SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

25 years ago, no one could think that our lives would be revolving around the Internet in less that two decades. Now a day, after passing nine years of the 21^st century, no one can imagine living in this world without the Internet. Internet represents the web consisting of billions of websites. There is almost nothing you can’t find on this widespread network!

One of the most magnificent websites that I have ever seen, ScientificAmerican.com, Unlike all the magazine's website, advertising for their magazine and trying to convince you to pay for the subscription, offers you a widespread range of services on its website; As a matter of fact, the magazine is just a tiny part of their service.

The most interesting part of the website, which I want to present, is the Podcasts section. This part comprises four different categories which are 60-second science, science talk, 60-second earth and 60-second psych.

In 60-second parts you can listen to news or different pieces of information just in one minute. Besides gaining useful info about different aspects of science, earth and psychology, it is of use to English learners, who want to get to know and cultivate their American accent. The concepts are mostly broad and not too technical so that everyone, having general knowledge, can grasp them readily.

Science talk consists of interviews with science experts, but this part, being lengthy, doesn't have scripts and might not be as useful for learners as 60-second parts, in which you can have access to the exact transcript of podcast.

At the end, Scientific American is worth visiting and exploring for either technical and general purposes.

Dream Holiday

After industrial revolution, having invented the aircraft, people, being tired from their intensive day-to-day work in the new age, started going on farther journeys, seeking their dream holiday!

As a traveler, I would go somewhere in which they can speak English rather than places where I might have problems with communication. Considering the small number of English speaking countries, under no circumstances do I dare to go on a journey as a traveler; as a matter of fact, traveling in tour seems to me more reasonable and safer.

Since I have not traveled abroad a lot, I am extremely intrigued to know different nations and cultures; in fact, traveling to any place in the world would satisfy my insatiable curiosity. However, if I had to select somewhere, I would go for Africa for their spectacular wildlife and South America for it's loving peoples.

Inasmuch as I don't feel comfortable with crowded places, which is because I am a private person, I don't usually choose high season to go on holiday. On the contrary, I would like to go on journey in low season, which, besides being cheaper, is much more pleasurable.

Having an introvert personality, I am not that kind of adventure lover person; therefore I usually spend my time resting and observing the beauty of nature; in other words, being exhausted of daily hard work, I prefer a relaxing holiday to an exhilarating weary one.

To sum up, possible as it is, it wouldn't be a dream holiday if everyone could have it!. Nevertheless, I, working my fingers to the bone, optimistically, have set my sight on my dream holiday!

11:14

Although Hollywood has monopolized cinemas, producing variety of big-budget yet aimless and blue movies, you can still have an optimist attitude toward the future of cinema, having shown independent and, of course, low-budget films such as “11:14” on screen.

Awarded as a notable student from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, twenty seven-year-old American writer and director, Greg Marcks, was preparing to make his first long movie and obviously, in no way did he want to have people detecting any sign of weakness in his directorial debut. What he could never imagine was having accomplished Oscar-winner actress “Hilary Swank” signed on to produce and star in the picture who was enough to make other brilliant actors, such as Patrick Swayze, Ben Foster, and Rachael Leigh Cook, signed for their roles.

Enlightening the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents which all converge at 11:14p.m, the movie serves as an excellent and clear illustration of facing the conclusion of our actions which we call fate, the most controversial issue in cinema these years.

Following the chain of events of five different characters in five different storylines, the story conveys the idea of fate when a presumed innocent man at the opening shot proves to be the main culprit at the end of movie and all the characters being exacted retribution by their destiny, which understandably has been shaped by themselves, having committed culpable actions.

What first tempts you to try the Canadian movie, 11:14, is the eye-catching title which only consists of four digits unlike all the regular movie titles, chosen by most of film producers. Introducing the casts, Greg Marcks, imparts the whole idea, metaphorically, by simply showing bunch of names being driven, like cars, in streets and getting back to the starting point at the end.

An intriguing sequence of events makes you lose the ability of stirring in your seat from the very first moment of movie and multiple interpretations of the story make it highly dissimilar from the movies that you have normally been given the opportunity of watching and something that you can not afford to miss!