Mark Morford: The tragic death of the good read (SF Gate)
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Andrew Tobias: An Easy Action Step That Could Help
If we all took an hour to vote November 4 - even though most Americans usually don't vote in mid-term elections - we could at least wrest the climate-change gavel out of the hands of a climate change denier by flipping the House blue. That would be a start.
Years of Living Dangerously Trailer (YouTube)
From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this groundbreaking documentary event series provides first-hand reports on those affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change. Coming in 2014.
J.F. Sargent: 5 People Who Accidentally Filmed Real-Life Action Scenes (Cracked)
The big issue with found-footage horror films is that after a certain point it becomes absolutely insane that the characters are still filming. Am I right, folks? Am I right? I know, you're just ecstatic that someone finally has the balls to point this out, but please hold your applause for the end.
David Bruce: 250 Music Anecdotes (Various Formats - $1)
For various reasons, people decide to make their living creating music. The Mississippi Sheiks' Walter Vinson, who used to work as a field hand, had a very good reason for quitting and taking off with his guitar to play country blues: "I'm not going to spend the rest of my life behind a mule that's farting."
There is nothing wrong with wanting to have a long lie, particularly on cold, wet wintry days. For the Clinomaniac though, the desire to stay in bed is overwhelming and irresistible and could persist for days on end, particularly when it is raining or snowing. Clinomania comes from Greek meaning the obsession of sleeping. In other words, it is love to bed, pillows and blankets.
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Charlie was first, and correct, with:
An excessive desire for bed rest.
One is reminded here of the sad fate of René Descartes (1596-1650)
While in the school his health was poor and he was granted permission to remain in bed until 11 o'clock in the morning, a custom he maintained until the year of his death.
Then
In 1649 Queen Christina of Sweden persuaded Descartes to go to Stockholm. However the Queen wanted to draw tangents at 5 a.m. and Descartes broke the habit of his lifetime of getting up at 11 o'clock. After only a few months in the cold northern climate, walking to the palace for 5 o'clock every morning, he died of pneumonia.
Deborah wrote:
According to the Urban Dictionary, " a lazy ass person that stays in bed all the time and has an obsession with their bed."
Adam answered:
"an excessive and irrational desire to stay in bed."
Sounds good to me.
Marian responded:
sleep and/or stay in bed
Sally said:
People with clinomania have an excessive desire to sleep!
PS: @MAM, I checked out the link, thanks for the memory!
Jim from CA, retired to ID, took the day off.
Dale of the Springs o Diamonds, Norcaliful, replied:
Clinomaniac - a lazy ass person that stays in bed all the time and has an obsession with their bed. We waste too much time consumed by the thought of sleep.
Lois Under The Covers In Oregon said:
An excessive and irrational desire to stay in bed...hey, I
HAVE THAT! Since there's an actual clinical designation for
it, maybe I can turn it into a disability claim and live the
dream at last!
DJ Useo responded:
People with clinomania have an excessive desire to be in bed.
There's worse places to be, but I've spent way too much time in bed,
what with my spine injury. I'm doing much better, though,
because I stayed in bed a LOT!
Many conservatives seem to still have Clintonmania, which is something else altogether.
Alan J answered:
Stay in bed all day.
MAM wrote:
To stay in bed!
BttbBob, said:
Tarnation, Boss! Askin' such a dagnab scary question first thing in the dagnab mornin'... it's, like, "What-the-hell-is-THAT?" - Some kinda dark, sordid, tawdry and/or really wicked compulsion/perversion thing? Do I need that sorta imagery (whatever, by the sacred name of Yosemite Sam, it is...) as I'm-a tryin' to wake up sittin' here in 'my chair' sippin' on scalding hot mug o' Sumatra an' planning out my busy, productive day? Huh? Really? An' do I need to, again, carry that with me throughout this gloriously sunny and mild Spring day whilst I'm-a tryin' to get all manner of shit done an' mebbee savin' the world along with spiffin' up the garage? Seriously?
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My agent used the words "warped and twisted" when I told 'im 'bout it...
He wants to know if'n ya would go out with 'im.
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Happy Birthday this day to:
(81) Doctor Zhivago (1965)
A great movie that is included in my small collect of DVD's... I'm particular, dontcha know... I love "Lara's Theme"...
