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Becoming Ginger Rogers

How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO

By: Patrice Tanaka

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Becoming Ginger Rogers

How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO

By: Patrice Tanaka

What brings you joy? "To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be serious business—not always necessarily a means of escaping reality, but sometimes a means of holding on to the real when everything else is flaking away." ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love My femininity, creativity, and optimism had been flaking away, especially since 9/11. When I was dancing, I felt real and complete again. ~ Becoming Ginger Rogers, Chapter 4, "Samba Girl" If you've spent most of your life pursuing your career, raising your family, and/or caring for loved ones who may be ill or infirmed, your own needs may have been neglected in the process. Becoming Ginger Rogers is the story of one woman's inspiring and uplifting journey to reclaim her life during the dispiriting days of New York City in the aftermath of 9/11, the unraveling of a successful business she co-founded with a dozen colleagues, and the death of her beloved husband after a long illness. Patrice Tanaka shares her very personal story of how at age 50 she started ballroom dance lessons to satisfy a lifelong dream of dancing like Ginger Rogers and, in so doing, found her way to unimaginable joy. Becoming Ginger Rogers is, in part, a memoir of a young Japanese-American girl born and raised in Hawaii who fulfilled her dream of career success in Manhattan; it's a voyeuristic glimpse into the world of competitive ballroom dancing; and it's a business book about the lessons learned from ballroom dancing that made Patrice a better partner and a smarter CEO. In this book, you will learn: • How to reclaim, re-energize and re-excite yourself about your own life • How to "reschedule yourself" back into your own life as the first step toward reclaiming your life • How lessons learned in ballroom dance such as the importance of being fully present—mind, body and spirit—have applications beyond the ballroom floor in helping you achieve greater success in your personal and professional life • How learning to be a good follower can be a winning strategy for business • How visualizing your dreams is the way to manifest them • How living every moment of your life in a way that is fulfilling in and of itself, and not dependent on some future you may not have, is the best way to live and to be prepared to die even if you have little advance warning like the nearly 3,000 people who perished on 9/11 Becoming Ginger Rogers shows us how we can revitalize ourselves even after years of woeful neglect so that our most exciting and joy-filled days are ahead of us. Plus it pulls back the curtain on ballroom dancing in a fun, educational way. Be transported to the world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Whirl of Manhattan Chapter 2: The Arabian Prince Chapter 3: "What Brings You Joy?" Intermezzo: Foxtrot Chapter 4: Samba Girl Intermezzo: Samba Chapter 5: The Ballroom World and the Real World Intermezzo: Tango Chapter 6: Practice Failing—in the Ballroom and in the Boardroom Intermezzo: Rumba Chapter 7: Partnering for Success—with or without Chocolate Intermezzo: Mambo Chapter 8: You Must Be Present to Win: Going with the Flow and Celebrating Successes along the Way Intermezzo: Viennese Waltz Chapter 9: whatcanbe: Leading with Your Heart Coda: Cha Cha

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1936661039

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Becoming Ginger Rogers

How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO

By: Patrice Tanaka

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How Ballroom Dancing Made Me a Happier Woman, Better Partner, and Smarter CEO

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Perception and Re-Synchronization Issues for the Watermarking of 3D Shapes

By: Patrice Rondao Alface

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Perception and Re-Synchronization Issues for the Watermarking of 3D Shapes

By: Patrice Rondao Alface

Digital watermarking is the art of embedding secret messages in multimedia contents in order to protect their intellectual property. While the watermarking of image, audio and video is reaching maturity, the watermarking of 3D virtual objects is still a technology in its infancy.In this thesis, we focus on two main issues. The first one is the perception of the distortions caused by the watermarking process or by attacks on the surface of a 3D model. The second one concerns the development of techniques able to retrieve a watermark without the availability of the original data and after common manipulations and attacks.Since imperceptibility is a strong requirement, assessing the visual perception of the distortions that a 3D model undergoes in the watermarking pipeline is a key issue. In this thesis, we propose an image-based metric that relies on the comparison of 2D views with a Mutual Information criterion. A psychovisual experiment has validated the results of this metric for the most common watermarking attacks.The other issue this thesis deals with is the blind and robust watermarking of 3D shapes. In this context, three different watermarking schemes are proposed. These schemes differ by the classes of 3D watermarking attacks they are able to resist to. The first scheme is based on the extension of spectral decomposition to 3D models. This approach leads to robustness against imperceptible geometric deformations. The weakness of this technique is mainly related to resampling or cropping attacks. The second scheme extends the first to resampling by making use of the automatic multiscale detection of robust umbilical points. The third scheme then addresses the cropping attack by detecting robust prong feature points to locally embed a watermark in the spatial domain.

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Presses univ. de Louvain

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2874630373

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9782874630378

The Catholic Baby Name Book

By: Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur

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The Catholic Baby Name Book

By: Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur

With more than ten thousand names of saints and biblical figures, this first-ever guide to Catholic baby names helps expectant parents find a beautiful and creative name for their child. Each entry includes the meaning of the name, language of origin, variations in form, a capsule biography, and relevant feast days and patron saint information. While it has become increasingly popular to name a baby after a town or a food, readers of The Catholic Baby Name Book will discover a bounty of names that are fun, creative, and Catholic. This new book in the CatholicMom.com Book series boasts thousands of names of saints from Christian tradition and the scriptures, including those newly canonized by popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Among the fun facts to be discovered: there are ten ways to spell Regina, the perennially popular name Jayden means “thankful” and “God has heard,” and Sophia—the most popular girl’s name in 2012—was a saint who had three daughters named Faith, Hope, and Charity (who were also saints!).

