This document discusses the development of complement clauses used with copular perception verbs (CPVs) like look, sound, smell, taste and feel in American English over the past 200 years. It finds that the ratio between verbs of seeming (like seem) and CPVs was reversed in the early 20th century for as if clauses. For like clauses, CPVs increased drastically in the 20th century, especially after the 1980s. Expletive it constructions increased for seem but were low for look. Seem as if remained the most frequent construction. Seem like increased in the late 19th century. The development has been bidirectional between seem and CPVs, not just from seem to CPVs.
The document provides analysis of album covers and digipaks for albums by J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake. It describes the visual elements, themes, and messages conveyed by the front and back covers as well as the digipak designs. Key points analyzed include the use of location, personas, and symbols to represent the artist's background and message of the album through images and design choices.
The document summarizes and analyzes the layout, images, and sections of a magazine contents page. There are 3 large images of musicians, including the main image of Pharrell Williams. The page is laid out simply with the title at the top and sections to separate articles, though it lacks page numbers. The sections include features, remix, and headliners. A color scheme of black and red is used for headings. At the bottom is an area for the cover story featuring Justin Timberlake.
The document analyzes Madonna's 1984 album cover "Like a Virgin" in three sentences:
The album cover depicts Madonna wearing a wedding dress and holding flowers while lying on satin sheets, contradicting symbols of innocence with her dark makeup and disheveled hair in a pose that appeals to the male gaze. Typography on the cover supports theories that celebrities are created as objects for financial gain rather than individuals. The photo and Madonna's revealing clothing present her as both an object of male desire and a woman who desires something herself.
Mark Wahlberg is an American actor and producer who is 37 years old. He is married with two children. He began his acting career in television in the 1990s and made his film debut in 1995. Some of his most notable films include The Basketball Diaries, The Perfect Storm for which he received an Oscar nomination, and Shooter which he also produced. He enjoys charity work and rap music in his personal time.
The document analyzes the film poster for "The Proposal". It summarizes that the poster conveys the film's storyline about a book editor who must marry her assistant to avoid deportation to Canada. The poster features the two main characters dressed in black with the wedding ring in red, matching the title colors. It also analyzes the key images, colors, layout, and lack of a tagline that instead relies on the characters and title to promote the romantic comedy film.
Michael Jackson is shown in an iconic pose pointing out towards the audience from his rehearsals for his "This Is It" concert. The lighting and purple coloring of the album title are meant to make it stand out against the black background. Information about the digital release of the album is included at the bottom in large, legible text.
The video closely illustrates the lyrics of the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. It is set in a period countryside setting like fields and forests, characteristic of the country crossover genre. Shots in the video directly represent and show the scenes described in the lyrics, like Taylor standing on a balcony or the male lead walking through a crowd. The editing of the video also matches the changing pace and beat of the song. The video draws intertextual references to stories like Romeo and Juliet through the costumes, setting, and storyline of forbidden love. It aims to appeal to audiences by relating to popular love stories and films.
The album cover of Curtis Mayfield's "There's No Place Like America Today" uses visuals and text to tell a story about racial inequality and the failed promise of the American Dream in 1970s America. At the top is an image of the White House representing the politicians responsible for segregation policies. Below is a happy white nuclear family, contrasted with a poorer image of black people at the bottom, highlighting the different realities for white and black Americans. The cover criticizes the notion that America offered equal opportunity and prosperity for all.
The document provides analysis of album covers and digipaks for albums by J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake. It describes the visual elements, themes, and messages conveyed by the front and back covers as well as the digipak designs. Key points analyzed include the use of location, personas, and symbols to represent the artist's background and message of the album through images and design choices.
The document summarizes and analyzes the layout, images, and sections of a magazine contents page. There are 3 large images of musicians, including the main image of Pharrell Williams. The page is laid out simply with the title at the top and sections to separate articles, though it lacks page numbers. The sections include features, remix, and headliners. A color scheme of black and red is used for headings. At the bottom is an area for the cover story featuring Justin Timberlake.
