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Several factors contribute to the problem.
From the 1920s through the 1960s park officials fed bears restaurant scraps, unwittingly encouraging an appetite for human food. In addition, the fact that only black bears, which are less dangerous than grizzlies, remain in Yosemite may have led the public to be overly complacent. Park funds are increasingly used to build bear-proof food lockers and to get visitors to take precautions. Power assisting device for a bicycle. According to the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , today is the deadline for Congress to pass legislation to protect individual electronic medical records.