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IAU Transactions XXIIB summarizes the work of the XXIInd General Assembly. The discourses given during the Inaugural and Closing Ceremonies are reproduced in Chapters I and III, respectively. The proceedings of the two sessions of the General Assembly will be found in Chapter II, which includes the Resolutions and the report of the Finance Committee. The Statutes, Bye-Laws and a few working rules of the Union are published in Chapter IV. The Accounts and other aspects of the administration of the Union are recorded in Chapter V, together with the report of the Executive Committee for this last triennium, and provide the permanent record for the Union in the period 1991-1994. This volume also contains the Commission reports from The Hague compiled by the Presidents of the Commissions (Chapter VI). Finally, Chapter VII contains the list of countries adhering to the Union and the alphabetical, geographical and commission membership lists of about 8000 individual members. The IAU still appears to be unique among the scientific Unions in maintaining this category of individual membership which contributes in a crucial way to the spirit and the aims of the Union.
A complete record of the formal organisational and administrative proceedings of the XXVII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union.
This practical book is a guide to learning from illness and to improving our lives thanks to it, instead of perceiving it as a negative experience. Yes, you read that correctly. The result of using this book is that we are able to heal not just any physical, emotional or mental challenge, but our life as a whole. The book takes the form of a manual in which the author shares some powerful tools, simple practices and conscious exercises that have been shown, throughout the author\"s long career as a therapist, to bring results as effective as they are extraordinary to thousands of patients.\r \r The purpose of the book is to make these tools accessible to everyone, and thus help optimize and transform the lives of those going through an illness process, a health challenge or any other kind of difficulty. This book is an invitation to change, to reach new levels of understanding and to bring about deep healing, through consciousness, love and true fulfillment.\r
BOOK SYNOPSIS When I embraced life is a fascinating book that not only gives you the chance to read about an amazing biographical experience, but also serves as an invaluable invitation to inspire and transform your life. After receiving the blow of an unexpected diagnosis - advanced stage cancer - Ibán decided to follow his heart and make the most of this opportunity to learn. Today Ibán, now healthier and freer than ever before, offers the world this book, which brings together the daily entries he made to his blog during his journey. The entries consist of wise reflections that infect readers with his incredible zest for life and promote some of the values most needed in this world: gra...
La Conquistadora explores Mary's prominence on and off the battlefield in the culturally and ethnically diverse world of medieval Iberia, where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived side by side, and in colonial Mexico, where Spaniards and indigenous peoples mingled.
I should have been born in the Himalayas! -shouted in desperation a patient of mine who was going through a difficult period. Hearing him helped me decide to go ahead with my idea of sharing in a book all these stories full of ancestral teachings applicable to the modern world, and at the same time his words gave me a good idea for the title. The concept of the Dalai Lama as a happy and fulfilled human being is known the world over: here, in Japan and in Tibet itself. Taking into account this universally-accepted truth, the following reflections come to mind: what is it that makes this person and others like him so happy and cheerful? What do they know that we don't know? What have we been "...
This book describes my experiences, using simple and practical language so that everyone can capture the essence of the book and find out how to apply these ancient teachings and tools to our lives in today’s world. If you let it, this book –and the practice of some of the keys I share in it– will mark a turning point in your life, whatever your religion, philosophy, age or situation may be. You will begin to feel truly happy, in tune with life, connected with your true inner self and even, as the title says, happier than the Dalai Lama!
This is a collection of divinely inspired poems, short stories, and reflections inspired through deep meditation, yoga practices, and connecting with nature. The poems in this collection will bring light and wisdom to its readers through its inspired writing, illuminating the heart and mind.
This book reviews up-to-date knowledge on the biology of sole (Solea senegalensis and S. solea). These flatfish species are increasingly important in Europe both from the ecological and production point of view. This book is divided into two sections: A. general fisheries, aquaculture and engineering overviews; B. physiological, developmental, rhythmic, welfare and genetic aspects which will be of immense interest for the aquaculture industry. Experts, from both academia and research institutes, provide their expertise on sole biology.