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financial specialists. The video conference took place in Hawaii
to accommodate Ruff’s schedule. Ben was an admirer of Ruff and
believed in Ruff’s views. At Ben’s suggestion, petitioner and
Betsy went to a seminar that Ruff was conducting on Maui apart
from his appearance on the video conference, and “went through
the seminar to see what was going on”.
Petitioner, Betsy, and the children checked into a hotel on
Maui on June 7, 1983. The video conference was conducted on June
8, 1983, in Honolulu, on Oahu, and lasted about 2 hours.
Honolulu is about 100 miles from Maui by air. Petitioner, Betsy,
and the children checked into another hotel on Maui on June 13,
1983. Their stay in Hawaii lasted altogether 10 days or more.
The $2,014.69 of charges related to the Hawaii trip includes
two items for $39.95 each. The charge on one of the $39.95 items
was refunded by a credit on the American Express August invoice,
and so is not properly part of the cost of the Hawaii trip.
On June 2, 1983, $3,311.82 was transferred, via debit
memorandum, from Markette to Media Communications, Inc.
Markette’s cash disbursements journal shows a June 1, 1983, check
(No. 1877) in the amount of $3,311.82 to National Seminar, Inc.,
the company that produced the video satellite broadcast on which
petitioner appeared. The record does not include a copy of the
June 1, 1983, check, nor does it enable us to determine whether
the check to National Seminar, Inc., and the June 2, 1983, debit
memorandum to Media Communications, Inc., are essentially the
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