He also deserves an accolade for the previous:
(84) I thought he was the ultimate assassin in:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
A film whose plot I've always thought to very, very plausible...
Born this day:
(1915-2011) Actually, I knew senior army doctors very much like "Col. Potter".
Tough on the outside and when it counted, yet very mellow and understanding on the inside. I worked for one, a "Bird Colonel", Chief of Cardiology, at B*A*M*C. A 6' 4'' Texan that somehow 'shoehorned' himself into an orange Carmen Ghia just like this one to get back and forth to work.
We frequently talked European sports cars as I drove a '72 Triumph Spitfire...
His wife also was a "Bird Colonel" and Head Nurse of the world-famous Burn Unit that is there (I occasionally had to assist Cardiologists puttin' in temporary pacemakers in the Burn Unit. Gad, what an awful place...)
And, Joe S answered:
"There is nothing wrong with wanting to have a long lie, particularly on cold, wet wintry days. For the Clinomaniac though, the desire to stay in bed is overwhelming and irresistible and could persist for days on end, particularly when it is raining or snowing. Clinomania comes from Greek meaning the obsession of sleeping. In other words, it is love to bed, pillows and blankets." Not a bad idea.
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CBS opens the night with a FRESH'Big Bang Theory', followed by a FRESH'The Millers', then a FRESH'2½ Men', followed by a FRESH'The Crazy Ones', then a FRESH'Elementary'.
On a RERUNDave (from 3/3/14) are Zach Braff, Sgt. Brendan Marrocco, and Dr. Andrew Lee.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Morgan Freeman and Adam Ray.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'Community', followed by a FRESH'Parks & Recreation', followed by a RERUN'Hollywood Game Night', followed by a FRESH'Parenthood'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Kevin Costner, Danica McKellar, Alan Cumming and the Broadway cast of "Cabaret", and Philip Bailey.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers are Edie Falco, Marlon Wayans, and Nikki Glaser.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Brian Unger, Zane Lamprey, the Crystal Method, and Milagres.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Shark Tank', followed by a FRESH'Grey's Anatomy', then a FRESH'Scandal'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Seth MacFarlane, Paul Bettany, and Sam Smith.
The CW offers a RERUN'The Vampire Diaries', followed by a FRESH'Reign'.
Scheduled on a FRESHArsenio Hall are Anthony Mackie, Shane West, and SoMo.
Faux has a FRESH'Hell's Kitchen', followed by a FRESH'American Idol', then a FRESH'Surviving Jack'.
MY recycles an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'The First 48', another 'The First 48', followed by a FRESH'The First 48', then a FRESH'Beyond Scared Straight'.
AMC offers the movie 'Die Hard', followed by the movie 'Blazing Saddles', then the movie 'Next Of Kin'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
[9:00AM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 3 - A Town Called Mercy
[10:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 9 - Unconscious Selection
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 11 - Data's Day
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 12 - The Wounded
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 1 - Lanterna
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 3 - Ep 1 - Revisited: La Parra de Burriana
[3:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 7 - Sushi Ko
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 7
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 8
[6:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[7:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse
[8:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Levanti's Italian Restaurant
[9:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room
[10:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[11:00PM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 2 - Ep 3 - Lemur Leaf Frog
[12:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Giant Huntsman Spider
[1:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 7 - Levanti's Italian Restaurant
[2:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 6 - Ep 8 - Sam's Mediterranean Kabob Room
[3:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Flamangos
[4:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 10 - Park's Edge
[5:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 5 - Ep 11 - Spin-A-Yarn Steakhouse (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', followed by a FRESH'Millionaire Matchmaker', another 'Millionaire Matchmaker', and 'Online Dating Rituals Of The American Male'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Chappelle's Show', another 'Chappelle's Show', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', 'Tosh.0', followed by a FRESH'Review', and 'Tosh.0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Jennifer Garner.
