Pioneers in Building Information and Communication Technologies Companies: DeClout
DeClout is a global builder of next-generation Information and Communications Technologies companies who invests in, incubates, and scales companies to become global or regional market leaders. The Group is exceptional in building companies for harvests and has generated good investment returns. Headquartered in Singapore, DeClout has a vast network across the Asia Pacific, America, Europe, and Africa.
The Group’s portfolio companies comprise of Procurri, Beaqon, vCargo Cloud, and Corous360. Through DeClout Investments, DeClout’s incubation, and fund-raising facilitation arm, the Group seeks to continuously identify synergies between new ventures and its existing businesses to drive growth.
The Group has built an exceptional track record of identifying disruptive trends and reinventing business models to differentiate its value proposition. To date, it has successfully incubated enterprises that are aggregators, enablers or eco-system builders that disrupt the marketplace.From market seeding to the transformation of existing businesses to creating new growth platforms, it actively stewards the growth of its portfolio companies through their various stages of development.
Teamwork:No individual effort can be greater than the holistic contribution of a strong and closely knitted team. DeClout encourages a culture of team spirit which allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things.
Innovation:Innovation is the company’s lifeblood. It believes in doing different things and doing things differently. Its ability to innovate existing solutions as well as create new ones for customershas been key drivers of its success.
Excellence:DeClout demands excellence in everything it does. It maintains the highest levels of service that customers expect of the company, and always give its best, no matter how trying the circumstances or challenging the tasks is.
Resilience:DeClout adapts quickly to the ever-changing global environment, and change the way it does things where necessary, to stay as a market leader.
Business Breakthrough
IT Infrastructure Sales & Services:The company’s IT Infrastructure services segment offers innovative solutions in the telecommunication, security, network infrastructure,and hardware lifecycle services sectors, enabling the Group to capitalize on the convergence of data, voice,and applications in the infocommunications and technology industry.
Vertical Domain Clouds:DeClout’s Vertical Doman Clouds (VDCs) segment creates domain-focused ecosystems that redefine communications and interactions between stakeholders. Leveraging and aggregating on the resources and capabilities from its IT Infrastructure segment, DeClout creates ecosystems that add value and supports the seamless exchange of data, information, and ideas among multiple ecosystem players.
DeClout Investments: DeClout Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DeClout, was incorporated in 2016 as a two-tier platform comprising incubation and fund-raising facilitation for startups and growing enterprises. The incubation tier focuses on leveraging the Group’s business network, domain expertise, as well as industry knowledge and know-how to create a next-generation business accelerator which can add value to the startups. The fund-raising facilitation tier works on initiatives with government bodies and like-minded partners to allow greater access to financing and investments for the enterprises.
Through DeClout Investments, the group seeks to identify complementary opportunities that are synergistic to the Group, bolting on new competencies and leveraging on the market trends.Supported by the SPRING Singapore Startup SG Accelerator scheme, DeClout Investment has launched a new incubator arm to mentor early-stage startups and help them in product development, proof-of-concept, commercialization,and fundraising.
Meet the Leader
Vesmond Wong, Chairman,and Group Chief Executive Officer: Mr.Vesmond Wong has been the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of DeClout Limited since 2011. Mr. Wong is responsible for the strategic planning, overall management, and business development of the Group.
As a serial entrepreneur, Mr. Wong has founded and managed a few technology companies over the span of his 20-year career and is well-known for his ability to spot industry trends ahead of disruption, and his ability to monetize ventures for successful exits. His successes include taking Procurri Corporation Limited to an IPO on the SGX-ST Mainboard in July 2016, and the sale of Acclivis Technologies and Solutions Pte. Ltd. to CITIC Telecom Group in the same year.
In the venture capital space, Mr. Wong is a member of the Investment Committee of DeClout Ventures Pte Ltd where he selects disruptive companies that are synergistic to DeClout’s business for mentorship and co-investment under the National Research Foundation’s Early Stage Venture Fund III Scheme.
Prior to DeClout, Mr. Wong founded Cavu Corp Pte. Ltd. in 2000, a leading IT infrastructure service provider which offered a full range of enterprise solutions. In 1995, Mr. Wong was also responsible for establishing the business of Vanda Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Hong Kong-listed company. He was instrumental in setting up the company as the Southeast Asia regional headquarters where he was the Country General Manager since its inception till early 2000.
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London calling: DUKES LONDON concierge offers top 10 tips for visiting London
by Melanie Nayer on Apr 13, 2011
So, you weren’t invited to the Royal Wedding. While you won’t get to sit next to the Beckhams or drink tea with the Windsors for the big event, you can still experience the best of London (without worrying about your face appearing in Page Six’s ‘what were they thinking?’ layout of wedding fashion gone wrong).
Ian Steiger, Head Concierge of the historic DUKES LONDON in St. James’s and the Concierge of the Year 2010, is offering tips for London travelers who want to see the best of the city, without all the chaos but with a little royal flair. Here’s what he suggests:
1. Buckingham Palace isn’t the only Royal residence in town. Visit Clarence House, the official residence of Princes Charles, William and Harry, which offers public and private tours from August 6th through September 4th.
2. The best place to catch a glimpse of William departing Clarence House for the Royal Wedding will be the steps of the Duke of York “Son of George III” statue on Carlton House Terrace. Show up early, says Steiger: “Royal watchers will begin queuing two or three days ahead.”
