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I’m no linguistic purist. My brother and I exclaim “YOLO!” (you only live once) to each other, as in, “I backed into our neighbour’s car, and we didn’t realise our insurance had expired, YOLO!” Or: “Modern life is exhausting. My brain feels like a lab rat owned by sadistic scientists with an unhealthy zeal for electricity. YOLO!” Sometimes I’ll add “AF” to the end of a sentence in front of unsuspecting parents, such as, “I’m tired AF.” (The A stands for “as” and, yes, the F stands for what you think it does. Google it.) Inventing words is old-school, but let’s do it with panache. Credit: Getty Images/iStock So, no, I’m no purist. But I was feeling a little curmudgeonly upon hearing Macquarie Dictionary’s announcement that its word of the year is enshittification . This added to a list of viral internet-speak words that have topped its charts in recent years ( cozzie livs , brat , menty b ). It’s either an attempt to appeal to a younger generation or a depressing reflection of our internet babel, whereby trending words are spat out haphazardly for their 15 minutes of fame, enshittifying the language, like Frankenstein creations. Sure, enshittification is the invention of a bona fide writer, Cory Doctorow. He came up with it last year to describe what happens to social media platforms over time, which is fairly accurate. However, I’m still holding Doctorow responsible for adding to the very enshittification of our language. I know that language is an evolving beast, and evolution can be fun. Just ask my teenage drama students, who fell into hysterical laughter when I repeated the word “skibidi”. I’m still unsure what it means, but I assume it’s some derogatory term for boring adults with health insurance. My great aunt was fluent in Anglo-Saxon, or Old English. She would pore over ancient texts like Beowulf , unlocking their meaning, when she wasn’t slipping me a copy of Harry Potter unbeknown to my religious grandparents, who disapproved of it. I often wonder how she would feel about the development of “internet speak” as someone who spent her life immersed in ancient languages, writing academic papers with scintillating titles such as “ Spatial perception and conceptions in the (re-)presenting and (re-)constructing of Old English texts ”. Would she be “skibidi-ing” and “YOLO-ing” with the rest of us, harbouring the knowledge that language is always evolving? Or would she be having a menty b (mental breakdown) in her grave? We’ve always made up words, such as Shakespeare ’s “admirable”, “zany” or “kicky-wicky” (meaning “housewife”, which never caught on, maybe stopped in its tracks by the suffragettes). And then there’s Roald Dahl’s cornucopia of absurd words such as “gobblefunk”, “trogglehumper” or “delumptious”, which also didn’t infiltrate the collective lexicon or make Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. “People deliberately invent new words,” Steven Milthen writes in his book The Language Puzzle , “and may consciously change their way of speaking to forge their social and cultural identity, even if this involves more rather than less effort and makes their utterances more difficult to understand.” And Gen Z is having a field day with it. But there’s something so hollow and lazy about internet-speak, and I wonder if it’s because we’ve lost our sense of poetry. John Koenig, author of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows , created words to describe nuanced feelings and ways of being. Take altschmerz , which he defines as “a sense of weariness with the same old problems that you’ve always had, the same boring issues and anxieties you’ve been gnawing on for decades, which makes you want to spit them out and dig up fresher pain you might have buried in your mental backyard”. (It’s from the German alt (old) and schmerz (pain). Isn’t that more beautiful than enshittification? It’s more German, at least. The medium is the message, and the message of the internet is viral soundbites and memes that capture our depleted attention for 15 seconds, driven by algorithms. I want words born in the minds of eccentric creatives and poets, not bored teenagers glued to their phones. Will we really yell “SLAY!” – as in, “You killed it!” Not literally – at our grandkids on the sports field? Or will it have been replaced by some other skibidi babble? Give me Beowulf any day: that can slay. Literally. Cherie Gilmour is a freelance writer. Get a weekly wrap of views that will challenge, champion and inform your own. Sign up for our Opinion newsletter .DID the courts just abolish our municipal waters? Pertinent provisions of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines and in its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) were declared unconstitutional by Malabon Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 170 a year ago. On Aug. 19, 2024, the Supreme Court's First Division affirmed the RTC's ruling. Specifically, the Fisheries Code's Sections 4 (58), 16 and 18, and the IRR's corresponding provisions were struck down. Section 4 (58) defines Municipal Waters. Section 16 states that, "The municipal/city government shall have jurisdiction over municipal waters as defined in this Code." Section 18 identifies the users of municipal waters: the municipal fisherfolk and their associations. Local government units (LGUs) may also grant permits to commercial fishing vessels to operate within 10.1 to 15 kilometers from the coastline. 