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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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Schwartz, an avid fan of the New York Yankees and Jets, loved to play golf. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from Iona University , in New Rochelle, N.Y. He volunteered for several nonprofits in his home state of New Jersey. A member of the U.S.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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The initial sales requirement was 2% of car sales in 1998 (representing about 20,000 vehicles at the time), increasing to 5% in 2001 and 10% in 2003. Currently, nine states have done so: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. Though costs are now high, we believe automakers could sell PHEVs for only $2,000-$5,000 more than current hybrids. So far, most start as hybrids.

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The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet

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Enraged that upper-class students were given priority to enroll in a computer-science elective at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , Paras decided to crash the registration website so that no one could enroll. A Hacker Forged in Minecraft Paras Jha was born and raised in Fanwood, a leafy suburb in central New Jersey.

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