When the green man lights up to show traffic should stop and it's your turn to cross, the cone starts spinning.

BBC: The secret button at pedestrian crossings

In other words, it's something to turn on to divert your infant for a few moments, but it is not intended as a replacement child-minder.

BBC: When are we going to learn to trust robots?

In this paranoid, hyper-technological age, it's easy to turn your home into a stealthy cyber-fortress.

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Mr. BILL BURKE: It's kind of hard to gas up your SUV, turn around and say that they don't look good.

NPR: New York Towns Hope Wind Power Will Save Economy

So you just have to keep plugging away and hope it's your turn.

CNN: Donald makes shock exit at Malaysia Open

It's time to gear up with the right tech and turn your smartphone, e-reader or tablet computer into the universal library it was destined to be.

BBC: Free e-books provide unlimited holiday reading

It's your turn? (Laughter.) No, I'm going to call on her.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall in Arnold, Missouri

"If you come out this week and don't turn up then it's going to be hard for Daniel to say 'here's your jersey for next week', " said Flannery.

BBC: Final places not safe - Flannery

When you sing for your supper, it's hard to keep weight on, says Teddy Tahu Rhodes, who takes a star turn as the bullfighter, Escamillo, in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Bizet's "Carmen" starting Saturday in New York.

WSJ: Opera Singer Builds Up Stamina for 'Carmen'