Through a partnership with the Californian company Coulomb Technologies and use of its ChargePoint network, drivers can easily locate the nearest charging point, in case they need to charge the vehicle during their unlimited rental.

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At some point in Game 6, they couldn't locate the culprit when an extra man on the ice penalty was called.

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Teams using inflatable rafts locate stranded pets and take them to a drop-off point, where they can be transported to a shelter.

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" Caterpillar, the giant Peoria-based maker of heavy construction machinery, made the same point more vividly when it declined in February to locate a new factory in Illinois, specifically citing concern about the state's "business climate and overall fiscal health.

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But many of them do choose to locate in the expensive city and pay the high wage, and as I point out in my book, expensive places like Silicon Valley employ a larger share of American workers in high value, export industries than do cheap places like Houston.

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Dutch thinks the real selling point is Networkcar's global positioning system, which allows owners to locate a stolen vehicle or even monitor the location and performance of the family car using a Web site.

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The best they seem to do these days is locate a product on a shelf and even within the past two weeks I had to point one sales rep in the right direction because I knew their store better than they did.

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