban junk food from NHS

    Hospitals and GP surgeries should follow the lead of schools and ban sugary drinks and snacks, experts say.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Christie struck by bank collapse

    Manchester cancer hospital The Christie becomes the latest victim of the Icelandic bank collapse.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Fire mother 'did all she could'

    A mother whose sons died in a fire in Eastbourne "did everything she could" to save them, her solicitor says.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Virtual healing

    How students use 3D technology to beat cancer

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Send your video, pictures and story ideas

    Have you got a good story? BBC News wants to hear from you.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Lebowski lives

    Is The Dude a slacker prince for our times?

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Ballesteros 'stable' in hospital

    Five-time major winner Seve Ballesteros has left intensive care but is still undergoing tests having suffered an epileptic fit, says Madrid's La Paz hospital.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    John Smeaton 'in intensive care'

    Glasgow Airport car bomb hero John Smeaton is taken to a hospital intensive care unit after suffering an asthma attack.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Cash crisis 'won't hit services'

    Welsh council services and taxes are unlikely to be affected "at this stage" by the bank crisis, says the assembly government.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    People 'unaware' of pension risks

    Millions of people are being encouraged to take too much risk with their pensions, the Pensions Advisory Service warns.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    EastEnder Wendy Richard marries before starting cancer treatment

    "Dying" former EastEnders star Wendy Richard marries her partner ahead of receiving treatment for cancer.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Oil row brings down Peru cabinet

    Peru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.

    news.bbc.co.uk

    Austria's Haider dies in accident

    Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider has been killed in a road accident in Carinthia, Austria, police reports say.

    news.bbc.co.uk

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