...Preparing myself against the “Nine Deadly Sins of Project Planning” PRG101 Instructor: Dr. Stephen Vodhanel January 10, 2015 Mark E. Johnson Jr. In preparing myself for the Nine Deadly Sins of Project Planning, I will be focusing on each factor individually by stating what I will be doing to make sure my projects and planning do not fail pertaining to now and within the future to come. Firstly, I will focus on the first sin that being not planning at all. Knowing that every detail when it comes to project planning is key, I have reviewed and understand that making sure each detail must be reviewed and understood before the planning must begin. Not planning at all can cause headache after headache and is very important, understanding this I have developed a plan of action to always have a plan in play before I even start to establish my coming of the project to be. Nevertheless, my plan of action is to always have a well thought out plan and to follow the plan of action, as well establishing the plan in the first place will be my very first step always. I will plan for the worst and the best always, also making sure that I always have a backup plan knowing you can’t always plan the future and things to come. My second plan of action will follow the second sin, failing to account for all project activities. I will develop comprehensive plans, which will not only work for me but also work for my team in terms of understanding and importance of the project at hand...
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...back as, draws heavily from Dante's Inferno. Se7en is a 1995 American crime film starring Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and many other star-powered actors and actresses. The film is about the hunt of two homicide detectives, Detectives Sommerset and Mills, for a sadistic serial killer who murders in correspondence to one of the Seven Deadly Sins which his victim has committed. The murderer is determined by his desire to punish the world for its ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins, viewing himself as akin to the Sword of God in handing out punishment of sins. As Detective Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins to better understand the motive of the killer, Detective Mills simply scoffs at his efforts. Throughout the film, the detectives make numerous references to Dante’s Inferno. It can be said that the entire movie is based on the Seven Deadly Sins, which we presented in the “Inferno”. These sins are pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. In the movie, Se7en, the serial killer also acts with murder on the Seven Deadly Sins which his victims commit. In both, Dante’s “Inferno” and Se7en, the people are punished according to the sin...
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...History of the Piñata Today, most people think of piñatas as a party favor that is made of paper mache and clothed in bright colors that is filled with candy and toys. When it is busted with a stick, children scurry about to pick up the candy but, the Piñata has a much more rich history than just being a fun activity enjoyed by many. The foundation of the Piñatas may have originally originated in China, but at that time was not known as such. Not until the late 14th century when an Italian explorer by the name of Marco Polo visited China and was intrigued by the Chinese ritual that was practiced every New Year. He observed the Chinese people fashioning figures of shapes cut out of cows, oxen and buffaloes, they filled the shapes with seeds and then they covered the shapes with colored paper and adorned them with harnesses and trappings. They used a blend of special colors, to bring in the New Year. The figures were then hung high up and then knocked hard with colored sticks, the seeds spilled to the ground and the remains were burned and the people gathered the ashes for good luck for the New Year. This custom passed into Europe around about the 14th century where it was adapted into the celebration of Lent; the first Sunday became known as Piñata Sunday which is the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday. Around the 16th century this custom started to spread into Spain. Within the Spanish culture, the first Sunday that was known as lent became a fiesta, called ‘Dance of the Piñata’...
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...loving Savior Who forgives my sins and Who gives me the grace to become a saint. Jesus Christ, through the ministry of His priests, does both in the Sacrament of Penance. "As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you ... Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." (John 20:21-23) "If your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow." (Isaias 1:18) "I am not come to call the just, but sinners." (Matt. 9:13) "Men have received from God a power not granted to angels or archangels. Never was it said to the heavenly spirits, ‘Whatsoever you shall bind and unbind on earth shall be bound and unbound in heaven.’ The princes of this world can only bind and unbind the body. The power of the priest extends further; it reaches the soul, and it is exercised not only in baptizing, but still more in pardoning sins. Let us not blush, then, to confess our faults. He who blushes to discover his sins to a man, and who will not confess, shall be covered with shame on the Day of Judgment in the presence of the whole universe." (St. John Chrysostom, Treatise on Priests, Bk. 3) Prayer before Confession: O Lord, grant me light to see myself as Thou dost see me, and the grace to be truly and effectively sorry for my sins. O Mary, help me to make a good confession. How to Confess: First examine your conscience well, then tell the priest the specific kind of sins you have committed and,...