The document analyzes Madonna's 1984 album cover "Like a Virgin" in three sentences:
The album cover depicts Madonna wearing a wedding dress and holding flowers while lying on satin sheets, contradicting symbols of innocence with her dark makeup and disheveled hair in a pose that appeals to the male gaze. Typography on the cover supports theories that celebrities are created as objects for financial gain rather than individuals. The photo and Madonna's revealing clothing present her as both an object of male desire and a woman who desires something herself.
Mark Wahlberg is an American actor and producer who is 37 years old. He is married with two children. He began his acting career in television in the 1990s and made his film debut in 1995. Some of his most notable films include The Basketball Diaries, The Perfect Storm for which he received an Oscar nomination, and Shooter which he also produced. He enjoys charity work and rap music in his personal time.
The document analyzes the film poster for "The Proposal". It summarizes that the poster conveys the film's storyline about a book editor who must marry her assistant to avoid deportation to Canada. The poster features the two main characters dressed in black with the wedding ring in red, matching the title colors. It also analyzes the key images, colors, layout, and lack of a tagline that instead relies on the characters and title to promote the romantic comedy film.
Michael Jackson is shown in an iconic pose pointing out towards the audience from his rehearsals for his "This Is It" concert. The lighting and purple coloring of the album title are meant to make it stand out against the black background. Information about the digital release of the album is included at the bottom in large, legible text.
The video closely illustrates the lyrics of the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. It is set in a period countryside setting like fields and forests, characteristic of the country crossover genre. Shots in the video directly represent and show the scenes described in the lyrics, like Taylor standing on a balcony or the male lead walking through a crowd. The editing of the video also matches the changing pace and beat of the song. The video draws intertextual references to stories like Romeo and Juliet through the costumes, setting, and storyline of forbidden love. It aims to appeal to audiences by relating to popular love stories and films.
The album cover of Curtis Mayfield's "There's No Place Like America Today" uses visuals and text to tell a story about racial inequality and the failed promise of the American Dream in 1970s America. At the top is an image of the White House representing the politicians responsible for segregation policies. Below is a happy white nuclear family, contrasted with a poorer image of black people at the bottom, highlighting the different realities for white and black Americans. The cover criticizes the notion that America offered equal opportunity and prosperity for all.
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
The ability to recreate computational results with minimal effort and actionable metrics provides a solid foundation for scientific research and software development. When people can replicate an analysis at the touch of a button using open-source software, open data, and methods to assess and compare proposals, it significantly eases verification of results, engagement with a diverse range of contributors, and progress. However, we have yet to fully achieve this; there are still many sociotechnical frictions.
Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
Our observation is that multiple layers — hardware, operating systems, third-party libraries, software versions, input data, compile-time options, and parameters — are subject to variability that exacerbates frictions but is also essential for achieving robust, generalizable results and fostering innovation. I will first review the literature, providing evidence of how the complex variability interactions across these layers affect qualitative and quantitative software properties, thereby complicating the reproduction and replication of scientific studies in various fields.
I will then present some software engineering and AI techniques that can support the strategic exploration of variability spaces. These include the use of abstractions and models (e.g., feature models), sampling strategies (e.g., uniform, random), cost-effective measurements (e.g., incremental build of software configurations), and dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., transfer learning, feature selection, software debloating).
I will finally argue that deep variability is both the problem and solution of frictionless reproducibility, calling the software science community to develop new methods and tools to manage variability and foster reproducibility in software systems.
Exposé invité Journées Nationales du GDR GPL 2024
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
The technology uses reclaimed CO₂ as the dyeing medium in a closed loop process. When pressurized, CO₂ becomes supercritical (SC-CO₂). In this state CO₂ has a very high solvent power, allowing the dye to dissolve easily.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
Slides from talk:
Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
Disclaimer: No one is perfect, so please mind that there might be mistakes and typos.
