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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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Having read all four episodes, you now know that 2004 was the final model year for the Diamante in North America, and that only 4,379 examples were sold here that year. The MSRP for the 2004 Diamante LS (which was the top trim level, after the VR-X and ES) was $27,619, or about $45,791 in December 2023 dollars. The engine is a 3.5-liter

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

Cars That Think

Peter Bao-Sen Luh Professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Life Fellow, 71; died 28 November Luh was a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs from 1980 to 2020. He retired in 2020 as professor emeritus. as an engineer.

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California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

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While current state and federal measures are on target to reduce toxic diesel locomotive emissions 65% or more by 2020, additional measures recommended by ARB staff would ultimately provide up to 85% or greater emissions reductions within the rail yards over the same period, resulting in cleaner air for nearby residential neighborhoods as well.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. He calls Stockholm’s neighborhoods a “ string of pearls ” with a balanced use of land for work and housing—and yet Stockholm has relatively high level of car ownership (555 cars/ 1000 inhabitants). Cervero, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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on 3 December 2020, the U.S A 2020 U.S. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard. On 16 December 2020, about two weeks after receiving the relevant audio files, Singh emailed investigators a report that explained how she had used computational algorithms to compare the recordings.

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