Certainly you may have been mad at me ... posting the info to late in the day ... I was having a good time attending a sum
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
What news... July 30 - 31, 2008 ...
Certainly you may have been mad at me ... posting the info to late in the day ... I was having a good time attending a sum
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Strange things I saw in NYC....
Different cultures ... different believing ... different culture values... I saw in NYC strange things, I have ever seen before ... According to my culture small kids are kept at the backs of their mothers ... or when there are able to walk they are given a chance for practice by themselves ... In NYC I saw dogs on leash ... the leash is a special loop that keeps dogs not going far while walking with their owners ... I saw a kid on leash too ... her/his mother was walkinI always have a critical thinking about how human health considerations in whatever I see around me, is applied ... I mean especially in t

Monday, July 28, 2008
Amazing things I saw in NYC...

I saw something important but free in New York ... free ride on New York Taxi boat from IKEA the Swedish furniture store in Brooklyn to the Ships museum in Manhattan ... for free ... you don’t have to pay ... you just have to go on line and get in ... IKEA paid for everybody targeting people from Manhattan who are willing to come to shop in their store... furniture are cheap ... IKAE is a place for everybody ... when on that boat I had different views of Manhattan, view of the statue of Liberty ... French gift to America ... presented to the people of United States in 1886 ... then you will pass nearby the Governors Island which is being transformed in Park ... From 1966 to 1996 the island served as a major United States Coast Guard installation ...
Africa continent has particular wildlife and nature ... In New York they have artificial waterfalls ... waterfalls in Africa like in my motherland Rwanda ... we have them in big number ... and there are pretty ... amazing ... meanwhile most of the people don’t see the beauty their express ... feel as there were meaningful ... all depends on how much money can everybody gain from tourism activities around ... everything is Natural ... but in NYC ... waterfalls are artificial ... not far from NYC ... They have Niagara falls ... small kids and other people who ever saw real waterfalls can drive down and have an alive view of waterfalls ... In Africa we have the famous waterfall all over the world ... shared between two countries Zambia and Zimbabwe ... Victoria falls ... Mosi-oa-Tunya (the smoke that thunders) is the name used by the local people and Victoria Falls is the later name given by Europeans (see pre-colonial history, below). Although Victoria Falls constitute neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, the claim it is the largest is based on a width of 1.7 kilometers (1 mi) and height of 108 meters (360 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world ... it also figures on the list of world heritage site ...
I also visited the Museum located in Alexander Hamilton House in NYC ... named in honor of Alexander Hamilton who had been the first USA secretary of treasury ... the founding father, economist and politics philosopher ... The U.S. Customs Service was established by the Fifth Act of the First Congress of the United States on July 31, 1789, and today, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the Department of Homeland Security, remains the nation’s oldest federal agency. Nowadays the former customs service office is used as The National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center … It is a wonderful Museum … full of amazing arts … drawings … sculptures … history of American Indians people … I am sure different pictures attached will tell you more and rise your curiosity in visiting such places ….
It is actually not easy to tell all the amazing things I saw in NYC … but I think I tried and all depends to one’s personal appreciations … I can’t forget bridges … joining Manhattan to the remaining part of the city … I have ever seen bridge like the ones I saw in NYC … there are special bridges … e.g. Manhattan Bridge … with a total length of 6,855 feet (2,089m) … with a span of 1,470 ft (448m) … the bridge was opened to traffic December 31, 1909 … next year will be 100 years anniversary of Manhattan bridge… proving sustainability of structures in USA … designed by bridge Engineer Raphael Modjeski … It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). There are three vehicle lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway on the lower level. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level can be one-way in peak direction or have two lanes in one direction and the other in the opposite direction... To be continuous...Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sample of some Impressive NYC landmarks...
