More recently, a team from National Taiwan Ocean University predicted that MSLs at four central Taiwan townships would rise by an average 2.8mm per year, or by a total 5.8cm, between last year and 2039. They categorized Wuci District (梧棲) in Taichung and three townships — Lukang (鹿港) in Changhua County and Mailiao (麥寮) and Taisi (臺西) in Yunlin County — as unusually susceptible to a rising ocean due to topography, subsidence and other factors.

Is that an A plus for New York, or is that an F minus?

Cushing had found ingenious ways to surgically extract brain tumors, including the notorious glioblastomas—tumors so heavily crisscrossed with blood vessels that they could hemorrhage any minute.

Due to the fact that the walls are joined by floors and spandrels, a coupling effect is produced. Depending on the extent of the spandrels, this coupling effect will be bigger or smaller.