dtubbenhauer@gmail.com
Corrected slides: dtubbenhauer.com/talks.html
ESPP presentation to EU Waste Water Network, 4th June 2024 “EU policies driving nutrient removal and recycling
and the revised UWWTD (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)”
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Describing and Interpreting an Immersive Learning Case with the Immersion Cub...Leonel Morgado
Current descriptions of immersive learning cases are often difficult or impossible to compare. This is due to a myriad of different options on what details to include, which aspects are relevant, and on the descriptive approaches employed. Also, these aspects often combine very specific details with more general guidelines or indicate intents and rationales without clarifying their implementation. In this paper we provide a method to describe immersive learning cases that is structured to enable comparisons, yet flexible enough to allow researchers and practitioners to decide which aspects to include. This method leverages a taxonomy that classifies educational aspects at three levels (uses, practices, and strategies) and then utilizes two frameworks, the Immersive Learning Brain and the Immersion Cube, to enable a structured description and interpretation of immersive learning cases. The method is then demonstrated on a published immersive learning case on training for wind turbine maintenance using virtual reality. Applying the method results in a structured artifact, the Immersive Learning Case Sheet, that tags the case with its proximal uses, practices, and strategies, and refines the free text case description to ensure that matching details are included. This contribution is thus a case description method in support of future comparative research of immersive learning cases. We then discuss how the resulting description and interpretation can be leveraged to change immersion learning cases, by enriching them (considering low-effort changes or additions) or innovating (exploring more challenging avenues of transformation). The method holds significant promise to support better-grounded research in immersive learning.
The ability to recreate computational results with minimal effort and actionable metrics provides a solid foundation for scientific research and software development. When people can replicate an analysis at the touch of a button using open-source software, open data, and methods to assess and compare proposals, it significantly eases verification of results, engagement with a diverse range of contributors, and progress. However, we have yet to fully achieve this; there are still many sociotechnical frictions.
Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
Our observation is that multiple layers — hardware, operating systems, third-party libraries, software versions, input data, compile-time options, and parameters — are subject to variability that exacerbates frictions but is also essential for achieving robust, generalizable results and fostering innovation. I will first review the literature, providing evidence of how the complex variability interactions across these layers affect qualitative and quantitative software properties, thereby complicating the reproduction and replication of scientific studies in various fields.
I will then present some software engineering and AI techniques that can support the strategic exploration of variability spaces. These include the use of abstractions and models (e.g., feature models), sampling strategies (e.g., uniform, random), cost-effective measurements (e.g., incremental build of software configurations), and dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., transfer learning, feature selection, software debloating).
I will finally argue that deep variability is both the problem and solution of frictionless reproducibility, calling the software science community to develop new methods and tools to manage variability and foster reproducibility in software systems.
Exposé invité Journées Nationales du GDR GPL 2024
Phenomics assisted breeding in crop improvementIshaGoswami9
As the population is increasing and will reach about 9 billion upto 2050. Also due to climate change, it is difficult to meet the food requirement of such a large population. Facing the challenges presented by resource shortages, climate
change, and increasing global population, crop yield and quality need to be improved in a sustainable way over the coming decades. Genetic improvement by breeding is the best way to increase crop productivity. With the rapid progression of functional
genomics, an increasing number of crop genomes have been sequenced and dozens of genes influencing key agronomic traits have been identified. However, current genome sequence information has not been adequately exploited for understanding
the complex characteristics of multiple gene, owing to a lack of crop phenotypic data. Efficient, automatic, and accurate technologies and platforms that can capture phenotypic data that can
be linked to genomics information for crop improvement at all growth stages have become as important as genotyping. Thus,
high-throughput phenotyping has become the major bottleneck restricting crop breeding. Plant phenomics has been defined as the high-throughput, accurate acquisition and analysis of multi-dimensional phenotypes
during crop growing stages at the organism level, including the cell, tissue, organ, individual plant, plot, and field levels. With the rapid development of novel sensors, imaging technology,
and analysis methods, numerous infrastructure platforms have been developed for phenotyping.
The technology uses reclaimed CO₂ as the dyeing medium in a closed loop process. When pressurized, CO₂ becomes supercritical (SC-CO₂). In this state CO₂ has a very high solvent power, allowing the dye to dissolve easily.
Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intellige...University of Maribor
Slides from talk:
Aleš Zamuda: Remote Sensing and Computational, Evolutionary, Supercomputing, and Intelligent Systems.
11th International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (IcETRAN), Niš, 3-6 June 2024
Inter-Society Networking Panel GRSS/MTT-S/CIS Panel Session: Promoting Connection and Cooperation
https://www.etran.rs/2024/en/home-english/
Or: Beyond linear.