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...The Divine Comedy represents the mature Dante’s solution to the poet’s task annunciated in The New Life. Its three canticles (the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso) display a nearly limitless wealth of references to historical particulars of the late Middle Ages and to Dante’s life. Even so, its allegorical form allows these to function as symbols. The Pilgrim’s journey through Hell to Heaven thus becomes an emblem of all human experience and a recognition of life’s circularity. The “Comedy” of its title is, therefore, the situation of life and the accumulation of experience that attends it. Correspondingly, however, chronological placement of the narrative from Good Friday through Easter Sunday, 1300, particularizes the experience even as it implies the death and rebirth that attends a critical stage of any person’s life. The poet tells his readers in the first line of the Inferno that he is midway through life, and indeed Dante would have been thirty-five years of age in 1300. Though he maintains present tense throughout the poem, he is, however, actually writing in the years that follow the events that he describes. This extraordinary method allows the Poet to place what amounts to prophetic utterance in the mouth of the Pilgrim. Dante thus maintains and further develops the thesis of The New Life, that the progress of the Pilgrim corresponds directly to the progress of the Poet. The literal journey that the Pilgrim undertakes toward the Beatific Vision succeeds only...
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...Emerging from the billboards of the pop culture of music, Imagine Dragons is an alternative-indie rock band that started out in 2008 in Utah. With continued success through its enthusiastic music and message, this band now plays all over the country, and has even done a nearly sold-out tour to Europe. Although the band doesn’t display itself to the public as a Christian band, many of its songs pertain to giving hope to people. An attempt is seen through its third most popular song titled, “Demons.” In this, the band portrays hope to society in the darkness and evil of this world clouded by sin and greed. The lyrics from verse one and two resonates this current battle our world is in against evil, in how it says when everything we see is cold, with failing dreams and out of luck (cards all fold). The message of these two first verses also speaks of “all the saints we see are all made of gold”. From these lines, the lyrics tell that society focuses too much on money and the temporary pleasures of this world, which is seen in how society views celebrities and wealthier class. In the world today, people think that what governs our lives is money and power, though this is not the truth. In verse three, the character in the story says, “I want to hide the truth… shelter you…” This verse is similar in appearance to the innocence of a child and a father who attempts to shield all evil from the child through their relationship. Being an identifiable theme of this song, it closely...
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...Looking at “The Great Divorce” C.S. Lewis is a wonderful writer who manages to place the supernatural with the spiritual in a single book. In his book, The Great Divorce, Lewis again puts the divine in a setting that would be more appropriate to a fantasy or other work of extreme fiction. This paper shall provide a summary of this book, followed by a personal response to it. The reader will come away from this paper with the knowledge of both The Great Divorce as well as my personal feelings towards this book. The Great Divorce is at its most basic level the quest of a single person through both heaven and hell. The reader could easily make a comparison between this theme and the works of Dante, but in Lewis’ book the reader sees more humor and more realistic occurrences. For example, the narrator enters into the gate to heaven and hell when he steps aboard an ordinary city bus. The book begins with a sad person – the narrator – who is walking in a very evil city. The narrator looks around and sees that everyone in this city is suffering in some way. He then gets on the bus and finds that all the passengers are ghosts. However, as the bus comes close to heaven, these ghosts once more become people and the land becomes less evil. When the narrator steps from the bus he finds that the landscape is very real and because of this he is physically hurt. Yet the ghosts are allowed to pass through this land in order to reach a city that is apparently Heaven. When...
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...English 1A Paper #1 3 June 2014 Understanding Virtues Virtues are important traits and morals for each person to learn. It means a behavior showing high moral standards. The essay by Kwame Anthony Appiah approaches the topic of ethical behavior with this sentence “Does the virtuous act make the agent virtuous or does the virtuous agent make the act virtuous?” He points out it is difficult to evaluate a situation and decide if it was the individual or the action that improved the circumstances. Humans are known for their flawed nature for a reason as Appiah points out “[the] Playful man. . . angry man. . . serious man. . . same fellow, different situations.” There are morals for each person, they can follow some and not the other but they are all important morals in the end. (Appiah 401) Humans will not always address situations of ethical dilemma with the same matter or approach. For example, external factors like hunger level, fatigue and stress will influence a person’s response to a certain or particular situation. Given a different day and time that same individual may react quite differently because of their feelings. Everybody can relate. I also notice many actions that I may do resulting in this matter without realizing it. It’s from our human tendencies to respond to different scenarios with a moral dilemma. Through our actions and experiences, a character is created. In the essay by Appiah, he explains the differences between situational ethics and...
