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Used Car of the Day: 2000 Nissan Frontier Special Edition

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This one is for the Tennessee fan in your life. This 2000 Nissan Frontier was, of course, built in the Volunteer State, and it's festooned with Tennessee stickers and a paint job that screams "Rocky Top". Apparently, only 70 such trucks were made. This one has a 3.3-liter The asking price is $3,900.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand. Chicago, Ill.;

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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Construction is already underway at previously-announced UPS facilities in Tennessee and Texas. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz., Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah, and, Ontario, Calif.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications , in 2000. During his tenure at the company, he oversaw the design and construction of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, a sodium-cooled nuclear facility in Tennessee. He was IEEE secretary in 2000. He taught at the university until he retired in 2000.

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NOAA: Average US Temperature in September 1 F Above 20th Century Average

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inches (63 mm), exactly the 1901-2000 average. Arkansas registered its second wettest September, Tennessee its fifth, with Mississippi and Alabama posting their sixth wettest on record. During September, 5,535 fires burned approximately 378,523 acres—both were below the 2000-2009 average for the month. C) was 1.0 °F

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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below the 1979-2000 average extent and the third-lowest July sea ice extent on record, behind 2007 and 2006. above the 1979-2000 average. The region’s three remaining states of Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee recorded either their second or third coolest July in history. inch (4 mm) above the 1901-2000 average.

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Adhesives Gain Popularity for Wearable Devices

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It offers superior electrical insulation properties, outstanding light transmission, especially in the 350- to 2000-nm range, and is serviceable at temperatures from 4K to 250°F. One includes researchers at The University of Tennessee; they used EP30Med in their measurement tools and gauges for their medical device applications.