Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year 2011, Wish this year will be better than ago  Koclox Corporation Admin and The Entire C...

Ditemukan Reruntuhan Kota Troy yang Pernah Dianggap Sebagai Mitos Belaka

Troy merupakan sebuah kota kuno dalam kitab Iliad, epik terkenal karangan penyair Yunani kuno Homer. Kota dan peradaban ini pernah dianggap sebagai mitos dan khayalan semata, sama persis dengan kisah-kisah tentang peradaban Atlantis dan Lemuria. Namun pandangan tersebut akhirnya tumbang, bermula setelah seorang cendekiawan Inggris, Charles McClaren, pada tahun 1822 berpendapat bahwa Troy yang dimaksud Homer kemungkinan besar berada di...

Weather moderates in western Europe

AFP/DPA – A single car makes its way along a snow-covered road near the southern German city of Waldkirch.(AFP/DPA/Rolf … LONDON (AFP) – An annual Christmas Day swimming race in London was called off after the water froze, while in Denmark, a midwife braved the freeze to ski to a mother-to-be on a snowbound island. For hundreds of passengers trapped at the main Paris and Brussels airports overnight because...

'Gulliver's Travels' Starring Jack Black: A Brobdingnagian Letdown

WASHINGTON, DC – This Saturday saw the release of Gulliver's Travels, a new film version of Jonathan Swift's classic 18th-century novel. The movie, directed by Rob Letterman, stars Jack Black as the travel writer Lemuel Gulliver, who gets stranded on the island of Lilliput and hangs out with the tiny people who live there. The critical reception has been less than warm, with the plot, cast, and effects all coming in for various amounts of drubbing. Want to Include Some Biting Social Satire? No? Guys?  The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin ...

Action, Hope, 2011

The Nation -- In the wake of the midterm elections, with conservatives and the Tea Party wielding new power in Washington, we have entered a tough period in our politics. But history helps us understand that dark periods come and go, and they can be overcome if—and it’s the critical if—we all do our part. The late, great Studs Terkel, a true friend of The Nation, believed that hope was rooted in the conviction that there is always good worth working for. Action engenders hope, Studs told us. Looking forward to 2011, there are many...

Apple, Steve Jobs hit new heights in 2010

NEW YORK (AFP) – Apple dethroned Microsoft as the world's most valuable technology company in 2010 as its co-founder Steve Jobs soared to new heights with the touchscreen iPad tablet computer and the latest iPhone. Britain's Financial Times last week named Jobs its "Person of the Year" and even US President Barack Obama joined in the plaudits to the 55-year-old chief executive of the Cupertino, California-based gadget-maker. Jobs'...

Firefox 4 Beta Provides Support for 3-D Graphics

Mozilla launched a new Firefox 4 beta release for PCs and laptops Wednesday featuring expanded support for 3-D graphics, together with a revamped Firefox add-on manager. And on the mobile side, Mozilla introduced several enhancements to the mobile version of Firefox 4 beta for smartphones based on Google's Android and Nokia's Maemo platforms. The popular browser's new 3-D enhancements are based on WebGL -- an open standard for accelerated 3-D graphics rendering on the web that eliminates the need for users to install special plug-ins. As...

Britain's queen delivers annual Christmas message

LONDON – Britain's Queen Elizabeth II championed the role of sports in building communities Saturday in her annual Christmas message to the nation, crediting athletics with teaching valuable social skills and providing a different perspective on life. The queen's remarks come at a controversial moment in British sporting history. The government recently was criticized for plans to cut funding to a school sports program. It...

Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan dies at 84 in NYC

Bud Greenspan, the filmmaker whose documentaries often soared as triumphantly as the Olympic athletes he chronicled for more than six decades, died at his home in New York City. He was 84. He died Saturday from complications of Parkinson's disease, companion Nancy Beffa said. Greenspan's most recent work dealt with the rough cuts of films from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. The award-winning filmmaker unapologetically focused on both the...

Spider-Man actor walking again after back surgery

NEW YORK – A stunt actor who fell 30 feet while playing Spider-Man on Broadway is walking again, and his father said Saturday that he can't wait to return to the role despite injuries that have him confined to the intensive care unit. Christopher Tierney walked Friday for the first time since his fall during Monday's performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and was spending Christmas with his mother and brother in the hospital while...

