World Methodist Council

technology too quickly. So, before you suffer the same fate as them, analyze some key reasons why block chain may not be for you. It’s easy to pack your bags and book a one-way ticket on the Blockchain hype train. Venture capitalists all over the world are pouring millions into startups focusing on the technology, and news outlets are claiming it to be the harbinger of a new technological revolution. But before you put your chips all in on this fascinating trend, take some time and hear the…

Describe the Company and its Main Products As a little girl we watch our mother put their make-up on in the mirror and they look down at you with a smile. We look up at them thinking how beautiful my mother looks once she is done with putting her Sephora make-up on, the mother knowing we will pass the trend down to our daughter. In consideration of time moving us into young adults we unknowing put our make-up on the same way that our mother’s put their make-up on when we were a child. This is…

During the Simon Winchester: When the World Goes Mad talk, he started his talk by telling a story of how a man whom influenced him to become a writer for a newspaper so he would have the chance to travel the world and experience all the good and bad the world held. Simon took the man’s advice and quit his job. Assuming that as soon as he applied for a job for a newspaper company he would be hired, he was met with disappointment. During his wait to be hired for a newspaper company he assumed a…

Living in the digital revolution has given first world society many benefits as new interpersonal communication devices has given individuals the opportunity to connect in a way that is unique to the later half of the 20th century and the 21st century. The luxury of having everything available on a cell phone such as the ability to watch movies, tv shows, make phone and video calls, set reminders, and an endless variety of social media, cell phones may seem like the solution to every human need…

example, Junior is a cartoonist, and one of the reason he draws is because it keeps him afloat in the despairs of life: “So [Junior] [draws] because [he] [feels] like it might be [his] only real chance to escape the reservation. [He] [thinks] the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and [his] cartoons are tiny little lifeboats… And [he] [thinks] [he is] pretty good at it too,” (Alexie, 6-7). Junior is aware of the harsh reality, through the metaphors of the ‘floods’ and ‘lifeboats’. He…

was 6 the movie Wall-E came out. I was fascinated by the thought of the world piling up with trash and humans moving to another planet. Much to my relief, my mom reassured me that it was just a movie. It looks like the world that Wall-E lived in could be a global reality, until Dutch aerospace engineer and inventor Boyan Slat raised over 2 million dollars to fund his new invention, The Ocean Vacuum. Since we live in a world where over 5 trillion pounds of plastic litter the ocean this is vital…

I began this revision by making a few small changes. First changing “go on” to “went” so that the past tense I chose to use would remain consistent. This made a bigger difference than I though it would; it makes it seem like there was more of a separation between the speaker and what was going on around her than I though tit would. I then changed “cold” to “small,” which flows much more smoothly into “shy.” “Cold” has a harder, more unforgiving connotation, when I wanted it to come across that…

With globalization there are pros which include but not limited to, communicating better, developing allies for international security, and helping developing countries increase economic power. There are also cons, which may include producing more people that are poor, power (depending on how it is used), spreading/ exposure of disease, sharing of ideas creates violence/ crimes. When it comes to the Ebola crisis this reflects globalization because of the spreading of the disease and exposure to…

With every new experience, a new one is always discovered. Lowell, Massachusetts, a city that is full of history, as well as beautiful nature. Lowell is full of parks, hiking trails, esplanades, and best of all the Lowell Riverwalk. The Riverwalk is located right near the bridge going from North campus to East Campus, I walk past the walkway almost every day and never really thought much about the view all that much. Going on a nature walk was a very interesting. I’ve never really been a nature…

Anna and Raskolnikov are not the only ones who try to help out their siblings. Both Stiva and Dunya go out of their way multiple times to try to help their siblings through difficult situations. When Anna has an affair, just like her brother did, Stiva decides to come to her rescue and try to facilitate a reconciliation between her and her husband, just as Anna did for him. For example, one day, Stiva tries to invite Karenin to dinner, and Karenin tells him, “I cannot come to your house because…