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LAS VEGAS — Taryn Cash had 12 points to lead five Wittenberg scorers in double figures, and the Tigers used a big first half to hold off Susquehanna 67-61 on Sunday in the D3Hoops.com Classic at South Point Arena. Wittenberg (8-2) shot 58% from beyond the 3-point arc (7-of-12) in the first half to forge a lead as big as 12 points before landing at 38-27 at halftime. A 16-point third-quarter deficit was whittled to one in the game's final minute before the Tigers iced the victory at the foul line. The River Hawks (5-5), who had decided advantages in second-chance points (15-6) and fast-break points (8-4), could not continue the momentum of an 18-13 third quarter into the final period. Kenzie Selvaggi led all scorers with 18 points, while Zoie Maffei had a double-double for Susquehanna with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Sydney Weyant added 12 points off the bench, including a pair of 3-pointers. Maffei blocked a shot and then scored in transition to pull the River Hawks within 22-20 at the 5:52 mark of the second quarter. Cash answered with a 3-pointer on the other end, and Madi Barnett hit another to cap a 9-2 run. Another Barnett triple pushed Wittenberg in front 36-24 with 1:14 to play in the half. The margin grew to 16 points midway through the third before SU put together a 14-4 run sparked by one of Selvaggi's four 3s. The teams were scoreless for the final 2:19 of the third, but the River Hawks cut the deficit to 62-61 with a pair of Weyant free throws with 44 seconds to play. Cash gave the Tigers some breathing room with a layup, and an SU turnover led to a Barnett free throw for a 65-61 edge. Riane Burton went 2-for-2 at the line with nine seconds to play for the final margin. Jazmyn Gaines-Burns and Karsen Karlblom had 11 and 10 points, respectively, for Wittenberg while Barnett and Payton Cronen each added 10 off the bench. The Tigers next play Cal Lutheran on Monday. D3HOOPS.COM CLASSIC Wittenberg 67, Susquehanna 61 Susquehanna (5-5) 61 Kenzie Selvaggi 6-12 2-2 18, Zoie Maffei 3-10 7-8 13, Lauren Klein 3-9 0-1 6, Julia Pinckert 1-4 0-0 3, Grace Meehan 1-5 0-0 2, Sydney Weyant 4-9 2-2 12, Carly George 3-5 0-0 6, Annie Greek 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 21-56 12-15 61. Wittenberg (8-2) 67 Taryn Cash 4-7 2-2 12, Jazmyn Gaines-Burns 5-13 1-4 11, Karsen Karlblom 4-9 0-0 10, Riane Burton 3-12 3-4 9, Kelsey Ragan 1-7 0-0 3, Madi Barnett 3-5 2-6 10, Payton Cronen 4-6 0-0 10, Molly Mossing 1-3 0-0 2, Karley Moore 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 25-65 8-16 67. Score by quarters Susquehanna;12;15;18;16 — 61 Wittenberg;18;20;13;16 — 67 3-Point Goals: Susquehanna 7-24 (Selvaggi 4-8, Weyant 2-6, Pinckert 1-3, Maffei 0-1, Greek 0-2, Klein 0-2, Meehan 0-2); Wittenberg 9-19 (Cronen 2-2, Barnett 2-3, Cash 2-3, Karlblom 2-4, Ragan 1-3, Gaines-Burns 0-2, Mossing 0-2). Rebounds: Susquehanna 44 (Maffei 11, George 8); Wittenberg 36 (Burton 10). Assists: Susquehanna 14 (Klein 6); Wittenberg 12 (Cash 4). Steals: Susquehanna 4 (four with 1); Wittenberg 7 (Gaines-Burns 3). Team fouls: Susquehanna 18; Wittenberg 14. Fouled out: None.

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President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several border hawks with decades of experience for top positions at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). While South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has been nominated to lead DHS, Trump announced this week the nomination of Rodney Scott to lead the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) which oversees the protection of the nation’s borders. Scott, Trump noted, served almost three decades at Border Patrol and led the agency through its implementation of the Remain in Mexico policy, Title 42, Safe Third Country Agreements, and oversaw record low levels of illegal immigration. In August of 2021, President Joe Biden had Scott removed as Border Patrol Chief where he had served since January 2020. Similarly, Trump announced the appointment of Caleb Vitello to become acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Vitello has served more than 23 years at ICE and currently works as the assistant director of the Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs. “Caleb’s exceptional leadership, extensive experience, and commitment to ICE’s mission make him an excellent choice to implement my efforts to enhance the safety and security of American communities who have been victimized by illegal alien crime,” Trump said. Tony Salisbury, currently the special agent in charge for ICE, has also been named Deputy Homeland Security Advisor on the White House Homeland Security Council, where he will serve under Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller. The appointments come as Trump has named former Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan as his border czar. Homan has expertise in the logistics of deportations, knowledge that he is expected to use to carry out the largest deportation program in American history. John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here .