The first impressive landmark I saw at the first day I arrived in NYC was the Times Square ... NYC landmark ... defined by its animate digital advertisements ... I saw it in different music videos produced in NYC e.g. Song of Usher featuring Alicia Keys titled “my boo” ... Many tourists are visiting that place ... during the day time and nights in order to admire different lights ... MTV office is also located at that place ... probably you may want to know other places all over the world that may be compared to Times square and w
ho are also considered like landmarks of the cities in with they are located in ... Champs-Élysées in Paris, Trafalgar Square in London, and Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo ... Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed after the Times Building (now One Times Square), the former offices of The New York Times, in April 1904 ... Times Square has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of its city. Others impressive landmarks ... The Empire states building, Flatiron building, Chrysler buildings and United Nation building ... these buildings are also NYC landmark... Their all have different and particular structures and special locations ... The Flatiron Building, which when constructed was called the Fuller Building, was one of the tallest buildings in New York City upon its completion in 1902 and is considered one of the first skyscrapers ... Empire state building ... Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty y
ears, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City... Chrysler building ... Standing at 319 meters (1,047 ft),[2] it was briefly the world's tallest building before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931. However, the Chrysler Building remains the world's tallest brick building.[3][4] After the destruction of the World Trade Center, it was again the second-tallest building in New York City until December 2007, when the spire was raised on the 365.8-metre (1,200 ft) Bank of America building, pushing the Chrysler Building into third position ... UN building ... located in “International Territory” of New York City ... its borders are First Avenue west, East 42nd Street south, East 48th Street north and the East River east. It has been built between 1949 – 1950 (http://en.wikipedia.org/)... It is very impressing to see how people were able to implement impressing projects like the ones discussed above in 1900’s ... Can you try to imagine what people are able to do at the moment? ... of course some are good in imaginations and soon we will have others special
landmarks ... others are exploring the sky ... others are developing technology ... the science of simulation ... prediction ... we can then know what may happen if we engage ourselves in doing something ... e.g. everything is designed by computer based technologies before implementation ... people are able to see what is next ... what may happen ... then do improvements before implementation ..... To be continuous...
Saturday, July 26, 2008
From the central Park ... To World Trade Center...
Tallest buildings I have ever seen before ... oh my God ... Are they strong? Yes of course ... very strong ... replied my friend Peter ... I was thinking that they will fall down on me (joke) ... it is really amazing to see the talented Engineers ... Architects ... good in designing structures ... building the highest building ... Trump Hotel ... WTC7 ... it was amazing ... I remembered the buildings in Kampala City and Nairobi ... Africa Cities .... I remember when I first saw them ...ohh ... I couldn’t believe my eyes ... In my motherland the highest building has 10 floors using American system of labeling the building floors ... which is 9 floors in the system that we use in Rwanda ... the highest building in Kampala has around between 15 – 20 floors ... I couldn’t count them they were too many ... imagine if I have to count them for buildings in Manhattan ... my neck will be down before counting the last floor ... Anywhere up to me Manhattan is a city of arts ... arts in everything ... building structures, Central Park, Sculptures around the cityFriday, July 25, 2008
From Coney Brooklyn Island ... To the central Park ...
New York City visit ... to be continuous...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Big Apple visit … continuous …
My first Ocean view … at Coney Brooklyn, NYC Saturday July 19, 2008 … will never be forgot … it has been a part of my life history … I saw the Ocean … for Rwandese it is very difficult to imagine how it looks like … a landlocked country without access to the ocean … we saw it in movies, on TV, pictures … the lucky people have been in Kenya and Tanzania and saw it … others had opportunities like I do to go abroad and experience it … the view is infinity … you can’t seen beyond … it is wonderful … it is amazing … the future has always surprises for us and we don’t know how they will look like … or how we will feel about them … it is very hard to imagine and fi
gure out … it is very hard for me to believe this … I know my story … it was very difficult to hope this new life … but I am experiencing and enjoying it … Coney Brooklyn is an amazing Island … with a huge beach … with unaccountable number of people enjoying the summer … they have amusement rides … different games … open beach … where each one of the people is busy his way … some fishing… others swimming ... playing games … taking pictures … it is a variety of amusement … whoever can be, cannot miss something to pleasing him/her … there are people in cyclone … bands singing … rock music … I enjoyed that visit … it shows the other face of the NYC … how people know also to make fan for themselves as they ar
e hard working … Once you are in the center of the city … you see that people are very busy and don’t have a time … there are moving very fast … and their minds are away … people at Coney Island are from the city … they have smile on their faces … they are happy enjoying the beach … taking that time to forget about the job … and take a rest on the beach … That is a behavior the majority of Rwandese do not have … most of the people are concerns by what they will be eating tomorrow … due to a high number of poor people in rural areas … for us we are still on the way towards development and don’t have time … may be one day we will reach that level … as we know everything begins somewhere and we already have the beginning … I am sure that we are going towards our development objectives and will reach them … 
gure out … it is very hard for me to believe this … I know my story … it was very difficult to hope this new life … but I am experiencing and enjoying it … Coney Brooklyn is an amazing Island … with a huge beach … with unaccountable number of people enjoying the summer … they have amusement rides … different games … open beach … where each one of the people is busy his way … some fishing… others swimming ... playing games … taking pictures … it is a variety of amusement … whoever can be, cannot miss something to pleasing him/her … there are people in cyclone … bands singing … rock music … I enjoyed that visit … it shows the other face of the NYC … how people know also to make fan for themselves as they ar
e hard working … Once you are in the center of the city … you see that people are very busy and don’t have a time … there are moving very fast … and their minds are away … people at Coney Island are from the city … they have smile on their faces … they are happy enjoying the beach … taking that time to forget about the job … and take a rest on the beach … That is a behavior the majority of Rwandese do not have … most of the people are concerns by what they will be eating tomorrow … due to a high number of poor people in rural areas … for us we are still on the way towards development and don’t have time … may be one day we will reach that level … as we know everything begins somewhere and we already have the beginning … I am sure that we are going towards our development objectives and will reach them … 
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
To the big Apple … New York City (NYC) …
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Big Apple ... Tang ... NYC ... Big Apple ...
