The Book Living Every Moment Rightly for Jesus can be summarised as: As a Christian, where ever you are, whatever you do, remember you are the messenger. Your life should speak for Jesus. If we belong to Christ, people must see changes in our lives (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christianity is about transformation which gives us a new life, a new heart and a new self (Ephesians 4:22-24). Apostle Paul tells us that this transformation involves renewal of our minds (Romans 12:1-2). He goes further and says that this renewal is about having a new mindset or attitude that you find in Christ himself (Philippians 2:5-8). The Church is where Christians are equipped for the Ministry of Jesus (Ephesians 4:11-12). People cannot advance Spiritually apart from what they hear on the pulpit. Christians bear fruit outside the four walls of the Church. They have been commanded to carry the Good News (the Gospel) which has transformed their lives to people around them through their personal examples. Christians should not expect people around them to accept their doctrine and ignore their personal examples. Our personal examples are what will win souls for Jesus. Jesus is our Saviour and King. He gave His life to pay for our sins and to serve Him faithfully with passion will change the world. The crowd needs God's grace (Joel LIVING EVERY MOMENT RIGHTLY FOR JESUS 3:14). To serve the Lord faithfully with gladness is serving for the Kingdom purpose. It is a call to serve as against volunteering which means I am doing you a favour. To serve is a manifestation of Christianity; Jesus served (Matt hew 20:28). As Christians, we are all in the Ministry of Jesus. The change (transformation) in our lives (new heart, new mind and new self) should be reciprocated in our communities, workplace, political and social life just to mention but a few. The Word of Spirit and of Power: "For just as the sufferings of Christ fl ow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows" (2 Corinthians 1:5).

Events in the post Cold War era have challenged the notions of realism and realpolitik, with an upsurge in intrastate conflicts involving other actors than just the state. During this period, the international community has witnessed the limitations of the tenets of realism for addressing disastrous civil wars or ethno-political conflicts internal to the states. Largely because of this, and alongside the emerging field of conflict resolution in western countries, transitional conflict resolution mechanisms emerged with characteristic multi-track diplomacy orientations for solving national problems within African countries. By the end of the 1980s and early 1990s, several African countries, including South Africa, Burundi and Sierra Leone resorted to either a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or an international tribunal to handle violence and restore peace and justice. In the same period, other African countries opted for what was called 'national conference' to solve their national problems and transform conflict into an opportunity for structural change. In February 1990, the Republic of Benin, a small nation-state in West Africa, achieved peace through a national conference. The national conference in Benin was a national gathering for crisis resolution through social debates on critical issues facing the nation, and political decision making for constructive changes. As a pioneer, Benin led the political change movement of the national conference and was later followed by eight other African countries namely, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Mali, Niger, Togo, the Central African Republic, and the former Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. To date, most of the existing literature on the subject explores the phenomenon of national conference as something of a prelude to political transition to multipartyism and democracy. Part of the literature depicts the national conference as a civil coup d'etat, and recommends its institutionalization as a system for democratic transitions. This book takes a different approach by conceptualizing the national conference phenomenon as a multi-track diplomacy tool or as a process for conflict transformation and peacemaking. Building upon theories of conflict and conflict resolution, the author analyzes the national conference as a unique diplomatic approach to transforming national crisis, which expands the scope of strategies for peacemaking. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacques KOKO is an Adjunct Professor in the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, New Jersey, USA, where he teaches "Peacemaking and peacekeeping," "Conflict and Displacement in Africa," and "Ethnopolitical conflict." A Beninois, Professor Koko has worked as a Senior Social Analyst with the Institut Africain pour le Developpement Economique et Social (INADES) in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and as an Associate Researcher with the Universite Nationale d'Abomey Calavi in Cotonou (Benin). Correlatively with his teaching position at Seton Hall University, he currently serves as a Senior Political Analyst for Americans for Informed Democracy. He publishes in both English and French.

This is an edited volume, written by well-recognized international researchers with extended chapter style versions of the best papers presented at the SITIS 2006 International Conference. This book presents the state-of-the-art and recent research results on the application of advanced signal processing techniques for improving the value of image and video data. It introduces new results on video coding on time-honored topic of securing image information. The book is designed for a professional audience composed of practitioners and researchers in industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.