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Kawhi Leonard is close to returning for the Los Angeles Clippers. Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram are further away from returning to the New Orleans Pelicans. Both teams will continue without key players when they meet Monday night in New Orleans. Leonard hasn't played this season because of knee inflammation, but he returned to practice more than a week ago and reportedly could play as soon as Jan. 4, though he won't be on the Clippers' three-game trip that begins in New Orleans. The Clippers also played without Terance Mann (finger), Kevin Porter Jr. (illness) and Kobe Brown (back) in their most recent game, a 102-92 home victory against Golden State on Friday. In the absence of the six-time All-Star, Los Angeles has compiled the fifth-best record in the Western Conference (tied with the crosstown Lakers). Head coach Tyronn Lue said believing that they can win without Leonard has been "half the battle." "When you step on the floor, no matter who's on the court, having that mindset that we can win games has been our model for the last five years or so," Lue said. "We talked about just holding it down until Kawhi was able to get back, and our group has been doing a good job of that." The Clippers had six double-figure scorers against Golden State, led by 26 points from Norman Powell, who has emerged as the team's leading scorer (24.2) in Leonard's absence. Center Ivica Zubac had his seventh straight double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds). They built a 21-point lead, watched the short-handed Warriors get within three with 2:30 left, then held on. Los Angeles committed 12 of its 23 turnovers in the fourth quarter. "It was a big win for us however you look at it," Lue said. "In three days, though, I won't remember how we won. I'll just know that it was a W." The Pelicans would be happy with any kind of win after losing their last nine games and 18 of their last 19. And no return date has been set for either of the team's top two players. Williamson has missed 26 games and Ingram has missed 14. New Orleans has not led in either of its last two games -- home losses against Memphis (132-124) on Friday and Houston (128-111) the night before. "(We have to) try to execute from the beginning, play hard from the beginning so we aren't always playing out of a hole," said forward Trey Murphy III, who led the Pelicans with a season-high 35 points against the Grizzlies. Murphy is averaging a career-best 20.2 points per game and he has averaged 26.2 in the last five games. He is New Orleans' most prolific 3-point shooter, but in the absence of Williamson and Ingram he has had to expand his scoring repertoire. "(Against Memphis) he played the right way the whole game," coach Willie Green said of Murphy. "When the ball came to him, he made good plays. He was solid, he shot the cover off the ball. He got to the basket, he got to the free-throw line. This is a great opportunity for Trey, and he took complete advantage of it." --Field Level MediaPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. , Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.225 per outstanding share of Carrier common stock. The dividend will be payable on February 7, 2025 to shareowners of record at the close of business on December 20, 2024 . "Today's 18% dividend increase further demonstrates our commitment to disciplined capital allocation," said Carrier Chairman & CEO David Gitlin . "After successfully executing on our transformation, we remain laser-focused on delivering outsized value for our customers, employees, and shareowners." Carrier Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier . Cautionary Statement : This communication contains statements which, to the extent they are not statements of historical or present fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. These forward-looking statements are intended to provide management's current expectations or plans for Carrier's future payment of a dividend, based on assumptions currently believed to be valid. 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CARR-IR Contact: Media Inquiries Jason Shockley 561-542-0207 Jason.Shockley@carrier.com Investor Relations Michael Rednor 561-365-2020 Michael.Rednor@carrier.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carrier-board-of-directors-announces-an-18-percent-increase-in-quarterly-dividend-to-0-225-per-share-302324348.html SOURCE Carrier Global CorporationConsumers shop at a supermarket in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, in November. (Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua) China's policymakers are set to take a more proactive approach to macroeconomic policies in the year ahead, aiming to tackle both short-term challenges arising from lackluster demand and structural issues, said economists. Citing the recently concluded Central Economic Work Conference, they said the country is fine-tuning its macroeconomic strategy, marking a significant shift toward a consumption-driven economy as it prepares for expansionary fiscal and monetary policies in 2025. "The deficit ratio for 2025 is likely to be the highest on record," said Xiong Yuan, chief economist at Guosheng Securities, anticipating that the government would set the projected deficit-to-GDP ratio for 2025 at 3.5-4 percent or higher in March, up from 3 percent for this year. The Chinese government started to release the annual projected deficit ratio in 2010, with the highest reading in 2020 at 3.6 percent as COVID-19 hit, according to market tracker Wind Info. Xiong said next year's quota of special local government bonds is expected to increase to more than 4.5 trillion yuan ($616.5 billion) from a record high of 3.9 trillion yuan this year, in addition to special treasury bonds of over 2 to 3 trillion yuan in 2025, up from 1 trillion yuan for 2024. Xiong's remarks came as the Central Economic Work Conference held in December pledged to implement more proactive and effective macroeconomic policies, boost domestic demand, drive the integration of sci-tech innovation and industrial innovation, and stabilize the real estate sector and stock