Then when people check-out the places that their friends have recommended, the original person gets a notification that a friend also liked the place, a kind of real-time feedback that encourages more check-outs, says Zorik Gordon, CEO of ReachLocal.

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Check out some more pictures in the gallery below, and tune back in soon when we check out the so-called Project Vanguard, which we're told is a properly all-new design.

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On check-out when the sale transaction goes through, the actual cost of the stay is deducted, and that is when the balance of the earmarked sum is returned for your use.

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Kimberly advises her class to take a copy of the store's terms and conditions with them and, if the store manager still refuses to play ball when you arrive at the check-out armed with your coupons, phone corporate headquarters.

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Or when you make a stop, check out Geocaching, a GPS-based treasure-hunt game.

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At the check-out, she took advantage of the discount given to her when she opened credit accounts.

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My sprawling Hill Cottage was tantalizingly close to ready when I arrived at Blackberry Farm a few hours before check-in time, but as it turned out, I wasn't quite ready for the cottage.

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When the FBI denies a gun purchase under a background check, that starts a winnowing-down process aimed at sorting out who's potentially dangerous in the large pool of applicants who are turned down for a variety of reasons.

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