For thousands of years, astronomers wrestled with basic questions about the size and age of the universe. Does the universe go on forever, or does it have an edge somewhere? Has it always existed, or did it come to being some time in the past? In 1929, Edwin Hubble, an astronomer at Caltech, made a critical discovery that soon led to scientific answers for these questions: he discovered that the universe is expanding.
Well, for definite I know the universe is expanding and its expansion rate is increasing (recently discovered by British scientists). But does this universal law apply to our life too? Are we excepted from this law? Are we getting farer from each other? For fact I think we are expanding too! Many many years ago, our ancestors used to live together in a group, in a cave. We used to live with our family. Even if we had our own family, we wouldn’t go too far. Most of the families used to live in one house, one city, one area. But today, we don’t live with our family. Even our friends are in the other part of the world. Our brother or sister is living in another city or country. Our life style has changes dramatically. The gap is getting bigger and bigger. We think mobile phone, email, video chat etc. are the solution. I can call him any time I want to. But do we really communicate with each other? Or we just use the technology to get news from each other. Do we really call our friend to see how they are or we call them to see how they are doing?
For one fact, I am sure we are not excepted and we as part of the universe are expanding with it. One day brotherhood won’t mean anything. Our selfishness will lead us to that point; we will live alone although we will have all necessary technologies to communicate to each other on this planet.
Oct 27, 2006
The Expanding Universe
Aug 6, 2006
Whose fault is this?
Internet invented 15 years ago and today it is hard to think of life without it! Today, I was surfing on the net and saw this link. I was speechless and for several hours I didn’t know what to say, shall I hate it or shall I enjoy it! Then I asked myself is that the picture of Iranians which other people have got in their mind? Is that the way they see Iranians? Well as far as I know I don’t know any Iranian around myself like the one in the picture but perhaps Lay Leno from NBC knows one. But really whose fault is this? The only people I can blame are Iranians and no one else! I think this is Iranian’s fault which they allow a TV man represents and degrades them like this in a national TV. I am not saying Iranians are prefect but the picture is far far far away from the reality.
No more word for now,
Bye
Jul 31, 2006
Jul 25, 2006
Civil War
Look at the shoes your filling
I don't need your civil war
I don't need one more war
Breaking News!
A top automotive engineer declined Toyota’s job offer today says Toyota spokesman. Our financial and economical correspondent at Cranfield reports that Toyota’s stock price is going down at Tehran Stock Exchange Market. Also there are rumours that Shahab Khodro (Iranian Car Manufacture) is planning to buy Toyota after this decline.
Jul 23, 2006
Loss....
Mr. Zarnegar left us last week. He was a great man. His many years of experience work meant he was a limitless resource of knowledge, especially in journalism. He passed away in US.
Jul 19, 2006
Jul 15, 2006
Atomised (Elementarteilchen)
Dir. Oskar Roehler
Jul 14, 2006
Inside Iran
The follwoing report is taken from Zogby website.
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While Iran’s nuclear program grabs headlines around the world, a new Reader’s Digest-Zogby International survey reports that Iranians (41%) said reforming their national economy so it operates more efficiently is more important than nuclear capability. A smaller number, 27%, said the country’s top priority should be to develop an arsenal of nuclear weapons, and 23% said the top goal for their government should be to expand the freedoms of its citizens.
These and other opinions were documented in a wide-ranging survey of Iranian citizens that revealed a sharp diversity of views consistent with a nation that is undergoing profound changes. The survey, which focused on a variety of subjects, including nuclear and regional politics, America, Israel and other nations, and cultural issues, included 810 Iranian adults, and carries a margin of error of +/- 3.5 percentage points. The results are included in exclusive reports on Iran published in the August issue of Reader’s Digest magazine. Full results can be found online at rd.com and zogby.com.
“The Zogby poll presents a fascinating glimpse into public opinion in this vitally important part of the world,” said Conrad Kiechel, Editorial Director, Reader’s Digest International Editions. “The evening headlines typically frame the views of world leaders, but this survey provides an illuminating picture of what citizens are saying – and believing.”
The poll revealed a country divided on many issues, although united on the role that Iran should play in the region. Iranians said they believe their country should lead the region “diplomatically and militarily” – 56% supported this view, and only 12% said their country should not be the dominant regional power. Nearly equal percentages of respondents want Iran to become more secular and liberal (31%) as want the country to become more religious and conservative (36%).
