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Monday, January 01, 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year. May 2007 be a year of good health, happiness, good fortune, blessings, love and all the good stuff you and your family wish for.

I thought the first entry of 2007 should be light and just the facts. So here is interesting information I found on Fax Times.

The first annual Times Square New Year Eve was celebrated in 1904. Not until 1907 that the tradition of Ball Lowering was used. Waterford Crystal company designed the current New Year Eve's Ball, weighing at 1,070 pounds.

According to the Times Square Alliance, 2,000 pounds of confetti are dropped every year. This event has become a universal symbol of welcoming in the New Year.

If you wish to see the lowering of the ball and cann't wait until New Year Eve, then head towards the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. Everyday at noon, a time-ball descends from a flagpole at the Observatory.

A good year to all and to all a good year!

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