Lifelong learning and ontological security: blending of concerns and their expense

The aim of this paper is to find out how the content which is supposed to be transmitted within the framework of Lifelong Learning Programme of EU is defined in the conditions of reflexive and risk modernity, where the knowledge has quite an unstable nature. Other questions are: how this learning, the conditions in which it works, and the knowledge that it transmits are reflected at the level of individual everydayness, namely in relation to late modern necessity of individually formulated Self-identity; and what role lifelong learning plays or could play on this level and how it corresponds with the system needs. Some kind of loose discourse analysis of Memorandum on Lifelong Learning 2000 is used to answer these questions, therefore the paper works with numerous quotations from this document. Findings in the form of six notes suggest that the narrowest definition of this knowledge, which is possible to obtain from this policy paper and especially its “six messages,” is employability. The system tries to gain control over the individuals through the capturing of resources they use in order to ensure the meaning of the surrounding world and maintain the sense of ontological security, while the aim is to produce an individual that can be used to improve the system’s competitiveness and effectiveness. Nevertheless, an individual achieves ontological security by the very same means and there is a certain interfusion of individual identity and system interests.Straipsnio tikslas yra atskleisti, kaip refleksyviojoje ir rizikos modernybėje, kurioje žinioms būdingas kintamumas, apibūdinamas mokymosi visą gyvenimą turinys, perduodamas per ES Mokymosi visą gyvenimą programą. Kiti straipsnyje keliami klausimai yra: kaip mokymasis, sąlygos, kuriomis jis veikia, ir žinios, kurios yra perteikiamos, atsispindi individualios kasdienybės lygmeniu, kokį vaidmenį mokymasis visą gyvenimą atlieka arba galėtų atlikti šiuo lygmeniu ir kaip tai atitinka sistemos poreikius. Siekiant atsakyti į šiuos klausimus, pasitelkiami tam tikri Mokymosi visą gyvenimą memorandumo 2000 diskurso laisvosios analizės metodai, todėl straipsnyje gausu šio dokumento citatų. Išvados iš šešių pagrindinių teiginių rodo, kad siauriausias apibrėžimas žinojimo, kurį būtų galima gauti iš šio politikos dokumento, ir ypač iš jo „šešių teiginių“, yra tai, kad mokymasis visą gyvenimą siejamas su įsidarbinimo galimybėmis. Tokiu būdu žinios apibrėžiamos ne per jų turinį, bet per jų naudojimo ar įgijimo pageidaujamą poveikį. Sistema siekia kontroliuoti individus per išteklius, kuriuos jie naudoja suteikdami prasmes aplinkiniam pasauliui ir siekdami palaikyti ontologinio saugumo jausmą. To tikslas yra formuoti individą, tinkamą sistemos konkurencingumo ir veiksmingumo sustiprinimui. Nepaisant to, kad tomis pačiomis priemonėmis individas pasiekia ontologinį saugumą, atsiranda tam tikras individo tapatumo ir sistemos interesų susiliejimas

Increasing Incidence of Geomyces destructans Fungus in Bats from the Czech Republic and Slovakia

BACKGROUND: White-nose syndrome is a disease of hibernating insectivorous bats associated with the fungus Geomyces destructans. It first appeared in North America in 2006, where over a million bats died since then. In Europe, G. destructans was first identified in France in 2009. Its distribution, infection dynamics, and effects on hibernating bats in Europe are largely unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We screened hibernacula in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for the presence of the fungus during the winter seasons of 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. In winter 2009/2010, we found infected bats in 76 out of 98 surveyed sites, in which the majority had been previously negative. A photographic record of over 6000 hibernating bats, taken since 1994, revealed bats with fungal growths since 1995; however, the incidence of such bats increased in Myotis myotis from 2% in 2007 to 14% by 2010. Microscopic, cultivation and molecular genetic evaluations confirmed the identity of the recently sampled fungus as G. destructans, and demonstrated its continuous distribution in the studied area. At the end of the hibernation season we recorded pathologic changes in the skin of the affected bats, from which the fungus was isolated. We registered no mass mortality caused by the fungus, and the recorded population decline in the last two years of the most affected species, M. myotis, is within the population trend prediction interval. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: G. destructans was found to be widespread in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with an epizootic incidence in bats during the most recent years. Further development of the situation urgently requires a detailed pan-European monitoring scheme

Paměti Opavské

monografieKniha popisuje novověké dějiny města Opavy a okolních obcí od 16. do 18. století formou líčení významných událostí

Slezské konfiskace

monografieKniha pojednáva o třicetileté válce ve Slezsku, vpádu Mansfelda a hospodářských důsledcích pro vzbouřenou slezskou šlechtu na Opavsku a Krnovsku

Opavský Besedník

periodikumNoviny se obsahově především zabývají poukazováním na politická, kulturní, vzdělávací, hospodářský práva Slezanů, Moravanů a Poláků na Moravě a hlavně ve Slezsku po konstitučních změnách v rakouském císařství po roce 1860, snahou zlepšit postavení a vzdělání obyvatel. Obsahují také povídky s poučnou tématikou, lidové písně, zprávy z domova i zahraničí