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...dealing with them? These are only some of the questions that we always need to consider. David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe but he did not kill him. We may be tempted, but we are never to cut off someone's life. Verse 6-15 Jesus Christ has died for all the sins of men. No matter if they are our worst enemies; they are still God's creations that are endowed with life. And the power of the blood of Jesus Christ still stands on the road to their redemption. We are to love the sinners and to hate their sins. David did the right thing in not laying a hand unto Saul. This situation is also applicable to the leaders of our nation. It may be a mistake to harm their clothing by always saying negative things about them and even cursing them. But still, we are never to lay a hand on them. We still need to submit to their God-given authority. Verses 16-18 Good deeds can be more powerful than inflicting harm to people. We can actually kill people with our kindness. It may not mean physical death, but more significantly, it can destroy people's pride, arrogance and evil intentions. The weeping of Saul is only an expression of humility and brokenness. What can be more righteous than returning good for evil? Indeed, this deadly weapon shall be highly recommended. Verses 19-22 The best part of the story is that David became a winner not by killing Saul but by sparing his life. Saul indirectly surrendered when he recognized the certainty of David’s kingship. The fruit of his lips even...
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...Tess of the D’Urbervilles The main decision that the reader has to make in this novel is whether Tess is a pure woman that is sinned against or a fallen woman who is punished for her sins. Personally, I have always held the opinion that tends to agree with Hardy that Tess is a pure woman who is constantly wronged against in the text. It seems that Tess’ fate is determined on the very first page in the novel where her father is informed of his wealth and heritage and regardless of this, Hardy’s omniscient narration influences you to sympathise with Tess and hope that finally she will be saved and live a happy life with Angel. Of course this does not happen but by giving the reader a chance it allows them to emotionally connect to the text and form their own opinions. I see Tess as a pure woman as she is wronged by people throughout the book. Firstly, Tess is wronged by her mother as she refuses to educate her as a Lady and inform her of what the world can be like. This ultimately leads her to be wronged by Alec, as he commits the sin of raping Tess which means that she can never properly be with Angel as she is seen in society as ‘damaged.’ Surely, Tess can’t be seen as a fallen woman. How does she sin in this novel? Can you blame her for being raped when she is described as so naive? Another concept of this novel is the way in which the male characters are perceived. Is Alec represented as the definition of evil? Is Angel perceived as morally good? It seems that this is so...
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...SHABINE Men are having said to be breadwinners, the ones that bring home the money for their wives to cook meals but not all men are like this. Justine or Shabine as she was referred to by the men that desired her; saw men as devils and sexual predators. Justine even saw them as a way of easy money when she allowed herself to become a prostitute. The way she was physically described was very desirable for a man to lust for. Shabine was wanted by the men and she accepted this and used it to her own advantage. Shabine the men would call her, not having a bit of respect for the woman she was. She saw men as devils or sexual predators who just wanted her body and what she could physically provide them. You could say she built even a stereotype for them, thinking that all the men that she met are the same. In my opinion it was true most of the men that she encountered were just sexual perverts who just wanted “a good time”. Shabine got so used it, she learned to deal with the phrases and shouts said to her by the men who saw her everyday quite casually. In my opinion the only good man she met was the Narrator who proposed to her a life of prosperity but she refused this because she couldn’t get over what all men had done to her. “Shabine makes hungry where she most satisfies”. By rejecting the Narrators offer she accepted being a prostitute. She saw men as a way of easy money, knowing that no man could resist her body. She knew that she could make easy dollars from men by just...