markets. The nation will maintain basic equilibrium in the balance of payments and better synchronize the income growth of households and economic expansion, according to the meeting. "While promoting industrial sectors was the top task last year, expanding domestic demand is in the top spot this year," said Lu Ting, chief China economist at Nomura. Lu said that the conference called for more specific measures to support consumption, including increasing basic pension payments, raising fiscal subsidies for basic medical insurance, and developing policies to boost fertility. "Overall, the conference adds support to our relatively optimistic view on fiscal policies in 2025 and our view that Beijing may stick to the 'around 5 percent' GDP growth target in 2025," he said. According to the conference, policymakers pledged to roll out more initiatives to boost consumption, including greater strides in equipment upgrades and consumer goods trade-in programs. Looking forward, Lu said policymakers might consider an increase in spending on social security for lower-income households and encouraging childbirth. "We especially expect policymakers to significantly increase payments to those rural pensioners (55 percent of total pensioners) whose average monthly pension income is only 225 yuan," he said. "They may also increase financial support for families with a second or third child. And they may also waive part of the annual 400 yuan fee on basic medical insurance for low-income individuals." As the conference reiterated a "more proactive fiscal policy", Lu said his team forecasts a total of 3.6 trillion yuan in incremental borrowing for 2025 versus 2024, or around 2.6 percent of GDP. "We expect the official deficit ratio to be raised from 3 percent this year to 4 percent next year," he said. "We expect net financing from central government special bonds to be raised to 1.5 trillion yuan from 1 trillion yuan in 2024." Regarding local government special bonds, Lu said his teams expect a small increase to 4.5 trillion yuan in 2024. Echoing the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held earlier this month, the Central Economic Work Conference statement vowed to conduct a "moderately accommodative" monetary policy, switching away from a "prudent" monetary policy for the past 14 years. "The use of words 'moderately accommodative' for monetary policy is the first time since the meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in July 2010, when China was still dealing with the aftermath of the global financial crisis," Lu added. "The readout emphasizes the dual roles of aggregate and structural monetary policy instruments, leaving room for potential incremental policies from these People's Bank of China structural facilities." The Central Economic Work Conference also promises to launch policy rate cuts and reserve requirement ratio cuts in a timely manner or whenever it is deemed appropriate, maintaining sufficient liquidity, leading the growth rate of aggregate financing and monetary supply to be mostly aligned with the expected targets of economic growth and price inflation. "The focus on the policy rate and RRR cuts is consistent with our view, as we forecast two rounds of policy rate cuts in the first quarter and second quarter of 2025, respectively, and one 50-basis-point RRR cut before end-2024 and two 50-basis-points RRR cuts in 2025," Lu said. With the help of a raft of government measures aimed at stimulating domestic demand and stabilizing growth in the second half of this year, China's economy showed sustained recovery with the latest economic indicators pointing to green shoots of a steady rebound heading into 2025. Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that China's value-added industrial output grew 5.4 percent year-on-year in November, up from a 5.3 percent rise in the previous month. "This improvement reflects the impact of a series of incremental policy measures that have bolstered market confidence and supported demand recovery," said Wang Qing, chief macroeconomic analyst at Golden Credit Rating International. Looking ahead, Wang believes that the demand for consumption and investment will continue to pick up amid a series of stimulus measures, driving strong growth in industrial production. "Industrial production growth will remain robust in December, likely in the range of 5 percent to 6 percent." NBS data showed that the growth of retail sales slowed to 3 percent year-on-year in November from 4.8 percent in October, while fixed-asset investment saw 3.3 percent year-on-year growth during the January-November period, down from 3.4 percent in the first 10 months. Wang said the growth rate of retail sales slowed in November, as this year's "Double 11" shopping festival presale started earlier, shifting some consumer demand from November to October. With consumption-boosting policies taking effect gradually and the gradual improvement in consumer sentiment, Wang estimated retail sales to grow around 4.5 percent year-on-year in December. "We anticipate that in 2025, policy measures to stimulate consumption will be further ramped up," he said. Among these measures, Wang said the country may fund a 600 billion yuan trade-in deal for consumer goods to spark household demand, and the range of subsidized products is likely to expand to include consumer electronics, home furnishings, and other durable goods. Meanwhile, he believes fiscal support for childbirth might be piloted next year, such as one-time or monthly subsidies for families with newborns, with the support scale potentially reaching 100 billion yuan. "There may also be a nationwide issuance of consumption vouchers and subsidies in 2025, which would expand the scope of consumption stimulation from durable goods to include general merchandise and service consumption," he said. "This reflects an important shift in the current macroeconomic policy direction, where the previous countercyclical investment policies with a key emphasis on investment are now shifting toward a more balanced approach, prioritizing both consumption and investment, with an increased focus on consumption."

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