Leading the protest were West, who starred in films including Cry Freedom and The Day of the Jackal, and his wife, who played Sybil in the comedy series Fawlty Towers.

BBC: Timothy West and Prunella Scales in Onley marina protest

The Berkshire Hathaway meeting's expected all-time record attendance, which is bound to do wonders for Omaha's economy over the very short run, is a far cry from the puny 12 people ("including my relatives, " Buffett told Forbes) that didn't even fill a small room back in 1982, in the days before Buffett became widely known as the Sage of Omaha.

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Alison Cox started Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in 1995 and has expressed her sympathy for Mr O'Donnell's family, including his wife and four children.

BBC: Alison Cox [Copyright CRY]

Recently, I wrote about the hue and cry surrounding the temporary crash of the Amazon EC2 cloud, which serves hundreds of East Coast companies, including hot tech firms like Reddit and Bizo.

FORBES: Sorting Out the Clouds