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  1. Breaching the resource limit of the site is a fitting tribute to the Dunnster. The big question now is surely, do we adopt another poster boy/girl (like Dickie O) or leave the position vacant as a tribute to a true one-off?

     

    Yes. Yes we do. Dickie O has my vote.


  2. Out of interest, how come Salinger gets a picture from when he was famous, but poor Michael gets a photo from just after he died?

     

    Salinger was pretty much a recluse. Do any later photographs of him exist?

     

    The "Agent Boot" KGB stories should be worth a read when they come out!


  3. Two more.

     

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...0010102147.html

     

    Former Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell, one of the first women to lead a major U.S. newspaper, died in an accident involving an automobile in New Zealand on Saturday, according to her family. She was 68.

     

    And...

     

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaki...2/breaking1.htm

     

    Michael Dwyer, the film correspondent of The Irish Times , has died at the age of 58 following an illness.


  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8437433.stm

     

    Danish police shoot intruder at cartoonist's home

     

    Danish police have shot and wounded a man at the home of Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad sparked an international row.

     

    Mr Westergaard was at home in Aarhus when a man broke in and threatened him. He pressed a panic button and police entered the house and shot the man.

     

    Danish officials said the intruder was a 28-year-old Somali linked to the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia


  5. http://www.wsmv.com/politics/22104693/detail.html

     

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- John S. Wilder, a wily, eccentric and towering figure in Tennessee politics as lieutenant governor/Senate speaker for 36 years, died early Friday at a Memphis hospital. He was 88.

     

    And...

     

    http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/envior..._100297703.html

     

    Lucknow, Jan 2 (IANS) Renowned wildlife enthusiast and author Billy Arjan Singh died at his home - Tiger Haven - in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National Park, about 250 km from here, late Friday night. He was 94.

     

    And...

     

    http://www.colombotoday.com/english/articl...s-away/8664.htm

     

    Leading upcountry trade unionist and politician Periyasami Chandrasekaran has passed away, hospital sources said.

     

    He was 52.

     

    Mr. Chandrasekaran died, following a brief illness, at a private hospital in Colombo in the early hours of this morning (Jan. 01).

     

    He was leader of the Upcountry People's Front and government minister of community development and social inequity eradication.

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