Hearing and doing and listening

Jas 1:17-27; Mk 7:1-8,14-23. Delivered at St Mark\u27s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, Ont

Readings in Western Religious Thought: The Ancient World

Reviewed Book: Reid, Patrick V. Readings in Western Religious Thought: The Ancient World. New York: Paulist Press, 1987

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1 Corinthians 11:17-3

EVOLUTION TENDENCIES SPECIFIC TO THE FIELD OF QUALITY IN THE CONTEXT OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY

In the actual rivalry environment characterised by the exacerbation of the competition, quality is getting the most important factor. Sequel every organization has to consider a priority the improvement of their products quality. Set going from these realities, we consider convenient and interesting to present the most important tendencies in the field of quality, which understanding depends on the turning to account of numerous improvement opportunities.quality, tendences, competitiveness, knowledge economy

Social Transparency through Recommendation Engines and its Challenges: Looking Beyond Privacy

Our knowledge society is quickly becoming a ‘transparent’ one. This transparency is acquired, among other means, by ’personalization’ or ‘profiling’: ICT tools gathering contextualized information about individuals in men–computers interactions. The paper begins with an overview of these ICT tools (behavioral targeting, recommendation engines, ‘personalization’ through social networking). Based on these developments the analysis focus a case study of developments in social network (Facebook) and the trade-offs between ‘personalization’ and privacy constrains. A deeper analysis will reveal unexpected challenges and the need to overcome the privacy paradigm. Finally a draft of possible normative solutions will be depicted, grounded in new forms of individual rights.Recommendation Engines, Profiling, Privacy, ‘Sui Generis’ Copyright

The evolution of cultural and economic activities in the DKMT Euroregion

The Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT) Euroregion has its roots back to 1992, when Timiş and Csongrád counties began the first discussions for a cross-border cooperation. Till 1997 the Euroregion needed to develop its institutions for greater effectiveness, so the period 1992-1997 could be considered a background of fruitful public and scientific discussions. The study is focused on three levels of developments: institutional-political, cultural and economical. It is a large reflection on the projects of which DKMT should profit in the future as well as on the economic potential of the Euroregion. The recent developments and the different stages of integration to the EU are also matters of discussions.Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregion; institutional frame; economic development.