Polar Bear scare for paddling kids

Invisible screen ... glass shield looks bear-ly there

CHILDREN at an animal sanctuary are getting a real polar SCARE coming face-to-face with one of the world's biggest predators.

To onlookers it looks as though the enormous beasts are looming over unsuspecting kids paddling nearby.

But the incredible scenes are a trick of an eye, as a ten-inch thick sheet of Plexiglass separates them.

Both children and bears are actually very safely taking part in a new scheme by the owners of Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat, Canada.

She's behind you ... bears swim after young boy

They have created the amazing set-up to try and promote awareness about the incredible animals.

Former director at the centre and keen photographer Gerry Robichaud, 59, took these snaps of the moment bear meets man in the safety of the tank.

He said: "You do get some very surprised reactions from visitors when they first see the bears and the children in the pool.

"When you're in the water and up by the glass next to these animals it barely seems like there is anything protecting you, when in fact there's a ten-inch thick barrier.

"We get various reactions from the children, some of them can't wait to get in the pool and others really don't want to. It's the adults you have to watch out for, some of them jump in still with all their clothes on.

Bear necessity ... thick glass separating man and beast can be seen from this angle

"The two bears in the pictures are actually females, Aurora and Nikita, both who we took in as rescue animals.

"They came to us as cubs after a tribe told us about them because their mother had been shot by a hunter near Winisk, near the Hudson Bay in the far north."

The sanctuary only takes in rescued bears from the wild and through letting visitors get so close they hope to help understanding and reduce hunting.

Gerry added the aim was to give the bears as much stimulation as possible in their 100m by 200m enclosure.

He said: "I have been in the water myself when the public have not been here and actually realised one of the bears was stalking me, she was hiding and keeping very low in the water.

"It was quite an odd feeling. I have lived in the far north with the people up there myself and documented their lives - it's a different world up there."

Chef bogel tarik minat lelaki ke dapur

HONG KONG: Sebuah saluran dewasa di sini dijangka mengeluarkan rancangan memasak diterajui seorang pengacara bogel yang akan menyiapkan masakan Kantonis sambil memakai apron jarang, satu cubaan untuk menggalakkan lebih ramai lelaki memasak.

Pengacara Flora Cheung akan memulakan setiap 30 minit rancangan membeli-belah barangan basah di pasar basah terkenal ibu kota ini, membuka pakaiannya sebaik saja kembali ke studio persendiriannya, lapor akhbar South China Morning Post.

Cheung yang mengakui tidak pernah bekerja di restoran, berkata beliau berharap rancangan berunsur seks itu akan menarik lebih ramai lelaki ke dapur. Episod pertama dijangka disiarkan lewat bulan ini.

“Saya gemar memasak dan ingin berkongsi keseronokan itu dengan ramai orang,” katanya. – AFP

Google cabar penggodam ceroboh Chrome

CALIFORNIA 8 Feb. - Google yang sangat yakin dengan pelayar Chrome rekaannya tidak mampu digodam berjanji memberikan hadiah sebanyak AS$20,000 (RM60,709) dan sebuah komputer riba kepada individu pertama yang berjaya membuktikan bahawa andaian itu salah.

Syarikat itu mengemukakan cabaran tersebut menjelang pertandingan menggodam Pwn2Own tahunan kelima yang bakal berlangsung bulan depan.

Hadiah itu adalah yang terbesar ditawarkan setakat ini dalam cabaran yang diadakan pada persidangan keselamatan CanSecWest di Vancouver, British Columbia pada 9 Mac ini.

Menggunakan mesin untuk operasi Windows 7 atau Mac OS X, penyelidik akan cuba menggodam Google Chrome serta Internet Explorer yang dibangunkan Microsoft, Mozilla Firefox dan pelayar Safari ciptaan Apple.

Microsoft, Mozilla dan Apple masing-masing menawarkan sebanyak AS$15,000 (RM45,532) kepada individu pertama yang boleh menggodam sistem keselamatan pelayar mereka, tambahan sebanyak AS$5,000 (RM15,177) yang diberikan kepada penggodam yang berjaya pada pertandingan tahun lalu.

Google, bagaimanapun telah menggandakan jumlah hadiah dengan menawarkan sebanyak AS$20,000 (RM60,709), satu tanda keyakinan eksekutif kanan bagi syarikat yang berpangkalan di California itu.

"Kami menaikkan jumlah taruhan kali ini dan jumlah keseluruhan wang tunai yang diperuntukkan untuk hadiah-hadiah telah meningkat kepada AS$125,000 (RM379,387)," kata Aaron Portnoy daripada HP TippingPoint, penaja pertandingan Pwn2Own.

Dalam cabaran untuk merebut hadiah wang tunai beserta komputer riba Chrome CR-48, penggodam perlu mencari dan mengeksploitasi bahagian kod yang mudah terdedah kepada bahaya pada hari pertama pertandingan yang berlangsung selama tiga hari itu, lapor ComputerWorld.com.

Hari kedua dan ketiga pula, penggodam boleh menggunakan pepijat dari luar Chrome untuk cuba menyusup masuk ke dalam sistem keselamatannya.

Penyelidik pertama yang berjaya akan menerima AS$20,000 (RM60,709), tetapi separuh daripada hadiah wang tunai itu akan dibayar oleh penaja TippingPoint. - AGENSI