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Ave Maria Press

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1594713820

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9781594713828

Anomalies of the Developing Dentition

A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

By: Jane Ann Soxman,Patrice Barsamian Wunsch,Christel M. Haberland

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Anomalies of the Developing Dentition

A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

By: Jane Ann Soxman,Patrice Barsamian Wunsch,Christel M. Haberland

This book is an up-to-date, succinct, and easily accessible reference on the diverse anomalies that may arise in the developing dentition, including those relating to crown size and shape, tooth formation, tooth eruption, tooth number, and enamel and dentin formation. For each anomaly, information is provided on clinical and radiographic features, etiology, and management. Attention is also drawn to clinically relevant associations among anomalies. The inclusion of numerous high-quality photographs and images will assist the practitioner in establishing the correct diagnosis in each patient and in understanding the rationale for specific interventions. The book will also facilitate discussion of the anomaly with the caregiver or patient, including with respect to genetic and other implications and the appropriate treatment path. Anomalies of the Developing Dentition is an excellent clinical guide to the subject that will aid in timely identification and appropriate management. It will meet the needs of students and practitioners in multiple disciplines of both medicine and dentistry.

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Springer

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3030031640

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Functional Materials and Biomaterials

By: Matthias Häußler,Ben Zhong Tang,Xiang Dong Liu,Alan R. Esker,Chanjoong Kim,Patrice Lucas,Masaji Matsunaga,Norio Nishi,Jean-Jacques Robin,Dong-An Wang,Masanori Yamada,Hyuk Yu

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Functional Materials and Biomaterials

By: Matthias Häußler,Ben Zhong Tang,Xiang Dong Liu,Alan R. Esker,Chanjoong Kim,Patrice Lucas,Masaji Matsunaga,Norio Nishi,Jean-Jacques Robin,Dong-An Wang,Masanori Yamada,Hyuk Yu

This book has the highest impact factor of all publications ranked by ISI within polymer science. It contains short and concise reports on physics and chemistry of polymers, each written by the world renowned experts. It remains valid and useful after 5 or 10 years. The electronic version is available free of charge for standing order customers at: springer.com/series/12/.

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244

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Springer

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3540715096

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9783540715092

Cognitive Modeling for Automated Human Performance Evaluation at Scale

By: Haiyue Yuan,Shujun Li,Patrice Rusconi

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Cognitive Modeling for Automated Human Performance Evaluation at Scale

By: Haiyue Yuan,Shujun Li,Patrice Rusconi

Cognitive models and software tools have been widely used for both research and commercial purposes. Although they have proved very useful, there are some limitations preventing large-scale modeling and simulation tasks to be carried out efficiently and effectively. In this book, we aim to provide readers with a systematic overview of state-of-the-art cognitive modeling software tools and applications and an introduction to a new software framework for facilitating large-scale modeling and simulation of human-performance tasks. The authors first review cognitive modeling theories and then present an overview of state-of-the-art software tools for cognitive modeling and simulation. Finally, the book focuses on the new software framework and a research prototype called CogTool+, including how to incorporate behavioral data such as eye-tracking data in modeling and simulation tasks. Typical applications of CogTool+ in HCI and cyber security are given to demonstrate its usefulness.

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105

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Springer Nature

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3030457044

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9783030457044

Education

By: Mark Devaney,Patrice Cassedy

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Education

By: Mark Devaney,Patrice Cassedy

Discusses teaching as a possible career for the twenty-first century.

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118

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1560068981

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9781560068983

Japan Guide

By: Patrice Fusillo,Noriko Araki

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Japan Guide

By: Patrice Fusillo,Noriko Araki

With the Winter 1998 Olympics in Nagano coming up, Japan is already a travel hot spot. "Japan Guide" includes listings for great hotels, restaurants, tickets, venues, and much more. Readers will discover the people, culture, and history that make Japan an exciting place to visit. Festivals and holidays are detailed, and there are sections in each chapter on shopping for both traditional and modern goods, from pottery and silk to exquisite lacquerware.

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1883323649

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Becoming Ginger Rogers

Becoming Ginger Rogers

Becoming Ginger Rogers

Becoming Ginger Rogers

Perception and Re-Synchronization Issues for the Watermarking of 3D Shapes

Perception and Re-Synchronization Issues for the Watermarking of 3D Shapes

The Catholic Baby Name Book

The Catholic Baby Name Book

Anomalies of the Developing Dentition

Anomalies of the Developing Dentition

Functional Materials and Biomaterials

Functional Materials and Biomaterials

Cognitive Modeling for Automated Human Performance Evaluation at Scale

Cognitive Modeling for Automated Human Performance Evaluation at Scale

Education

Education

Japan Guide

Japan Guide

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