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FX has the movie 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon', followed by a FRESH'Saint George', then a FRESH'Anger Management', followed by the movie 'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Pawn Stars', then another FRESH'Pawn Stars', followed by a FRESH'Vikings'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Portlandia-Bahama Knights
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[9:00AM] Scream 2
[11:30AM] Lake Dead
[1:30PM] Exorcismus
[3:45PM] Scream 2
[6:15PM] Lake Placid
[8:00PM] Cheech & Chong Still Smokin'
[10:00PM] Portlandia-Trailblazers
[10:30PM] Portlandia-Aimee
[11:00PM] Cheech & Chong Still Smokin'
[1:00AM] Portlandia-Trailblazers
[1:30AM] Portlandia-Aimee
[2:00AM] Cabin Fever
[4:00AM] Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Law & Order-Bitter Fruit
[7:00AM] Away From Her
[9:30AM] The Lucky Ones
[11:45AM] Margin Call
[2:00PM] Any Given Sunday
[5:30PM] The Apostle
[8:30PM] Christine
[11:00PM] Law & Order-Rebels
[12:00AM] Law & Order-Savages
[1:00AM] Carrie
[3:15AM] Carrie
[5:30AM] The Writers' Room-Game of Thrones (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Stardust', followed by the movie 'Men In Black'.
TBS:
On a RERUNConan (from 1/23/14) are Ice Cube, Wayne Gretzky, and Chris Fairbanks.
Actors Andrew Garfield, left, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx pose for photographers in front of the London Eye at a hotel in London during a photo call for The Amazing Spiderman 2, ahead of the UK film premiere, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Photo by Joel Ryan
"Orange Is the New Black" star Kate Mulgrew threw her fans for a loop this week when they discovered her narration in a trailer for a "documentary" called "The Principle," which argues that Renaissance-era astronomer Copernicus was way off about the Earth revolving around the Sun.
"Everything we think we know about our universe is wrong," Mulgrew says at the beginning of the film's trailer (above). The documentary promises to trace the history of cosmology and introduce "new discoveries of Earth-oriented alignments in the largest structures of our visible universe."
As it turns out, however, Mulgrew - who played Capt. Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager" for seven seasons - does not believe "everything we think we know about our universe is wrong," at all.
In fact, it sounds like she believes that anything "The Principle" executive producer Robert Sungenis believes is wrong - which makes sense - because he's a noted Holocaust denier, creationist, geocentrist, and crazy person. He is also author of the book "Galileo Was Wrong: The Church Was Right, Volume I, The Scientific Evidence for Geocentrism."
"I am not a geocentrist, nor am I in any way a proponent of geocentrism," Mulgrew wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
An emblem that traveled with U.S. astronauts on the 1969 Apollo moon flight and a check list from that historic mission were the top-selling items in a sale of space memorabilia, Bonhams auction house said on Wednesday.
Nearly 300 space enthusiasts and collectors, ranging in age from their late 20s upwards, from 17 countries on four continents bid by telephone, Internet or in person in New York on Tuesday.
An American flag carried by Aldrin into lunar orbit brought in $47,500, double its low estimate, and an Apollo 11 flight plan sheet sold for $37,500.
Another popular item was the Mercury Era spacesuit. It fetched $43,750, five times its low estimate, after lengthy bidding. The spacesuit was from the start of the U.S. human space exploration program, the Mercury Project, that launched the first American into space. The last flight was in 1963.
"Tom and Jerry," the classic cat and mouse antagonizers created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera over 70 years ago, return to television Wednesday with two brand new, 11-minute shorts as part of a half-hour premiere on Cartoon Network.
In the spirit of treasuring the multi-generational childhood gem, TheWrap spoke with two key people behind the new Warner Bros. Animation show - creative executive Jay Bastian and story editor Jim Praytor - to talk about the similarities and differences from the classic toon that began making audiences laugh in 1940.
For starters, Tom and Jerry will not be limited to that familiar suburban home setting. The new series, produced in conjunction with Renegade Animation, will introduce three new environments: A laboratory, a witches cabin and even a detective scenario in which the famous "frenemies" will have to put their differences aside to solve mysteries together.
Here's why they have returned, why they'll probably never get a live-action movie like "The Smurfs," and why Tom "isn't an a-hole," no matter what he does to Jerry.
Sergio Mendes (L), executive music producer of the film "Rio 2", director Carlos Saldanha (C) and R&B singer Janelle Monae, whose song "What is Love" is featured in the film, pose during a publicity tour for the film in Miami Beach March 23, 2014. In the 3D animated film, which will be released by 20th Century Fox in U.S. and Canadian theaters on April 11, music works as a vehicle to help illustrate the melting pot of Brazilian culture, Saldanha said. Picture taken March 23, 2014.
