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    Supreme emergency deals with the immediacy of the danger and its nature. Both of these needs to be applied or neither won’t be able to be on its own. I suppose‚ most and many of the times there has be war‚ it wasn’t always about a struggle over values‚ but where the victory of the winner‚ would be a human disaster for the loser. So Walzer‚ believed that in conditions of supreme emergency the violation of the normal freedom being expressed; by all the principle of discrimination is allowed in warfare

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    African American Vernacular Traditions: Integrated Into Modern Culture African American vernacular traditions have been around for many centuries and still cease to exist in their culture. The vernacular traditions of the African Americans started when slaves were existent in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is believed that the slaves spoke a mix of Creole and partial English‚ in which they had to create in order to communicate between them discreetly. The vernacular traditions originated

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    Bishop T.D. Jake’s sermon called‚ “Stay on Track” was a powerful message that was delivered effectively to his audience. His message encouraged people to stay on track because that is God’s calling for His people. In everything that we do‚ it is important that we do not procrastinate because this makes it hard for us to succeed and reach our destination. We often see that wicked tend to go forward while the righteous ones are held back. When we feel like we are not getting anywhere it may be discouraging

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    pathos‚ to their sense of emotion‚ and logos‚ to their sense of logic. In 1741‚ Jonathan Edwards delivered a sermon called “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to a congregation of puritans in Enfield‚ Connecticut. This sermon was so influential and full of the use of rhetorical appeals that today it has transformed into a piece of literature that many study in classes. In Edward’s sermon‚ the utilization of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos create

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    Jonathan Edwards’ persona in this sermon is powerful‚ enforcing his view of God’s power and using imagery to describe God’s wrath vividly. The tone throughout the sermon is very intense‚ creating imagery for the audience to better understand his beliefs about how an angry God deals with sinners. This is an excerpt‚ depicting the key parts of the full sermon. Throughout the sermon‚ Edwards’ use of imagery gives the audience an image of God holding the sinners over the pits of hell‚ their fates

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    as a means to scare their congregation into conversion. One such Preacher who used fear to his advantage was Jonathan Edwards. Edward’s most famous sermon which he delivered on a trip to the congregation at Enfield‚ Connecticut was a perfect example of the use of the power of fear to create new converts to his church. Edward’s tone during his sermon was terrifying and demeaning‚ he used a number of rhetorical devices to create the horrified reaction of his audience. Edward uses imagery to

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    Jonathan Edwards Discussion Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God” approaches the audience with a call to action. Jonathan does not soften his blows of aggression towards those listening to his sermon. Edwards’ use of imagery and syntax add to the emotional effect of the sermon. “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the arrow made ready on the string.” This metaphor is directed to those that sin‚ and is used as a more blunt approach to those who do bad‚ than Plato’s “Allegory of the

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    schemes but it misses the important factor that writing a good contract is costly. Transaction Cost Theories points out contracts are not comprehensive and are revised and renegotiated all the time and relationship-specific investment results in high ex ante costs‚ that is‚ a prior investment which creates value if the parties’ economic relationship extends over time‚ but does not if the parties split up. However‚ the theory could not provide the answer why there is less haggling and hold-up behavior in

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    to insects dangling over the fires of hell and only gods mercy keeps them from burning. 2. Using specific examples‚ give one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. o Metaphor: Fire of Wrath o Simile: Comparing the people to chaff on the summer threshing floor o Allusion: Hell o He uses the wordings "Haste and escape for your lives‚ look not behind you‚ escape to the mountain

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    either an executive memo to the CCO and CEO or a presentation to WellFleet’s credit committee. The following questions are meant to guide your analysis: 1. How much credit risk should banks take? What avenues do they have to manage credit risk ex ante and ex post? 2. Research the history of WellFleet = Standard Chartered. How well has Wellfleet performed? Why and how has it avoided major problems in its corporate loan portfolio? Was the bank lucky or smart? 3. Analyze the risk management process

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