Abstract: Equivariant neural networks are neural networks that incorporate symmetries. The nonlinear activation functions in these networks result in interesting nonlinear equivariant maps between simple representations, and motivate the key player of this talk: piecewise linear representation theory.
Disclaimer: No one is perfect, so please mind that there might be mistakes and typos.
dtubbenhauer@gmail.com
Corrected slides: dtubbenhauer.com/talks.html
ESPP presentation to EU Waste Water Network, 4th June 2024 “EU policies driving nutrient removal and recycling
and the revised UWWTD (Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive)”
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
Creative operations teams expect increased AI use in 2024. Currently, over half of tasks are not AI-enabled, but this is expected to decrease in the coming year. ChatGPT is the most popular AI tool currently. Business leaders are more actively exploring AI benefits than individual contributors. Most respondents do not believe AI will impact workforce size in 2024. However, some inhibitions still exist around AI accuracy and lack of understanding. Creatives primarily want to use AI to save time on mundane tasks and boost productivity.
Organizational culture includes values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits that influence employee behaviors and how people interpret those behaviors. It is important because culture can help or hinder a company's success. Some key aspects of Netflix's culture that help it achieve results include hiring smartly so every position has stars, focusing on attitude over just aptitude, and having a strict policy against peacocks, whiners, and jerks.
PEPSICO Presentation to CAGNY Conference Feb 2024Neil Kimberley
PepsiCo provided a safe harbor statement noting that any forward-looking statements are based on currently available information and are subject to risks and uncertainties. It also provided information on non-GAAP measures and directing readers to its website for disclosure and reconciliation. The document then discussed PepsiCo's business overview, including that it is a global beverage and convenient food company with iconic brands, $91 billion in net revenue in 2023, and nearly $14 billion in core operating profit. It operates through a divisional structure with a focus on local consumers.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report (Webinar)contently
This document provides an overview of content methodology best practices. It defines content methodology as establishing objectives, KPIs, and a culture of continuous learning and iteration. An effective methodology focuses on connecting with audiences, creating optimal content, and optimizing processes. It also discusses why a methodology is needed due to the competitive landscape, proliferation of channels, and opportunities for improvement. Components of an effective methodology include defining objectives and KPIs, audience analysis, identifying opportunities, and evaluating resources. The document concludes with recommendations around creating a content plan, testing and optimizing content over 90 days.
How to Prepare For a Successful Job Search for 2024Albert Qian
The document provides guidance on preparing a job search for 2024. It discusses the state of the job market, focusing on growth in AI and healthcare but also continued layoffs. It recommends figuring out what you want to do by researching interests and skills, then conducting informational interviews. The job search should involve building a personal brand on LinkedIn, actively applying to jobs, tailoring resumes and interviews, maintaining job hunting as a habit, and continuing self-improvement. Once hired, the document advises setting new goals and keeping skills and networking active in case of future opportunities.
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
- Emerging ad formats that are expected to make an impact next year.
Watch Sreekant Lanka from iQuanti and Irina Klein from OneMain Financial as they dive into the future of paid search and explore the trends, strategies, and technologies that will shape the search marketing landscape.
If you’re looking to assess your paid search strategy and design an industry-aligned plan for 2024, then this webinar is for you.
5 Public speaking tips from TED - Visualized summarySpeakerHub
From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
With over one billion views in a year, it’s no wonder that so many speakers are looking to TED for ideas on how to share their message more effectively.
The article “5 Public-Speaking Tips TED Gives Its Speakers”, by Carmine Gallo for Forbes, gives speakers five practical ways to connect with their audience, and effectively share their ideas on stage.
Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
See the full article and more summaries like this on SpeakerHub here: https://speakerhub.com/blog/5-presentation-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers
See the original article on Forbes here:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2016/05/06/5-public-speaking-tips-ted-gives-its-speakers/&refURL=&referrer=#5c07a8221d9b
ChatGPT and the Future of Work - Clark Boyd Clark Boyd
Everyone is in agreement that ChatGPT (and other generative AI tools) will shape the future of work. Yet there is little consensus on exactly how, when, and to what extent this technology will change our world.
Businesses that extract maximum value from ChatGPT will use it as a collaborative tool for everything from brainstorming to technical maintenance.
For individuals, now is the time to pinpoint the skills the future professional will need to thrive in the AI age.
