Checking into the Waldorf Astoria

It's Hurricane Season in NYC

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August 28th 2011
As I'm writing these lines, Irene is knocking on my windows like a maniac! The media warned everybody in the world with never seen catastrophe scenarios to the extent that we all had a laugh about it. You know, just like that time when SARS was a big worldwide issue. As a weird side effect of the alarming media coverage, people start to no longer take the warnings serious. However, when the ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more