Elusive Saharan Cheetah Captured in Photos

An elusive Saharan cheetah recently came into the spotlight in Niger, Africa, where a hidden camera snapped photos of the ghostly cat, whose pale coat and emaciated appearance distinguish it from other cheetahs. In one of the images the sleek, light-colored cat with small spots on its coat and a small head is turning in the direction of the camera, its eyes aglow. Its appearance, and how the Saharan cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) is genetically...

Britain mulls laws to fine airports after snow chaos

Britain is considering new laws to fine airport operators if they disrupt passengers' journeys due to poor planning, the government said on Sunday, after snow led to widespread cancellations and delays last week.  Snow and ice grounded flights across Britain and northern Europe before Christmas, raising questions over whether airport operators should have been better prepared.Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said managers at Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, had badly underestimated how much de-icing fluid they...

Religious clashes flare in central Nigeria

Clashes broke out between armed Christian and Muslim groups near the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, after Christmas Eve bombings in the region killed more than 30 people.  Buildings were set ablaze and people were seen running for cover as the police and military arrived on the scene in an effort to disperse crowds.This correspondent saw dozens of buildings on fire and injured people covered in blood being dragged by friends and family to hospital. The unrest was triggered by explosions on Christmas...

New Zealand military releases UFO files

The New Zealand military released hundreds of previously classified reports Wednesday detailing claims of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings and alien encounters.  The reports, dating from 1954 to 2009, were released under freedom of information laws after the New Zealand Defence Force removed names and other identifying material.In about 2,000 pages of documents, members of the public, military personnel and commercial pilots...

DNA Discovery May Make Chocolate Tastier

Chocolate may soon become even more irresistible thanks to a group of scientists who have pieced together the genetic code of the cacao tree.  It is hoped the DNA sequence will lead to chocolate that is healthier and tastier, and increase the sustainability of cacao crops and benefit millions of farmers.The US researchers worked with a variety of cacao called Criollo that produces the world's best chocolate. It was domesticated by the Maya...

Murder Probe As Teen's Body Found In Bath

Murder squad police are investigating the death of a badly injured 15-year-old boy found in a bath.  The teenager was discovered apparently drowned and with a number of other injuries at the property in Newham, east London, at lunchtime on Christmas Day.A man and a woman, both aged 27, have been arrested. Police were called by London Ambulance Service to the property in Hathaway Crescent at 12.15pm following reports of a drowning. Officers...

Fakta-Fakta Misterius Dalam Sejarah Evolusi Manusia

Manusia adalah makhluk unik dan penuh misteri di antara kehidupan di planet bumi.  Bagaimanakah manusia berevolusi? Langkah-langkah apa yang datang pertama? Mengapa manusia  berevolusi dengan cara ini dan bukan cara yang lain? Mengapa kita satu-satunya spesies manusia yang ada? Apa mungkin manusia  telah mengalami penurunan kualitas dalam berevolusi?   Dan adakah petunjuk yang memungkinkan manusia meninggalkan...

Monster-Monster Sungai Dengan Bentuk Yang Mengerikan

Layaknya lautan, sungai juga merupakan tempat bagi ribuan jenis hewan air tawar. Tidak hanya ikan, di sungai pun ditemukan berbagai jenis makhluk dengan bentuk cukup aneh dan mungkin belum pernah kalian bayangkan sebelumnya. 1. African Lungfish Makhluk sungai yang cukup aneh menurut saya. Bagi orang yang belum pernah melihatnya, pasti akan mengira makhluk ini sebagai monster karena bentuknya yang menyeramkan. Namun, meskipun bentuknya...

Obat Kanker Paling Ampuh yang Ditutupi Selama Bertahun-tahun

Selama ini kita tahu bahwa kanker hanya bisa diobati dengan terapi kemo. Namun tampaknya persepsi ini harus dihapus dan dibuang sejauh-jauhnya. Kenapa? Karena sebenarnya ada obat alami untuk membunuh sel kanker yang kekuatannya Sepuluh Ribu Kali Lipat lebih ampuh dibanding terapi kemo. Obat alami ini adalah buah yang familiar dengan orang Indonesia. Buah Sirsak Tapi kenapa kita tidak tahu ?Karena...