Revelers in Times Square will reenact a moment captured on film 65 years ago today, when news of a Japanese surrender, which marked the end of World War II, reached the streets of New York City and a joyful sailor grabbed a nurse, spontaneously planting a victory kiss.

The famous photograph, taken by Alfred Eisentaedt and made iconic by Life magazine, was erected in 3-D this week with the unveiling of a giant 26-foot-high statue around which hundreds of New Yorkers and tourists will pucker up tonight at exactly 7:03 PM, memorializing the moment when the words came across the Times ticker: “Official: Truman announces Japanese surrender.”

The sculpture, called Unconditional Surrender, has been installed only for the weekend at the corner of 44th Street and Broadway, the spot the picture was a taken.

The Times Square Alliance is sponsoring the massive kiss-in, which will welcome veterans from World War II and Iraq and volunteers dressed in period costume to help celebrate the anniversary of V-J Day, says an AFP news report.

(SEE full story, history, and statue, in the Daily Mail)

Close to a million begonia flowers were used to create a huge carpet covering the city plaza in Grand-Place, Brussels.

Based on a medieval rug design, craftsmen arranged the carpet by hand, directly onto the square’s cobblestones, without any pots or soil.

The carpet was crafted yesterday and opens to the public in Belgium today.

The first Carpet of Flowers was created in 1971 as a way to promote begonias. Each square metre of ground contains more than 300 flowers.

Watch the slide show at www.flowercarpet.be.

(More Photos at TheFirstPost.co.uk)

Do you feel stuck? Do you lack the time to regularly renew yourself and enjoy your interests? Are you relying on caffeine, anti-depressants or alcohol to manage your stress and emotional well-being?

If so, you might be suffering from Inspiration Deficit Disorder.

An inspiration deficit occurs whenever we feel unfulfilled or somehow unexpressed in an important aspect of life – something is missing; a job we don’t like, a struggle with self image, a relationship we aren’t satisfied with, are all examples of where we may feel an inspiration deficit. When we let these deficits persist they translate into addictions, bad habits, poor health, and high stress. Sadly, most people have it to some degree and it impacts their health and happiness more than they know.

Once people understand Inspiration Deficit Disorder, one of the more common questions is: “How do I know what my soul wants? If I’ve been disconnected from my essence for so long, how do I begin to feed it and make decisions with it in mind again?”

Fortunately, the Essential Self never goes away, and it never stops speaking to us. It does get covered up, and we can get out of practice with it, like a language we once studied years ago but rarely use. But, in fact, the Essential Self expresses itself in hundreds of ways and in every facet of life. From simple things such as taste in clothing and music, to the hobbies, foods, people, jobs, and pets that attract us, the soul is always being revealed.