Check out this presentation to understand what ChatGPT is, how it will shape the future of work, and how you can prepare to take advantage.
The document provides career advice for getting into the tech field, including:
- Doing projects and internships in college to build a portfolio.
- Learning about different roles and technologies through industry research.
- Contributing to open source projects to build experience and network.
- Developing a personal brand through a website and social media presence.
- Networking through events, communities, and finding a mentor.
- Practicing interviews through mock interviews and whiteboarding coding questions.
Google's Just Not That Into You: Understanding Core Updates & Search IntentLily Ray
1. Core updates from Google periodically change how its algorithms assess and rank websites and pages. This can impact rankings through shifts in user intent, site quality issues being caught up to, world events influencing queries, and overhauls to search like the E-A-T framework.
2. There are many possible user intents beyond just transactional, navigational and informational. Identifying intent shifts is important during core updates. Sites may need to optimize for new intents through different content types and sections.
3. Responding effectively to core updates requires analyzing "before and after" data to understand changes, identifying new intents or page types, and ensuring content matches appropriate intents across video, images, knowledge graphs and more.
A brief introduction to DataScience with explaining of the concepts, algorithms, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning, clustering, statistics, data preprocessing, real-world applications etc.
It's part of a Data Science Corner Campaign where I will be discussing the fundamentals of DataScience, AIML, Statistics etc.
Time Management & Productivity - Best PracticesVit Horky
Here's my presentation on by proven best practices how to manage your work time effectively and how to improve your productivity. It includes practical tips and how to use tools such as Slack, Google Apps, Hubspot, Google Calendar, Gmail and others.
The six step guide to practical project managementMindGenius
The six step guide to practical project management
If you think managing projects is too difficult, think again.
We’ve stripped back project management processes to the
basics – to make it quicker and easier, without sacrificing
the vital ingredients for success.
“If you’re looking for some real-world guidance, then The Six Step Guide to Practical Project Management will help.”
Dr Andrew Makar, Tactical Project Management
Beginners Guide to TikTok for Search - Rachel Pearson - We are Tilt __ Bright...
SHELL 2011 slides
1. On the Changes in the Clausal Complement of the
Copulative Perception Verbs in American English
Fuminori NAKAMURA
Keio University
September 2nd, 2012
F. NAKAMURA (Keio) On the Changes September 2nd, 2012 1 / 35
2. Copular Perception Verbs
The members are mainlylook, sound, smell, taste and feel
copulative in that they require a complement.
(1) a. John looks happy.
b. This cake tastes good.
c. This cloth feels soft.
d. That sounds reasonable.
e. This flower smells sweet.
Even finite clauses in the complement position.
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3. CPVs with as if clauses
Taniguchi (1997, 2005) maintains that this complement comes from
the semantic similarity to verbs of ‘seeming.’
(2) a. John seems as if he’s seen a ghost.
(Taniguchi 2005:245)
b. John looks as if he’s seen a ghost.
(ibid.)
c. John sounds as if he’s seen a ghost.
(ibid.)
d. It appears as if/as though I was wrong.
(Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
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4. CPVs with like clauses
Like can also appear in the complement position.
(3) a. It seems like the weather is improving.
(Quirk et al. (1985:1175))
b. It doesn’t look like it’s going to rain. [”It looks like it isn’t
going to rain.”]
(Quirk et al. 1985:1033)
c. Your car sounds like it need a new clutch.
(Gisborne 2010:281)
d. “But it appears like he was right this time, ma’am, ”
Matthew said.
(Bloodline, [FIC], 1968, from Corpus of Historical American
English)
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5. Previous studies
In Present day English, they are all regarded as synonymous
expressions.
Seem⇒CPVs based on the semantic similarity (‘inference’)
No study has been carried out on how each expression has developed
or declined.
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6. Aims of this research
to trace how they have developed and been related to each other in
American English.
to argue that the development of complement is not unidirectional,
from seem to CPVs, but bidirectional.
