The BFD Word of the Day The word for today is… utopia (noun) 1 : a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions 2 : an impractical scheme for social improvement 3 : an imaginary and indefinitely remote place Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas
Obituaries usually follow a fairly standard template: sadly missed, beloved husband/wife/father/mother/child, and so on. Round it up with a few homely anecdotes, and you’re done. Then there are the people who just say, “f- that: I’m telling it like it was!” For instance, the
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Marc Grey In previous articles, we have covered nuclear reactor designs, accidents and the mechanics of nuclear reaction physics. However, the way the nuclear industry got started was in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, not to provide nuclear power! In this article, we look at how the first nuclear weapons
The word for today is… resilience (noun) – 1 : the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress 2 : an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In physics, resilience is the ability
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Felicity T. C. Hamer Concordia University Felicity Tsering Chödron Hamer is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication Studies. She has a background in photography (Dawson Institute of Photography DEC) and holds both a BFA and MA in Art History from Concordia University. She is a Montreal-born recording and
Peter May mercatornet.com Peter May is a retired family doctor in the UK. A new book by Lesley-Ann Jonesasks, “Who was the love of Freddie Mercury’s life?” Thirty years after his death, this question has increasing relevance. Sexuality has become a cultural nightmare and the life of the
The word for today is… fief (noun) – 1 : a feudal estate 2 : something over which one has rights or exercises control Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Never accuse The BFD Word of the Day of being incomplete. Today’s word is a follow up to yesterday’s – just to dot the
vassal (noun) – 1 : a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant 2 : one in a subservient or subordinate position Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Medieval Latin vassallus “serf of the manor house,
The word for today is… arrive (verb) – 1a : to reach a destination b : to make an appearance : to come upon the scene 2 : to be near in time : 3 informal : to achieve success 4 archaic : happen Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Middle English ariven, arriven “to reach the end of a
The word for today is… compel (verb) – 1 : to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly 2 : to cause to do or occur by overwhelming pressure 3 archaic : to drive together Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The prefix com- acts as a strengthener in this word; thus, to compel is to drive
The word for today is… moot (adjective, verb, noun) – adjective 1a : open to question b : subjected to discussion 2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic verb 1a : to bring up for discussion b : debate 2 archaic : to discuss from a legal standpoint noun 1 : a deliberative assembly
Angus Aardvark Computer modelling is very useful: I developed models and used them for many years of commercial prediction work. They are a really powerful tool. But ONLY if you have plenty of feedback and constantly update the model so it can tweak itself to match the real world. Essentially
The word for today is… infix (noun) – a derivational or inflectional affix appearing in the body of a word Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A word for the etymology purists today. Like prefixes and suffixes, infixes are part of the general class of affixes (“sounds or letters attached to or inserted
Paul Steinbrueck ourchurch.com The debate over online church has been going on for years now. In fact, I first blogged about it more than 3 years ago. But as more and more churches launch Internet campuses, the debate continues to grow. A few days ago John Piper shared his
