If you have to be out, be prepared with a charged cell phone, an emergency kit with food, water, blankets, flares and a shovel.

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He had no human contact, just a cell phone charged by solar power.

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Nokero's SunRay Pro Power solar charger is perfect for keeping a cell phone charged, and for every Emergency Power Kit Voltaic sells it is donating a kit to an individual in need.

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Advanced satellite tracking technologies allow "open road" tolling, in which motorists would be charged per mile of road used -- just as consumers are charged per kilowatt hour for electricity, per gallon of water, or per minute of cell phone use -- without the backup at the toll booth.

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It started with being charged with driving under the influence last year after she hit a police car when she was talking on her cell phone.

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