Big apple circus …
Monday July 21, 2008, when I arrived home after a long journey from NYC … I met an interesting schedule … going in big apple circus … the circus was named Big Apple because it started in New York City … as I will discuss later … the argot of NYC in America is the big Apple … the big apple circus history can be found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple_Circus ... I enjoyed games, gymnastics, acrobatics show … I was a wonderful entertainment…
Tang Hall is the primary grad student living-box. The high-rise houses a vast number of first-year grad students on its 24 floors. Tang resident hall includes my apartment for all the time I will be pursuing my studies in MIT. It is really tall and it is my first time to leave in a such tall building … I have to use an elevator every day for going out and going back in my room … I have a good outside view … I think you can yourself see how tall it is to the picture on your left…

Friday, July 18, 2008
On leave ... July 18,19,20&21 - 2008 ...
Dear friends
I would like to announce to you that I am o leave and will not be having access to internet and computer ... I will get back to you July 21, 2008 ... with many interesting stories ... I will really miss you!!!! ...but I have to go ... can you guess where I will be ? ...
Thanks
see you ...
Peter
I would like to announce to you that I am o leave and will not be having access to internet and computer ... I will get back to you July 21, 2008 ... with many interesting stories ... I will really miss you!!!! ...but I have to go ... can you guess where I will be ? ...
Thanks
see you ...
Peter
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Keepsake …
The old Pine …
“Lest the old tradition fail” This tablet marks the old Pine contemporary with the life of the college and Guardian of its traditions have been struck by lightning in 1887 and by a whirlwind in 1892 it was cut down in 1895. Replaced in 1912 … these words are from the block-notes near by the pine …
George Lundeen a native of Holdrege, Nebraska, born 1948.
Lundeen was a Fulbright-Hayes Scholar studying at the Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. He holds a master in Fine Arts from the University of Illinois and a bachelor of arts from Hastings College in Nebraska. George Lundeen established his sculpting studio in Loveland, Colorado in the mid-1970s where he currently lives and works. He has been commissioned to sculpt portraits and interpretive works alike for universities, municipalities, foundations, and corporations. Mr. Lundeen is a member of the National Academy of Design and the National Sculpture Society. I was on his sculpture in Dartmouth College made of Bronze … gift of members of the class of 1961 on the occasion of their thirty-fifth reunion … the sculpture is of Robert Frost … Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of the rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.[1] His work frequently employed themes from the early 1900s rural life in New England, using the setting to examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes … The erection of this tower as a landmark more enduring than the old pine was succested by Samuel Colcord Bartlett eighth president of Dartmouth College. It was built by members of the successive undergraduate classes from 1885 to 1895 … these words are from the block-note fixed on the tower … can you see how taller it is? I haven’t seen any estimation of it height. At the moment it is 113 years old … can you imagine how sustainable it is? … Bartlett Tower society have been created … Named for the tower inspired by President Samuel Colcord Bartlett as a symbol of building upon the past for the benefit of the future, the Society celebrates this special form of philanthropy. A planned gift can help you realize the greatest personal and financial satisfaction from your philanthropy to Dartmouth … words from the web page of the society (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gpo/plans/bartlett.html)
All these keepsakes outlined above left in my mind while I visited, along speech … where we found the following words …they are expressing hope, enthusiasm, courage, imagination, creativity ,sustainability, peace, arts, tradition, conservation of Dartmouth community … and American society … What did they left in your mind after readying the above paragraphs?
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