Ray Burton, N.H. Executive Councillor, SADLY, Is Not Doing Well. Not Seeking Re-Election
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.by Anura Guruge
Related posts:
>> Ray Burton Doing Well — June 8, 2013.
>> Ray Burton On Casino Gaming Revenue … — Dec. 5, 2012.
>> I Take Umrage … That ‘Alida Milham’ … Looks Like ‘Ray Burton In Drag’
>>– Nov. 5, 2012.

Ray and I, at the Laconia Airport Open House, on June 8, 2013. He was doing GOOD at that time. This is how I will always remember Ray — a great N.H. asset.
Our Little Ad For The ‘Christmas in France’ Clearlakes Chorale Christmas 2013 Concert.
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.by Anura Guruge
Related posts:
>> French Christmas 2013 concert —
>> Oct. 14, 2013.
>> Spring 2012 Clearlakes Chorale
>> concert — May 12, 2013.
Though I don’t speak any French, it being hard enough for me to manage my poor English, given that my mother tongue is Sinhalese, I have 18 years of exposure to Paris — having lived there (and gone to school there) September 1968 to August 1969. My adoptive parents then lived there again for 17 years from 1985 to 1992.
So I couldn’t resist doing a Paris themed little ad. for the 2013 ‘Christmas in France‘ program.
I love de l’Étoile with its magnificent Arc de Triomphe. Negotiating the Étoile, then with about 4 lanes of traffic, was a challenge — but fun, especially with France’s idiosyncratic ‘automatic right-of-way for those merging from the right’ law. I used to drive around the Étoile just for the heck of it. The sheer adrenaline of it.
I also use to run around it at all times of the day and night. It was about 1.5 miles from where I used to stay. So it was an easy run and back — especially since, those days, unlike now, I used ti run 7 miles, 6 days a week.
So, hence the Arc in the background.
2013, November 11, Remembrance Day News: U.K. Birmingham Buses, Camilla & Canadian Dollar Store Reversal
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.by Anura Guruge
Related posts:
1/ King George V’s ‘Great Silence’ proclamation … — July 9, 2013.
2/ Origins Of “Armistice Day” (a.k.a “Poppy Day”) — June 11, 2013.
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Comet ISON, C/2012 S1: Upcoming Dates & Viewing Opportunities.
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…by Anura Guruge
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>> Comet ISON presentation —
>> Oct. 22, 2013.
>> Comet ISON looking good —
>> Oct. 21, 2013.
>> Comet ISON over NH —
>> Oct. 16, 2013.
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Comet ISON prospects, quite literally, are getting brighter by the day.
It is intact and is becoming more ‘active’, i.e., spewing out more gas and dust which is what leads to the coma and tail, by the minute.
Right now it is travelling at more than 10 miles PER SECOND. That is in excess of 38,000 miles per hours. So it is getting closer to the Sun at a very fast clip.
Ameteur astronomers using backyard telescopes are capturing some amazing pictures. Check this one from October 5, from Austria (that is in Europe).
On November 2, 2013, i.e., next week, it will cross Earth’s orbit for the first time, i.e., inbound (towards Sun) crossing. Check this post for orbital diagram.
But, on that day Earth is way off to the right — 112 MILLION miles away, that is 1.2 x the Earth-Sun distance.
So, we will not be able to see Comet ISON, naked eye, on November 2.
The EARLIEST possibility for a potential glimpse is November 17 — some of this also having to do with moonlight getting in the way.
Closer to the 17th, as things become more clear, I will post an update.
Enjoy.
It might not be the ‘Comet of the Century’, but it is still on track to be one heck of a comet.