Guy Standing has made a deep research on the new fast growing class – the precariat, revealing the reasons of its formation, describing its objectives and line of development. The name of the book says that precariat is dangerous. So why is precariat a threat to society? Is this new class a victim or an aggressor? Why is it growing so fast? How can we assure its safety and what should we do to satisfy its requirements? Guy Standing answers these urgent questions in his book in detail, giving a reader a close view of the real situation in the society. In first chapter Standing gives us a definition of…

People say we only stand a single chance to make a first impression and that it takes approximately seven seconds to do so. If that is right and people are being judged upon their first encounter with each other, many of us would find ourselves in a difficult circumstance. Most certainly, we are more than just something that can be noticed or understood in seven seconds. We humans are very complex beings who manage to perplex many well renowned contemporary psychologists with our irrational, unpredictable selves. Therefore, stating that the way someone dresses could be considered a precise description of one`s personality is absurd. Personality is defined as “a person’s…

Before I start narrating about importance or non-importance of COBOL, I’d like to say a couple of words concerning what COBOL really means, and give some basic facts about it. Actually, COBOL is an acronym. Its full name is Common Business Oriented Language. COBOL is a computer language which was designed in 1960s to satisfy growing needs of business in writing programs that work with large amount of documents and files, and in making reports. This program is available for personal computers as well as large business companies’ usage. Though some of scientists studying the usage of COBOL state that it is slowing down and in several years only a…

Neurotransmitters are “are chemicals that are used to relay, amplify and modulate electrical signals between a neuron and another cell” (Wikipedia, 2006). They help to convey information through the movement of chemicals through the synapse. Released at the presynaptic nerve terminal, they arrive at the synapse to be received by the neuron at the place named receptor. When the receptor is activated, the next step is “either depolarization (an excitatory postsynaptic potential) or hyperpolarization (an inhibitory postsynaptic potential)” (Washington University, n.d.). When the substance has had its effect, it is absorbed into the enzyme through the process called uptake or reuptake. In this way, the neurotransmitter is inactivated. By exciting…

In the first part of 1965 President Lyndon Johnson made an important decision and brought the United States to an expensive, troublesome, and unsuccessful war that lasted for more then 8 years. The decision to start war with Vietnam was not an inevitable choice. Several Johnson’s foreign policy advisers proposed alternative actions, however, the President decided to Americanize the war and brought a large number of the U.S. ground forces to a conflict on the other side of the world in Vietnam. The United States were directly involved in the conflict starting from 1954, but only in a limited way. The States were sending military advisers to help the government…

The argument concerning the causes of crimes often leads to the development of absolutely opposite views. In this respect, it is possible to mention Choice and Trait theories which view major causes of crimes in the environment of an individual or in his natural, hereditary inclinations. Even such crimes as robberies may be interpreted in terms of these two theories. To prove this fact it is possible to refer to the article “For Mexican Worker, a Long Walk Home” by Emily Brady where the author depicts the repeated cases of robberies Mexican workers suffered from. In fact, they were robbed by two Latin American robbers who used gun to frighten…

The Secret History of the Mongols describes the birth of a nation and a state, organized around a heavenly-destined charismatic founder, Genghis Khan. The biography of Yelu Chucai describes how a new dynasty, founded by a heavenly-destine charismatic conqueror, ‘The Great Founder’ or Genghis Khan, was transformed and civilized by an adviser Yelu Chucai, himself of Khitan origin, from the Inner Mongolian people who built the Liao dynasty. The great Mongol empire founded in 1206 by a prominent charismatic person Genghis Khan was unshakeable and progressive. Mostly it was provided by wise government that could always find ways out of difficult situations, introduce reforms and solve problems. Strong army conquered…

Throughout the history of mankind, some people have always wanted to oppress others. The creation of rigid rules and of heavy sentence for the violation of these rules has been the basis of the government in many countries. The totalitarian regime in the USSR, the extermination of the Indians by white people and many other examples of total power and control can be cited. As a political phenomenon, this theme was described in a large amount of books by different authors. However, the book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” written by an American writer Ken Kesey describes the horror of such a system of total control on a concrete…

Our planet is capable to attract giant asteroids and meteorites at least tenfold more than its sputnik. Therefore, another asteroid fell on the Earth approximately in 4000 or 3000 B.C. Two craters of ellipsoid form testify to this event, they are oriented along the lines from north-west to south-east. The area of these craters is approximately 200 000 km² and they are located at a large depth to the east of Florida peninsula and to the north from Puerto Rico, which is included in the Caribbean archipelago. An asteroid burst in an atmosphere as a result of overheat, throwing its fragments within a radius of more than 1000 km. Two…

Within the scope of this research, we will analyze and critique the arguments presented by Forde in his article, which is devoted to Thucydides’ work. According to Forde, Thucydides felt strongly that Sparta had invaded the Athenian countryside in spring 431 because “they feared the growth of the power of the Athenians, seeing most of Hellas already subject to them”. (Forde, 1986) Of course, there were various other more immediate pretexts for war–Athens had imposed economic sanctions against Megara, a Spartan ally; both sides sought to draw a neutral island of Corcyra into their respective alliances; they each quarreled over the loyalty of the key northern city of Potidaea; the…