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7. The corpus used
Corpus of Historical American Englsih
American English from 1810 to 2009 (200 years)
contains about 400 million words
compiled by Mark Davies (Brigham Young University)
balanced by 4 written genres
Fiction: consists about 50% in every decade
Popular Magazines
Newspapers; no data from the 1810s to the 1860s,
Non Fiction Books
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8. Data collection and classification
classified according to the subject
expletive it is closely connected with the impersonal construction
expletive it cannot be taken with other complements such as
adjectives or nouns
(4) a. Expletive it + V + as if (though) C
b. Referential Subject + V + as if (though) C
c. Expletive it + V + like C
d. Referential Subject + V + like) C
Some scholars calls the constructions with expletive it as a sort of the
impersonal construction (Huddleston and Pullum 2002:962; Whitt
2010:121), based on the semantic interchangeability of that and as if.
(5) It seemed that/as if he was trying to hyde his true identity.
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9. As if complement..
As regards as if (though) complementation, the ratio between verbs
of seeming and copulative perception verbs was reversed in the
beginning of the 20th century.
Figure 1: Frequency of the verbs with as if (though) normalized per a
million words
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10. Like Complementation..
As regards like complementations, the drastically increase of
copulative perception verbs in the 20th century, in particular from the
1980s to the present, has been followed by the stead increase of seem
like.
Figure 2: Frequency of the verbs with like normalized per a million words
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11. Expletive it with the as if (though) complement..
Seem almost always occurs in this frame.
Look in this frame increased since the 1870s.
Figure 3: Percentage of it subject with as if (though) complementation pattern
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12. Expletive it with the like complement..
Seem increased the expletive subject.
Look shows rather low frequency.
Figure 4: Percentage of it subject with like complementation pattern
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13. Seem as if with expletive it
the most frequent use in every decade.
(6) a. It seems as if the scene was closing.
(Novels, [FIC], 1827)
b. It seemed as if every adult in town adored her.
(A Walk to Remember, [FIC], 2000)
c. It seems as though it was six years instead of six months since I
left that part of the country,....
(The Select Letters of Major Jack Downing, [FIC], 1834)
d. It seemed as though there were an overpowering nausea upon
him.
(The Adventures of Jimmie Dale, [FIC], 1917)
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14. Seem with omitted subjects,
The subject can be omitted, in conversation
(7) a. “ Seems like I’d just like to lie down there and sleep with my face
clost up to it, all wet and cool-like, all night! ”
(The Witness, [FIC], 1917)
b. “Hello,” he said. “Seems like I know you.”
(Passions Spin the Plot, [FIC], 1934)
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15. Seem as if with referential subjects..
the subject of the matrix verbs and the subject of the complement
clause is coreferential.
(8) a. Sometimes the fire may smoulder and seem as if it were going
out, or were quite extinguished, and again it will find some new
material to seize upon, and flame up as fiercely as ever.
(A Mortal Antipathy: first opening of the new portfolio,
[FIC],1886)
b. It was beginning to get dark, and the tiny lights seemed as if
they were twinkling.
(Flamingo, [FIC], 2001)
c. ...they seemed as though they would devour each other
embracing and caressing.
(The Tennessean: A Novel, Founded on Facts, [FIC], 1927)
d. None of that seemed as though it had anything to do with the
war, or with the grand political theories that my professors
espoused.
(Ploughshares, [MAG], 1993)
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16. Seem like with expletive it
increases from the end of the 19th century.
(9) a. It always seemed like I was going to succeed, but somehow I
never did.
(Stories of a Western Town, [FIC], 1893)
b. But he was the kind I hadn’t known, and it seemed like he was
part of the whole thing – like the girls with title that Ann said I
must get next to.
(T. Tembarom, [FIC], 1913)
c. It seemed like she was saying for me to shut up.
(Imani all mine, [FIC], 2000)
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17. Seem like with omitted subjects
omitted subjects: as frequent (254 instances) as expletive it (275
instances).
(10) a. Seem like he had two wounded gray and nasty-looking birds
folded up in his hands.
(Imani All Mine, [FIC], 2000)
b. Seems like there was something I should remember....
(Jinx High : a Diana Tregarde Investigation, [FIC], 2006)
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18. Seem like with referential subjects
not frequent in the data.
(11) a. He seems like he’s plenty of money, an’ we takes it he’s all right.
(Wolfville, [FIC], 1897)
b. Brambles tore at us, rocks slashed our bare feet, our hearts
seemed like they must burst within our breasts.
