The Canadian Press reports on a 6-year-old boy from British Columbia whose instincts for caring about a younger brother overcame his fear as he faced a crouching cougar in his back yard. His father tells the story like this:
“He just heard something. He looked around, and crouched down coming at him about five feet away was this cougar. Rather than take the three steps and run in the house, he turned and ran, I don’t know, another 40 to 50 feet past the cat to get his little brother.”
It is rare for cougars to attack humans, but it does happen in BC, and likely such an attack was in progress. The parents were in their workshop next door. Young Bryce Forbes alerted them by telephone after escaping into the house with his brother. (photo taken after the incident, by the family)
Experimental underwater windmills will be installed in New York City’s East River during the next weeks to begin generating power utilizing the non-stop action of the tides. Enthusiasts of the new environmentally friendly hydropower say the machines generate electricity without the problems associated with wind power. The scenery is not dotted with turbines and engineers say the low-rpm movement from the blades does not harm marine life. Unlike hydro-electric dams, which dramatically alter spawning populations of fish, this instream technology allows fish and mammals to "easily swim around" the turbines. . . 