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...we want to be rich in life, meanwhile we spent all our finances on the latest ipads, iphone, galaxies, htcs, laptops, cameras etc which in many cases we use less than 30% of their functions 7. We do not pay our tithes and offerings claiming we are students 8. We say we are christian women but dress like hollywood stars and we call it fashion 9. We love pleasures rather than God 10. In church you will see us with our hands lifted up singing slow songs which we call worship but on our phones in our pockets, you will see pics of naked and half naked women, hip hop, hip life and we have a nice way of justifying it. 11. We are hardly convicted when we go to church because our hearts have been hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and pride...etc etc etc But God forsaw this and warned us in 2Tim. 3.. That in the last days men and women will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self- control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. We need to change our ways, we have no excuse on judgement day, Repent may God help...
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...STRIKE MASTA ICE This is the chronicle of my overweight cousin named Sir Fay Jai Gao. He was a sir who was addicted to food, gluttony was his greatest sin. When I have finally arrived at his kingdom, I've noticed how much he likes to aggrandize his fridge with rations that's more than enough for eight starving men. I insisted that he lay off the calories, however he infers that he needs the bloody nutrients. I tried to remonstrate my position by trying to educate him. His manner was erudite but he acts extraordinary sleazy which contradicts with his reasoning. By mid-afternoon, the aura in the skies was delightful, as we set out to joust to the death. The peasants around the court was affable as we began our seemingly friendly game. During the middle of our duel, my cousin pleaded to stop as he was growing hungry as the Queen did, during her pregnancy. As the kind champ that I was, I said “good golly, sir are you mad!?” He laughed, tumbled on all fours, and right into the Renaissance Cafe! I pursuit him on my faithful steed, hoping to avoid a cause of an uproar of any sort, and as well as to purchase my cup of tea along with some exquisite buttered crackers. As I stepped into the tavern, I witness the most horrific and grotesque image in front of my very eyes. What was in my cousin's arms could scar hundreds of unborn infants. It was as seems to be a contraband of snacks and sweets, carried by robbers from a bank. I halt him with each step he took, and explained how...
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...Word Count 582 My Own Little Hell If given the opportunity to create my own vision of hell, my version would be based on the seven deadly sins. Each sin would have its own structure of punishment. If a person were to commit several sins, the last sin committed by that person would be the punishment for that individual. At each gate of the sins, there sits a judge that is in the form of whoever that individual loved most in their life and that judge will decide on that person’s life events leading up to where they committed their last sin. The portal will send the individual to their punishment, that will last 2500 years until their soul can have the opportunity to decide what next life they wish to live. Each sin has a cruel and unusual punishment for that individual which is determined by the last person they saw when the sin was committed. This list of sins that I am about to mention are in no particular order, because in my vision of hell, all sin is created equal. Since the topic is on the great villains of our day, Kim Jong un, if the last sin committed by this villain were to have been wrath that ended with murder. His punishment would be that the person he murdered would be able to murder him over and over again for 2500 years. Another example could be Osama Bin laden, committing Envy. By wanting to be like America so badly, his sin punishment could so happen to be that he peels the skin off his body, layer by layer until it gets to the bone where it starts over and...
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...that is constantly seeking validation through material items, affirmations, or any outside entity that does not fulfill the soul. Instead, the possession of these sought out desires creates fleeing feelings of satisfaction that fulfills the ego temporarily. This feeling of greed then controls the entire mind, and every action thereafter is an effect of the sin. Unfortunately, the consistent cycle of the desire for greed is due to society persistently marketing to people through the “biggest and best” product advertisements, social media, etc. The unpleasant feeling of never having enough is a feeling so common; society does not condemn it. It rather provides a by-the-minute news outlet and feeds its users through creations such as “news feeds”, renewing the cycle daily. It is through the use of constant streaming at the touch of a button that greed has become a sin that effects so much of the population. Once one allows for greed to consume them, one permits for his or her body to become the feeding ground upon which all other sins will engulf. Thesis: Greed is the tree that stems into all other branches of the deadly sins, as the desire and need to acquire someone else’s possessions or situations can create feelings of gluttony, envy, anger, lust, sloth, and pride. The falling of leaves always summoned for the falling of hearts. Willow Spruce was a town famous for its frequent love stories, with most residents experiencing heartbreak come summer time. It was a common occurrence...
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