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...very hard to peg the exact costs of any given form of electricity due to the difficulty of estimating the environmental costs of carbon emissions, but depending on how one tabulates carbon-emission costs and subsidies for solar and wind, nuclear energy is either about equivalent in cost or significantly cheaper than any other form of energy...
Lilacs are the only flowers that have been given their own day for celebration on the calendar, and in honor of their beauty, on Lilac Sunday people are allowed to picnic at the Arnold Arboretum. Purvey the arboretum’s famed lilac collection, enjoy dance performances, and meander aimlessly around the arboretum’s beautiful 265 acres...
...full strength, the sophomore could be trouble for the Big Red batters, especially given the added motivation of redeeming a rare weekend of struggles...
...number of “laps” for this exercise depends on both how attractive the café staff is on a given night and your need for caffeine. No matter the number of trips to refill your mug though, you’ll undoubtedly have to make a mad dash to the restroom every two cups or so. Choose your own distance, going all five flights if you can hold it for that long, and sprint up the stairs to the restroom, catch your breath during the implied break, and then double your speed on the way back...
...Given the volatile state of finances, Smith said determining subventions earlier in the process would have forced administrators to “guess” if cuts would still be necessary...