(Gates of Fire: an Epic Novel of the Battole of Thermophylae,
[FIC], 1999)
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19. Appear as if with referential subjects
No omitted subject
(12) a. It appeared as if these people had never before seen a European,
or American.
(North American Review, [MAG], 1842)
b. “It doesn’t appear as if the windshield was broken, ” Saperstein
said. ” But I bet there’ll be clothing fibers on the wipers, and
probably on the bumper or fender area. ”
(False Accusations, [FIC], 2000)
c. At first it appeared as if I were the most fortunate of men, for a
caravan headed for Baghdad was departing within the month, and
I was able to join it.
(The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate, [FIC], 2007)
d. I need not tell you of our misery. It appeared as though God had
turned his face from his chosen people.
(Rabbi and Priest: A Story, [FIC], 1892)
e. The murder was done by someone who wanted it to appear as
though Stubbs had done it.
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20. appear as if with referential subjects
(13) a. The room was neatly arranged, and appeared as if no one had
lately used it.
(The Novels, [FIC], 1827)
b. Seen from behind, they appeared as if they wore a helmet.
(North American Review, [MAG],1829)
c. A young man, who appeared as though he had just made his
debut from Bond-street, tried it once, but he signally failed.
(The Adopted Daughter; Other Tales, [FIC], 1859)
d. The trade problem with the Common Market is beginning to
appear as though it will make things worse before they get
better.
(The Atlantic Monthly, [MAG], 1963)
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21. appear like with expletive it
Only type in the data
(14) a. ... and it appeared like I could have no peace till I saw you.
(Clovernook, or Recollections of our Neighborhood in the West.
Volume 2, [FIC], 1853)
b. “But it appears like he was right this time, ma’am, ” Matthew
said.
(Bloodline, [FIC], 1968)
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22. Look as if with expletive it
inference is foregrounded more and perception is backgrounded.
(15) a. It looks as if he had lived a pretty narrow life.
(The Web of Life, [FIC], 1900)
b. It looked as if they were having a good day.
(The Cat Who Robbed a Bank, [FIC], 2000)
c. It looked as though the Knight of the Cumberland had grown
rebellious and meant to choose whom he pleased, but on his way
back the Hon.
(A knight of the Cumberland, [FIC], 1906)
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23. Look as if with referential subjects
(16) a. ... but Fayette looked as if he did not understand. (Reels and
Spindles: A Story of Mill Life, [FIC], 1900)
b. Pierre’s daughter looks as if she is going to cry, it is so hot. (The
Hush in This Heat, [FIC], 2000)
c. The other members looked as though they would willingly have
dispensed with this appeal to their opinion, ....(Xingu 1916, [FIC],
1906)
d. The garment looked as though it had been deliberately fashioned
to make its wearer appear shorter and heavier than she actually
was. (The Paid Companion, [FIC], 2005)
Similar to the examples of as if (though) clause, look with like-clause
takes a dummy subject
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24. Look like with expletive it
(17) a. It looks like we were going to lose some of our own territory,
don’t it?
(Wearing of the Gray: Being Personal Portraits, Scenes and
Adventures of the War, [FIC], 1867)
b. It looked like I’d just dropped from heaven when he first saw me.
(T.Tembarom, [FIC], 1913)
c. The coast was an end in itself now, and on maps it looked like
they were nearly there.
(March to the Sea, [FIC], 2002)
(18) a. “Looks like they’re going to raise the roof, doesn’t it? ” he said.
(Out of the Primitive, [FIC], 1911)
b. “ Everything about her is impressive, ” insisted Colonel Payton. ”
Looks like we’re all in agreement. ”
(Identity Crisis, [FIC], 2004)
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25. Look like with referential subjects
(19) a. Mr. Gregory, here, looks like he would be willing to take odds,....
(Oak Opening, [FIC], 1848)
b. Stolen fruits may look like they are sweet, but taste them, and
they are bitter.
(Tales of the Road, [FIC], 1905])
c. For a second, Dad looked like he might mention her tone.
(Red Feather Filly, [FIC], 2004)
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26. Sound as if with expletive it
(20) a. I It sounds as if it came from the Red Room.
(Dragonwyck, [FIC], 1944)
b. It sounded as if he required the services of a private discriminator.
