MeterPlug can cut power to whatever is jacked in as users wander away, and restore juice when they walk back into range.

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Since many children tend to wander away and get lost, 4 Paws uses a technique called "tethering, " where the kids are tethered to their dogs while in public.

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Since our mind tends to wander away from the herd, we were struck by another sell-off, one that began earlier this month and accelerated this week in municipal bonds.

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History has not been kind to closed systems and I have felt Facebook needed to open up or eventually people would just wander away as other amusements, innovations and marketing platforms popped up elsewhere.

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Others have turned to peddling away while wander about the virtual realms of online game "World of Warcraft" to burn off calories.

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Walking away from a problem to do simple, routine tasks, and letting the mind wander in the process, can spark creative new connections or approaches to solving dilemmas, says a 2012 study in Psychological Science.

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Or wander a little further afield to Georgie's namesake: Washington, DC, is only an hour away from the Inn, meaning there's always some fine dining and political power lunching within reach.

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