What we set out to do was give a nice summary of what's happened over the last 25 years to this source of injury to young kids, and specifically to look at the effect of the 2010 change that converted the safety standards of walkers from a voluntary standard to a mandatory standard.

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Many parents believe baby walkers offer their children entertainment, promote walking and providing a baby with an activity while the parents are busy doing something else, baby walkers do not promote walking skills. In fact, other studies have demonstrated that baby walkers can transiently delay mental and motor development.

Despite the successes we have seen. by Gary Smith

Despite the successes we have seen.

These are stimulants, and they're used by teens for various reasons, students, for example, might take it to get through a final exam. But like other stimulants, they might also take it because it gives them a high.

The finding that was most surprising was the proportion, and the severity, of the exposures among the adolescents that were due to intentional exposure. We had three deaths, and all three were in the teenage group.

But you would expect that to have affected numbers during the early 2000s. We saw it change later, and we don't know why. That would be a fascinating area for future research.

Even if you didn’t book any excursions or only booked ones like salmon bakes, you would have to not look out your window, to not sit on your balcony, most likely you will see something.

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If you really want the max wildlife, the small ship is the way to go, most of them carry Zodiacs (small inflatable boats), and they go out to the islands, which are unspoiled. A small ship doesn’t have a tight schedule, so they can follow the wildlife and cut the engines.

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You can have an intense wildlife experience if you allocate funds to do what you want to do, take the money you save on a big ship and use it on high-end shore excursions. I think it’s a valid strategy.

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Alaska.org, the state website, has a section with a list of where to see animals from viewing platforms, a lot of them are not places you can get to on a cruise, but it’s a great resource.

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If you were to actively try to not see wildlife, you would have t... by Gary Smith

If you were to actively try to not see wildlife, you would have to work at it.

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It’s a giant preserve, and they have birds, moose, elk, bears, everything. And that’s a great way to guarantee you get to see everything, even though it’s not in the wild.

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I have no problem with the dairyman and ranchers having to do this. These are an introduced species, and they don't want starlings messing their operations more than you and I want mice in our house, my concern was that they get the word out.