The Last Day of 2009 in New York

New Year's Eve is largely a social celebration of the year's end, and rightly so, this year, since it needs to end and we should celebrate hoping for a better year throughout 2010. So while we are glad this year is over we also celebrate even more when the next year begins with hugs and kisses for everyone around in our company.
Every year up to a million people gather in Times Square to watch the ball drop, and an estimated 100 million in the United States will be watching television as the 11,875-pound, 12-foot diameter Waterford crystal ball located high above Times Square is lowered, starting at 11:59 p.m. and reaching the bottom of its tower 60 seconds later, at the stroke of midnight signifying the beginning of 2010. The first New Year's Eve celebration was held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in 1904.
It must be a great celebration for that many people to cope with the usually very cold temperature. The average temperature at midnight in New York City since the ball dropping tradition began in 1907 is 33.7 degrees. At last year's ball drop, the temperature was 18 degrees.
If the year 2010 has more bad news in store for us than what we have witnessed in 2009 it will be hard for us to take more unexpected happenings and bad news. The government's takeover and management of just about everything, the failure of the stock market, the failure of so many people who we all depended upon financially and emotionally, the deaths of so many very famous and well known celebrities, the attempts at changing how health care is provided, the birth of so many babies by one person, the explosion of the cell phone industry and texting, the total decadence and immorality in television programming.
It's as if everyone in charge believes in the end of the world in December 2012 and may be trying to get everything they can without regard to the long-term consequences. It won't matter anyway in 2013.
I wish for all to have a healthy, prosperous and happy new year 2010, God bless you all.

When you believe

Now WE are not afraid although we know there's much to fear.

We wew moving mountains long before we knew we could.

There can be Miracles when you believe, though hope is frail ,it's hard to kill.

Who knows what Miracles you can Achieve.

When you believe some how you will, you will when you believe.

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India and was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is considered one of the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is generally considered as the principal designer of Taj Mahal. In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor during the Mughal empire’s period of greatest prosperity, was griefstricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The construction of Taj Mahal begun soon after Mumtaz’s death with the principal mausoleum completed in 1648. The surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later. The Taj Mahal complex was finally completed in the year 1653.