On one question, Iranians showed almost total agreement, regardless of age or gender. When asked if the state of Israel is illegitimate and should not exist, 67% agreed and only 9% disagreed.
Despite tensions between the United States and Iran, most Iranians – nearly two thirds – said they don’t believe that the two countries will go to war in the next decade.
Iranian men were more interested than women in making the economy work better. Among men, 47% said the economy should be a top government priority, while just 33% of women agreed. The older the respondent, the less important they considered development of a nuclear arsenal.
A majority said they would be willing to suffer through a bad economy if that were the price the country had to pay to develop its nuclear program. Also, 25% said they would blame the United States if the United Nations imposed nuclear-related sanctions, although nearly 40% said they were not sure whom to blame. Only one in six would blame Iran’s own government. If their country were to develop nuclear weapons, 25% said it would make the Middle East a safer place, but 35% disagreed with that statement.
When it came to their view of the United States, there was a split between the generations. Older Iranians were much more likely to admire the American people and society than younger Iranians. John Zogby, President and CEO of Zogby International, hypothesized that this generational split may be due in part to the lack of exposure to Americans over the past two decades.
Younger and older Iranians would favor a more conservative, religious society, while those aged 30–49 said they would favor a more liberal, secular culture. What is striking is that just 15% said Iranian culture should stay just the way it is right now. Women were more likely than men to say they wanted a more liberal, secular society. Among those Iranians with Internet access, 41% said they wanted a more religious culture, compared to 33% who said they wanted a more secular society.
“The poll illustrates the impact of 25 years of separation,” said Zogby. “The attitudes of younger Iranians toward the government, people and policies of the United States have been shaped by years of isolation, largely conservative religious leadership, and anti-U.S. rhetoric. This group is consistently more negative in its attitudes towards Americans and the American government than are older Iranians. However, new technology, including satellite television and the Internet, could be used as tools that connect young Iranians with other nations in the region, and the West.”
Those technologies – Internet access and satellite TV ownership – appeared to influence attitudes among Iranians, as did gender. Iranians with access to the Internet or satellite TV were significantly more likely than their “unconnected” compatriots to identify the United States as the country they admire the most. They were also significantly less likely to pick the U.S. government as the one they admire the least: one in three Iranians without Internet access (34%) chose the United States as least admired, compared with fewer than one in five Iranians with Internet access (18%), the poll shows.
The American government also appeared to attract more admiration from Iranians who favor a more secular or liberal direction for Iran.
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Jul 8, 2006
Quote Chart
Sapere Aude! [dare to know] "Have courage to use your own understanding!"
Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
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May 10, 2006
Sunshine in Sheffield
Today I couldn't stay in! So I took my camera and walked in the city to hunt nice pictures. The atmosphere of the city was amazing. People were enjoying nice weather and trying to forget what's going to happen tomorrow. People were so relax seemed the day would last forever. Although I didn't know anyone there, I wasn't a stranger. No one blocked my view. People were laughing and they were happy. We all were there out for one thing: The Sun! No one could sell it or cover it. There was no competition over it. It was plenty of sunshine for everyone and each person was enjoying in its own way.
If you want the other photos taken today just click here.
May 8, 2006
Link Chart!
Sohrab Sepehri Online
Life is a pleasant custom
Life wears wings as wide as death
It leaps to the dimensions of love
Life is nothing that might from my mind and your mind in the tip of habit’s shelf
Life is the attraction of a hand that reaps
Life is the first black fig in the acrid mouth of summer
Life is the dimension of a tree in the eyes of an insect
Life is the experience of bat in the darkness
Life is a strange sense experienced by a migrating bird
Life is the whistling of a train ringing in the sleep of a bridge
Life is like looking at a garden through the closed window of an airplane
The news of a rocket flying to the space
Touching the solitude of moon
The thought of smelling the flower in other planets
Life is washing a plate
Life is finding a penny in the street gutter
Life is the square of the mirror
Life is the flower multiplied to eternity
Life is the earth multiplied in our heartbeats
Life is a simple and monotonous geometry of breaths
Where I am, let it be so
The sky is mine
The window, thought, air, love, earth is mine
What signifies?
If mushrooms of nostalgia
Sometimes grow?
Results of my color test!
I did a color test few days ago and the following answer came up:
Your color is black! The color of night. Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines. Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and uncompromising demand for perfection. Not surprisingly, you tend to get challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them - your strenght of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegence, impress people. Black, is the color of professionalism and achievement!
