Aimee-Rose Yates never expected to hear that she had metastatic bowel cancer at just 29. The Auckland woman had spells of diarrhoea prior to her diagnosis in July 2022, but said she didn’t have any other obvious signs pointing to cancer. Instead, her disease was discovered almost by chance.
The word for today is… zeitgeber (noun): : an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Zeitgebers are alarm clocks—both biologically and etymologically. The word zeitgeber comes from
The teen offender was charged with two counts of rape, four of indecent assault and two of unlawful sexual connection, all of which were proven and dealt with in the Youth Court. While serious offences such as rape can be transferred to the District Court, where the youth would receive
The word for today is… acquisitive (adjective): Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : While acquisitive is a useful synonym of the likes of greedy and avaricious, it’s relatively unknown compared to its more popular lexical relations, acquire and acquisition. The former of that pair is most often used to mean “to
The word for today is… prognosticate (verb): 1: to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict 2: to give an indication of in advance : foreshadow Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Prognosticate, which ultimately traces back to the Greek word prognostikos (“knowing beforehand, prescient”), first appears in English during the 15th century. Since
The sailing world is in shock after the death of “genius” sail designer, Gautier Sergent at just 47. Sergent, a Frenchman who was the lead sail designer for Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s America’s Cup challenge in Barcelona later this year, previously spent several years working in Auckland for
The word for today is… bailiwick (noun): 1 law enforcement : the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff 2: the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The first half of the word bailiwick comes from the Middle English word for “bailiff”
David Seymour’s new ministry, the Ministry of Regulation, is looking for staff while other government agencies are being forced to make cutbacks. A number of ministries have outlined their plans to reduce staff numbers, including the Ministry for Primary Industries which is planning to cut 384 roles, and 188
The word for today is… emote (verb): : to give expression to emotion especially in acting Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Emote is an example of what linguists call a back-formation—that is, a word formed by trimming down an existing word. In this case, the parent word is emotion, which came
World leaders are reigniting calls for a pandemic agreement to be finalised, more than two years since negotiations began. Among them is former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, who told Stuff’s daily news podcast, Newsable, that it’s “almost incomprehensible” no resolution has been reached, with a
The word for today is… acme (noun): : the highest point or stage also : something or someone that represents perfection of the thing expressed Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In Greek, acme meant a mountain peak, but in English we hardly ever use it in the physical sense. Instead we speak of
Our new Action Plan is focused on the economy, cost of living, law & order, health and education so we can get NZ back on track. pic.twitter.com/M2JeDeRLTe — Christopher Luxon (@chrisluxonmp) April 1, 2024 Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content
The word for today is… docile (adjective): 1: easily taught 2: easily led or managed : tractable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Docile students have always made teaching easier than it otherwise would be. Today calling students “docile” indicates that they aren’t trouble-makers, but there’s more than just good behavior
Francis Menton cfact.org The effort to increase the percentage of electricity generated by intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar inevitably brings about large increases in the actual price of electricity that must be paid by consumers. The price increases grow and accelerate as the percentage of electricity generated
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Nicholas Fondacaro Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. After graduating, he interned
