CLAS100 Lecture : Omens and Oracles Lecture notes from guest professor about omens, oracles, inductive divination and intuitive divination.

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Omen: something that is observed, happens naturally but are extraordinary. Messages from the gods; breaks natural order of things. Can be provoked (ie. starving chickens and then observing how they peck at food) Place of prophecy: tradition attached to the places; oracle of apollo at delphi. Speaker of the prophecy: person who speaks the prophecy is an oracle (matrix) Are answers to specific questions from individuals or representatives (for a city). Answers usually interpreted as a "yes", "no", or "sacrifice to". Also involved in magic which is less socially acceptable. Key human activity; people have always wanted to know the future. It is indirect and artificial because it requires a human interpreter (diviner). Diviners were high profile; only certain people were qualified to interpret a prophecy, often advisors to kings. Natural phenomenon required interpretation: stars, eclipses, comets, thunderstorms. Prophetic depending on behaviour: snakes, frogs, birds. Never prophetic: fish (they don"t make sounds, people can"t observe them in natural space)

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A) Real estate taxes may be deductible to the extent that theyaccrued:

- After the decedent's death

- Before the time of the decedent's death

- Six months after the date of the decedent's death

B) How do you elect S2032A valuation?

- Answer yes to question 2 in part 3 of Form 706

- Obtain signatures of all qualifies heirs

- Complete Sche A 1 of Form 706

- all of the above

C) Which of the following does NOT belong in the heading of theestate's Form 1041?

- the tax identification number of the decedent

- the fiduciary mailing adress

- the name of the decedent's estate

D) Which of the following must file Form 1310?

- The decedent's spouse filing a joint return

- the decedent's sister, who is not a court-appointed personalrepresentative and files the final return with a balance due

- the decedent's son, who is not a court-appointed personalrepresentative and files the final return showing a refund

E) Ashley Peterson died on June 30,2015. Pursuant to her will,her estate will distribute $20,000 to each of her three childreneach year until the estate is settled. In 2015, the estate had$30,000 in distributable net income. How much will each childreport on his or her 2015 tax return. The distribution is not aspecific bequest:

- 0

- $10,000 ordinary income

- $20,000 ordinary income

F) Who is responsible for payment of self-employment tax on feesreceived by a professional fiduciary?

- non-professional fiduciaries, on fees they receive

- the beneficiaries, on a pro-rate basis

-the professional fiduciary

G) The distributable net income (DNI) for the Sampson estate is$20,000 including $3,000 of adjusted tax-exempt interest income. Ifthe executor distributes $8,000 to the beneficiaries in a yearother than the final year, what amount may be taken as adistribution deduction?

- $6,800

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- $20,000

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1. Understanding the Nature of Communication

The same process that applies to everyday communication applies to communication in the workplace. Understanding the steps in this process can help you craft more meaningful and effective messages.

Which parts of the communication process are described in the following scenario?

Helene types a brief informational update for the members of the budget committee into an e-mail message and hits âsend.â

While typing the e-mail message, Helene is engaged in .

A. idea information

B. message encoding

C. message transmission

By hitting the send icon, Helene is engaged in .

A. message transmission

B. message decoding

C. message encoding

For the communication process to be successful, the receiver must understand the information sent by the sender. Communication barriers, however, can complicate the process. Familiarizing yourself with common obstacles will make you better equipped to avoid them.

Consider this situation, and answer the questions that follow.

One of your engine lathes has broken down, and youâve contacted a local repair shop. When you go to the shop, the repairman doesnât speak English, and one of the front office employees is trying to translate. âHe says he canât fix it,â the translator says to you.

âWhat seems to be wrong with it?â you ask, and the office employee translates this question to the repairman. The repairman points at several mechanisms on the lathe and gives what appears to be a lengthy explanation of the problem. You turn to the office employee, who shrugs. âHe says itâs broken,â she says.

What communication barrier is described in this situation?

A. Differing frames of reference

B. Bypassing

C. Lack of language skills

How might you overcome this communication barrier in the future?

A. Ask simple, specific questions.

B. Speak loudly.

C. Ask for an explanatory slide presentation.

Exercise for writers (F):

Address each of the four following critical thinking areas to the statements listed below (B-F)

(I have already completed (A) so you can use it as a reference)

1. Find the conclusion- try to summarize it short enough so a person driving 65mph could read it on a billboard.

2. Establish the premise-

3. Distinguish between fact, opinion, & reasoned (using both fact & opinion) arguments by evaluating its validity

Validity/Truth of a statement can be made by:

Personal experience, reference of an established authority on subject, internal consistency, plus consistence on facts we already know as true.

4. Distinguish faulty reasoning- which is in every one of the statements!

Please answer #1-4 (listed above) for the each of the following quotes:

F. âBut people talk about cap and tax and they arenât sure exactly what weâre talking about. Letâs get back to step one. What is the problem? Why do we have to have this tax in the first place? Itâs about carbon dioxide. Well, what is carbon dioxide? Letâs just go to a fundamental question. Carbon dioxide, Mister Speaker, is a natural byproduct of nature. Carbon dioxide is natural. It occurs in Earth. It is a part of the regular lifecycle of Earth. In fact, life on planet Earth canât even exist without carbon dioxide. So necessary is it to human life, to animal life, to plant life, to the oceans, to the vegetation thatâs on the Earth, to the, to the fowl that â that flies in the air, we need to have carbon dioxide as part of the fundamental lifecycle of Earth. As a matter of fact, carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful! But there isnât even one study that can be produced that shows carbon dioxide is a harmful gas. There isnât one such study because carbon dioxide is not a harmful gas, it is a harmless gas. Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earthâs life cycle. And yet weâre being told that we have to reduce this natural substance and reduce the American standard of living to create an arbitrary reduction in something that is naturally occurring in the earth. Well weâre told the crux of this problem is human activity. Itâs humans that are creating more carbon dioxide! Is that true, or is that false? Well, carbon dioxide is a natural part of Earthâs atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is perhaps three percent of the total atmosphere thatâs in the Earth. So if you take a pie chart, and you have all of Earthâs atmosphere, carbon dioxide is perhaps three percent of that total. What part of human activity creates carbon dioxide? If carbon dioxide is a negligible gas and itâs only three percent of Earthâs atmosphere, what part is human activity? Human activity contributes perhaps three

percent of the three percent. In other words, human activity is maybe 3 percent

contributing to the 3 percent of carbon dioxide thatâs in Earthâs atmosphere. Itâs so

negligible â itâs a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent â that it can hardly

be â be quantified.â (Spoken on the House floor on Earth Day, April 22, 2009, by Rep. Michele Bachmann)

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