Burke has used the maps herself to pick a diving vacation spot and thinks eco-minded tourists could easily do the same.

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In case of an evacuation, pick a family meeting spot and appoint someone who lives out of town as your contact person, says Richard Serino, deputy administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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WALTHAM, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Programming a robot to spot a puck, pick it up and carry it "home" is simple enough in the age of computers.

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Through Echograph, users shoot a short video, then choose one frame of the video to stay still and pick the spot to animate with the swipe of a finger.

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Republicans usually pick the guy next in line, a spot Romney seems to have earned by placing second to John McCain in 2008 and by raising more money than any other GOP candidate.

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If he is there, it leaves you in a spot where you have to pick your poison.

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Now, she visits the families at home, shows them the proofs in a slide show set to music and asks them to pick their favorites on the spot.

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And of course, resuming a recording in a room works exactly as expected: you pause in one room and pick up from the exact same spot in another.

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