(The Gist Hunter, [FIC], 2005)
c. “ It sounds as though you had won, sir! ” he cried.
(The White Mice, [FIC], 1909)
d. “ It sounds as though you expect them to have a real combat! ”
(Innocent, [FICT], 1968)
(21) She hears a strange scraping sound – it sounds as though something
is being dragged.
(Grudge [Movie script], [FIC], 2004)
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27. Sound as if with referential subjects
(22) a. It was the first neighing of a youthful steed, in his impatience for
the trial, when his voice sounds as ifhis arteries are ruptured with
the effort.
(Logan: A Family History, Volume 1, [FiC], 1822)
b. It sounds as if he were speaking from the far end of a long, long
tube.
(Reels and Spindles: A Story of Mill Life, [FIC], 1900)
c. Finally they stopped. Ryan heard a garage door open, then they
drove inside. It sounded as if the two men carried the other kid
away. (The Search, [FIC], 2000 )
d. your voice sounds as though you were going to tell us something
awful!
(Grandfather’s chair, [FIC], 1842)
e. I know I sound as though I don’t care about Sparrow.
(The Project, [FIC], 2001)
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28. Sound as if (though) with omitted subjects
(23) a. He said, “Sounds as if you get very involved with your work,
your clients, Mr. Howe ....”
(DoWithMeWhatYou, 1973)
b. Sounds as though he were thinking over that Paris proposition.
(Nowadays: A Contemporaneous Comedy, [FIC], 1914)
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29. Sound like with expletive it
(24) a. “ I don’t just see it yet, ” said Old Hosie slowly, ” but it sounds
like there might be something mighty big there. ”
(Counsel for the Defense, [FIC], 1912)
b. It sounds like they broke the horse.
(Ride, Vaquero, [FIC], 1953)
c. It sounded like she was crying, and when I asked her what was
wrong she asked me to meet her in the reading room at the
school’s library.
(Just Too Good to be True, [FIC], 2008)
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30. Sound like with omitted subjects
(25) a. “Sounds like they haven’t had a very good relationship, ” Vicki
said.
(Horsemen of terror, 2002)
b. “ That traffic backup you ran into on the interstate just now? It
was Tracy Johnson. She smashed into an overpass. ” “What? Is
she okay? ” He shook his head. “Sounds like she died instantly.
” I stood there with my mouth open.
(Rituals of the Season, [FIC], 2005)
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31. Sound like with referential subjects
(26) a. I guess every word I say sounds like I’m lying.
(T. Tembarom, [FIC], 1913 )
b. He sounds like he’s got a problem.
(Down and Our in the Magic Kingdom, [FIC], 2003)
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32. The development of As if (though) complement
from verbs of ‘seeming’ (seem and appear) to verbs of
perception (looksound)
because of the semantic similarity (inference)
perception is semantically bleached and the subject role is lightened.
The subject is no longer a percept, what is perceived.
(27) a. I’ve heard the forecast and tomorrow’s weather sounds fine.
b. I’ve seen the forecast and tomorrow’s weather looks fine.
The complement shifts (i) from the standard to compare with the
subject referent (ii) what the speaker want to communicate.
Then, CPVs are in competition with verbs of ’seeming’ and
have been replacing them.
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33. The development of Like complement
Verbs of seeming are not the source of this use.
From copulative perception verbs to verbs of ‘seeming’
Since this is new use, the development is on the process.
Unnaturalness. (see Quirk et al. 1985, Huddleston and Pullum 2002)
CPVs has been followed by verbs of ‘seeming’
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34. Conclusion
In spite of the current similarity, these two complements, as if
(though) clauses and like clauses, has developed in a different
manner. The influence between CPVs and verbs of ’seeming’ is not
unidirectional but bidirectional.
...1 The ratio with The ratio between seem as if (though) and look as if
(though) was reversed in the beginning of the 20th century.
...2 The sharp increase of look like, in the 20th century, has been followed
by the stead increase of seem like.
...3 Seem shows a strong tendency to take expletive it as their subject,
whereas look and sound tend to take fully referential subjects.
There seems the competition between the as if (though complement
and the like complement based on the similarity because they have
converged on similar syntax and semantics.
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