This edited volume explores the circumstances under which vulnerable communities can better adapt to climate and environmental change, and focuses in particular on the centrality of migration as a resilience and adaptation strategy for communities at risk. The book features important case studies where migration is being used as a risk management strategy in the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Its comparative analysis reveals common patterns in enhancing local resilience through migration across diverse regional, socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts. This book is a contribution to the global discussion about the future of migration policy, especially as climate and environmental change is expected to grow as one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

This book examines forty-six UN peacekeeping operations, initiated from 1956 through 2006 to manage cases of intrastate and interstate conflicts, to identify the most significant factors that could help to explain the success or lack of success of such operations. Factor analysis is used to exploit the correlations between independent variables in order to regroup them into a smaller set of factors explaining the success or failure of these operations. The results show that the success of a UN peacekeeping operation can be explained by factors that are related to four categories of variables: i) the scope of resources invested in peacekeeping; ii) the duration and intensity of conflict and time of preparation for peacekeeping intervention; iii) the political support for peacekeeping from the UN Security Council; and iv) the type of conflict.

This edited volume explores the circumstances under which vulnerable communities can better adapt to climate and environmental change, and focuses in particular on the centrality of migration as a resilience and adaptation strategy for communities at risk. The book features important case studies where migration is being used as a risk management strategy in the Pacific, Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Its comparative analysis reveals common patterns in enhancing local resilience through migration across diverse regional, socio-economic, cultural, and political contexts. This book is a contribution to the global discussion about the future of migration policy, especially as climate and environmental change is expected to grow as one of the most pressing challenges of our time.

This is an edited volume, written by well-recognized international researchers with extended chapter style versions of the best papers presented at the SITIS 2006 International Conference. This book presents the state-of-the-art and recent research results on the application of advanced signal processing techniques for improving the value of image and video data. It introduces new results on video coding on time-honored topic of securing image information. The book is designed for a professional audience composed of practitioners and researchers in industry. This book is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.

In recent years, Internet-based systems and applications have become pervasive and have been the focus of many ongoing research efforts. They range from semi-structured information, to multimedia systems and applications, to P2P and ad hoc information sharing networks and service-centric systems and applications. This book p- sents a collection of articles from the best papers presented at the SITIS 2006 International Conference, aiming to cover recent advanced research on distributed information systems, including both theoretical and applied solutions. This volume is designed for a professional audience practitioners and researchers in industry. It is also suitable as a reference or secondary text for advanced-level students in computer science and engineering. The articles in this book are a selection of papers presented at the IMRT and WITDS tracks of the international SITIS 2006 conference. The authors were asked to revise and extend their contributions to take into account the comments and discussions made at the conference. A large number of high-quality papers were submitted to SITIS 2006, demonstrating the growing interest of the - search community for Internet-Based and multimedia information systems. We would like to acknowledge the hard work and dedication of many people. Our deepest gratitude goes to the authors who contributed their work. We appreciate the diligent work of the SITIS Committee members. We are grateful for the help, support and patience of the LNCS publishing team. Finally, thanks to Iwayan Wikacsana for his invaluable help. February 2007 Ernesto Damiani Kokou Yetongnon Richard Chbeir Albert Dipanda

The Book Living Every Moment Rightly for Jesus can be summarised as: As a Christian, where ever you are, whatever you do, remember you are the messenger. Your life should speak for Jesus. If we belong to Christ, people must see changes in our lives (2 Corinthians 5:17). Christianity is about transformation which gives us a new life, a new heart and a new self (Ephesians 4:22-24). Apostle Paul tells us that this transformation involves renewal of our minds (Romans 12:1-2). He goes further and says that this renewal is about having a new mindset or attitude that you find in Christ himself (Philippians 2:5-8). The Church is where Christians are equipped for the Ministry of Jesus (Ephesians 4:11-12). People cannot advance Spiritually apart from what they hear on the pulpit. Christians bear fruit outside the four walls of the Church. They have been commanded to carry the Good News (the Gospel) which has transformed their lives to people around them through their personal examples. Christians should not expect people around them to accept their doctrine and ignore their personal examples. Our personal examples are what will win souls for Jesus. Jesus is our Saviour and King. He gave His life to pay for our sins and to serve Him faithfully with passion will change the world. The crowd needs God's grace (Joel LIVING EVERY MOMENT RIGHTLY FOR JESUS 3:14). To serve the Lord faithfully with gladness is serving for the Kingdom purpose. It is a call to serve as against volunteering which means I am doing you a favour. To serve is a manifestation of Christianity; Jesus served (Matt hew 20:28). As Christians, we are all in the Ministry of Jesus. The change (transformation) in our lives (new heart, new mind and new self) should be reciprocated in our communities, workplace, political and social life just to mention but a few. The Word of Spirit and of Power: "For just as the sufferings of Christ fl ow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows" (2 Corinthians 1:5).