We recognize that some risks are undertaken willingly ( kiteboarding, using the stairs, forgetting to buy a smoke detector, juggling chainsaws).

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Max, in his white wolf suit, stood at the top of the stairs and, using a rolled-up piece of construction paper as a megaphone, howled again, as loud as he could.

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The 45-pound robot is agile, avoiding obstacles and climbing stairs using its front flipper.

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Lee Tomkins, director of Migraine Action, is urging sufferers to stockpile the old-fashioned bulbs before retailers run out, while the the Royal National Institute of Blind People suggests using tungsten halogen bulbs instead of energy-saving bulbs in hallways and stairs.

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