Photo by Andrew Innerarity
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra added a prestigious feather to its cap Wednesday, with the Birgit Nilsson Foundation picking it as this year's winner of its $1-million prize named after the late Swedish soprano.
It is the first time an orchestra has been chosen since the prize was launched in 2009. Then, the choice fell on opera star Placido Domingo, who was personally chosen by Nilsson and honoured three years after her death. Conductor Riccardo Muti was picked three years later.
Birgit Nilsson Foundation president Rutbert Reisch said the choice of the orchestra fit the award's criteria for artists "who have made the biggest contribution to classical music."
The Birgit Nilsson prize adds to the list of honours accorded to the Viennese ensemble, which is recognized as one of the world's greatest. In 1999, Nilsson was made an honorary member in recognition of the Philharmonic's close co-operation with one of the 20th Century's greatest sopranos.
Birds, fish, dolphins and turtles are still struggling in the Gulf of Mexico, four years after the worst oil spill in US history, a leading wildlife group said Tuesday.
The 2010 BP spill spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the waters off Louisiana, also sullying the coastlines of Mississippi, Alabama, Texas and Florida.
A report issued by the National Wildlife Federation summarized recent scientific studies on 14 different types of creatures affected by the spill.
Overall, dolphins have been stranding at three times the historic rate, with some 900 washing up dead or dying from 2010 until 2013, the report said.
About 500 dead sea turtles have been found annually in the area, also a rate much higher than that seen in years prior to the disaster.
English actor Jeremy Irons poses for photographers during the photocall of his new film 'Night Train to Lisbon' in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Photo by Abraham Caro Marin
Some Cleveland Indians fans are making a statement by stripping their hats and jerseys of the iconic caricature that's been associated with the Ohio baseball team for more than 50 years.
"I'm not comfortable with Chief Wahoo so last October, I took a seam ripper to my hat and posted the photo online," said fan Keith Good, 32, who grew up about an hour from Cleveland.
Keith Good posted this image to Twitter of a Cleveland Indians hat that's been "de-chiefed."
Good was one of the first proponents of what's now called "dechiefing," a growing movement in which fans fed up with the logo post photos of their Indians gear with Wahoo-shaped cutouts on social media.
Most are diehard fans who adore the team and just don't approve of the logo. Good said he wouldn't be surprised if a similar movement takes hold with the Washington Redskins - another team whose name has been controversial.
Dave Sommers, of the United States, performs with his dough during the freestyle event, part of the Pizza World Championships, in Parma, northern Italy, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The 23th edition of the championships run from April 7 to April 9.
Photo by Marco Vasini
Jean-Claude Zamwita's family abandoned the solemn organ music and stained glass windows of the Catholic church in 2006, eight years after the genocide in Rwanda, and started visiting an evangelical church with tambourines and drumming.
Such churches have been springing up across Rwanda, partly because the traditional churches, notably the Catholic Church, were largely discredited by the role played by some of their clerics during the killings.
Since the end of the genocide, which left some 800,000 people -- essentially Tutsis -- dead, Rwandans have increasingly turned to pentecostal churches or in some cases to Islam.
Rwanda is still dotted with the ruins of Catholic churches where the faithful seeking shelter were massacred, sometimes with members of the clergy acting in complicity with the killers.
A man looks at the bronze sculpture "Emissary Cat" by British artist Laura Ford at the "Art Cologne" art fair in Cologne April 9, 2014. The sculpture is on sale for 156,000 euros. Some 200 international exhibitors are taking part in the 48th Art Cologne, one of the world's leading fairs for contemporary art.
Photo by Wolfgang Rattay
Our fascination with mummies never gets old. Now the British Museum is using the latest technology to unwrap their ancient mysteries.
Scientists at the museum have used CT scans and sophisticated imaging software to go beneath the bandages, revealing skin, bones, preserved internal organs - and in one case a brain-scooping rod left inside a skull by embalmers.
The findings go on display next month in an exhibition that sets eight of the museum's mummies alongside detailed three-dimensional images of their insides and 3-D printed replicas of some of the items buried with them.
The museum has been X-raying its mummies since the 1960s, but modern CT scanners give a vastly sharper image. Just like live patients, the mummies chosen for the exhibition were scanned at London hospitals - though they were wheeled in after hours.
The eight mummies belong to individuals who lived in Egypt or Sudan between 3,500 B.C. and 700 A.D. They range from poor people naturally preserved in sand - the cheapest burial option - to high-ranking Egyptians given elaborate ceremonial funerals.
Did you know that a certain terror from outer space was originally going to be played by the Muscles From Brussels?
It's been great cocktail-party fodder for years, and now we have actual video proof of Jean-Claude Van Damme's (brief) involvement with the 1987 sci-fi action classic "Predator."
Van Damme had been hired to play the title creature, a now-iconic movie monster that had a decidedly different - and rather impractical - design when the martial-arts maven came aboard.
"With great pomp and ceremony, [director] John McTiernan slams down a bunch of designs [of the Predator], and they were awful," says special effects wizard Steve Johnson in an interview posted this week by Stan Winston School, recalling an early meeting with the "Predator" crew. "It was ahead of its time, but the head did suck," he adds with a laugh.
A fame-hungry Van Damme, "just off the boat from Brussels," rose to the challenge, though the gig ended up being plagued with major misunderstandings and a general lack of communication.
Lacey Holsworth, the 8-year-old cancer patient who lived up to her Twitter name @adorablelacey, has died, according to her family. Holsworth became friends with Michigan State's Adreian Payne and accompanied him throughout the Spartans' run to the Big Ten championship and the NCAA tournament.
Holsworth's family announced her passing via social media:
Holsworth suffered from neuroblastoma, cancer discovered in 2011 after she suffered pain while dancing. Doctors found tumors on her kidney and spine severe enough to restrict her movement. During their many public appearances together, Payne would often carry Holsworth, including a trip up the ladder to cut down the nets after Michigan State's Big Ten championship victory.
Lacey Holsworth and Adreian Payne. Special to Yahoo Sports.
Payne and Holsworth appeared frequently together, most recently at a slam-dunk championship last week in Dallas. Payne's Twitter account is full of references to Holsworth, including pictures and quotes of inspiration.
The Ultimate Warrior put on his signature airbrushed trench coat, shook the white ring ropes, and, for a few fleeting minutes, the wrestler billed as hailing from Parts Unknown was back home in the wrestling ring.
"Speak to me, Warriors!" he bellowed on Monday night's "Raw", back on TV after an 18-year absence.
He soaked up the applause from a New Orleans crowd chanting his name and pulled out a neon mask that replicated the face paint he wore in the ring for every main event battle with Hulk Hogan and Randy "Macho Man" Savage in the 1990s. Warrior cut a promo to show how much he appreciated his return to the WWE.
Less than 24 hours later, Warrior, one of the most colorful stars in pro wrestling history, was dead. He was 54.
After ending his estrangement with the company, Warrior was in the spotlight again earlier this week, making appearances at WrestleMania 30 and on "Monday Night Raw," and he was inducted into the WWE Hall of fame.
The Ultimate Warrior personified the larger-than-life cartoon characters who helped skyrocket the WWE into a mainstream phenomenon in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The Ultimate Warrior became the first wrestler to defeat Hogan in a WrestleMania match in 1990 when he used his finishing running splash for the pin. He won the championship in front of 67,678 fans at Toronto's SkyDome in a match billed as "The Ultimate Challenge."
The Ultimate Warrior would defeat Savage the next year at WrestleMania.
Savage, who died in 2011, Hogan and Warrior were all enormous personalities with gaudy costumes and memorable catchphrases. They led the WWE's transformation from a promotion running weekend arena shows and Saturday morning TV into one booking events at the largest stadiums around the world with millions watching every Monday night. More than 5.1 million viewers watched Warrior's final appearance Monday night on "Raw."
The WWE said Warrior, who legally changed his name from James Hellwig to his wrestling moniker, died Tuesday. Scottsdale, Ariz., police spokesman Sgt. Mark Clark said he collapsed while walking with his wife to their car at a hotel and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The Ultimate Warrior had a falling out with the WWE over various issues, including money, and did not appear on its TV shows after July 8, 1996, until last weekend.
Two brown bear cubs play in their enclosure at Juraparc zoo near Vallorbe, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. Ursina, an 18-year old female bear gave birth to two cubs, King and Zoe on an unknown date in January 2014. The parent bears were separated before the birth to avoid conflicts between the father and cubs.
Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott
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