3. While St. James’s Palace isn’t open to the public, it’s a great spot to see the comings and goings of Royal Family members. The palace was the Royals’ official residence from 1699 until 1837.4. Even the Royal Family goes out on the town. Among great dining spots they’ve been known to frequent: Annabel’s, a private club that is a favorite of the Prince of Wales; Wiltons, a famous fish restaurant founded in St. James in 1742; and Le Gavroche, Michel Roux Jr.’s Michelin Two-Star French restaurant in Mayfair.
5. For those without an invite to the Royal Wedding, DUKES LONDON will host a special Royal Wedding Champagne Afternoon Tea on April 29. The wedding will be shown on the big screen in the Regal Marlborough Suite, while Champagne, tea, finger sandwiches and assorted cakes and pastries will be served (price is approximately $55).
6. Glimpse Prince William’s maternal side at Spencer House, the ancestral home of the family of Diana, Princess of Wales.
7. Spring and summer bloom with possibilities in London. Prime among annual events that the Royal Family never misses is the Royal Ascot Races from June 14-18 and the Chelsea Flower Show, May 24-28.
8. Art lovers will be enthralled by the Royal Academy’s annual Summer Exhibition of contemporary works, scheduled this year from June 7-August 15. Meanwhile, the lesser-known Courtauld Gallery is among the finest small museums in the world, with a collection stretching from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
9. Visit historic buildings, including Marlborough House, built with red bricks from Holland in 1711; Burlington House, begun in 1660 and remodeled twice since; and St. James’s Church, which was fashioned by Christopher Wren for his friend Henry Jermyn from 1674-86 and restored with a garden of remembrance following bombing damage from the London Blitz.
10. Can’t get enough of the Royals? Tour Buckingham Palace, one of the few working royal palaces in the world, from July 23-October 3; or head for Windsor Castle, the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world with 900 years of British history to go around. It’s open daily from 9:45am-4:15pm.
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Chinese Fund Backed By Hunter Biden Invested In Tech To Surveil Muslims
Authored by Lee Fang via The Intercept,
On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch released a troubling report about a phone application made by the Chinese government. The app provides law enforcement with easy, daily access to data detailing the religious activity, blood type, and even the amount of electricity used by ethnic minority Muslims living in the western province of Xinjiang.
The app relies heavily on facial recognition software supplied by Face++, a division of the Chinese startup Megvii, a relationship that sparked questions in the press for Megvii investors. One of the most prominent of these investors is Alibaba Group Holding, which was co-founded by Jack Ma, the wealthiest Chinese billionaire and an icon for the country’s image of entrepreneurship.
The flurry of media reports this week about Face++, Ma, and the role of the private sector in building China’s increasingly sprawling surveillance state, however, left out another prominent investor in the company: Hunter Biden.
The son of the former Vice President Joe Biden has spent much of the last decade building overseas investments and business deals, arrangements that could complicate his father’s bid for the presidency by posing an array of potential conflicts of interest.
Hunter Biden’s investment company in China, known as Bohai Harvest RST, has pooled money, largely from state-owned venture capital, to buy or invest in a range of industries in the U.S. and China. Bohai Harvest has put money into an automotive firm, mining companies, and technology ventures, such as Didi Chuxing Technology, one of the largest ride-hailing companies in the world after Uber. (Hunter Biden, Bohai Harvest, and Joe Biden’s presidential campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)
In 2017, Bohai Harvest bought into Face++, part of a $460 million haul in the company’s Series C investment round. Bohai Harvest’s website features Face++ in its portfolio of investments.
BOHAI HARVEST OPERATES and works with a number of funds to make its various investments, a tangled business structure that has brought Hunter Biden into close proximity to influential Chinese government and business figures, according to a review of Chinese business filings by The Intercept.
Bohai Harvest relies heavily on an international subsidiary of the state-owned Bank of China to finance its investments, referring to itself as an “investment platform under BOC” on its website. The investment fund has also partnered with a subsidiary of HNA Group, a controversial conglomerate that has snapped up investments in a wide range of businesses across the world.
As The Intercept has previously reported, the HNA Group has made unusually extensive efforts to cultivate U.S. officials. The company floated an offer to buy out the hedge fund owned by former White House official Anthony Scaramucci; retained the legal services of Gary Locke, the former U.S. ambassador to China, shortly before his confirmation; and provided financing to a private-equity firm backed by Jeb Bush. HNA Group, notably, also courted Bill Clinton, touting meetings with the former president at philanthropy events hosted by the company.
The Bank of China, one of the largest banks in the country, has also made overtures to U.S. political elites. Shortly after the 2016 presidential election, the company added Angela Chao, the sister of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to its board of directors.
ALONG WITH A number of politically connected Americans, Hunter Biden’s investment vehicle in China came as a result of a series of deals struck over the last 10 years.
In 2008, in the closing days of that year’s presidential campaign, Hunter Biden deregistered as a lobbyist from Oldaker, Biden and Belair, a Washington, D.C., firm he co-founded alongside William Oldaker, a longtime fundraiser and legal adviser to Joe Biden.
The following year, Hunter Biden - along with former Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson Christopher Heinz; Kerry-Heinz family friend Devon Archer; and former Oldaker partner Eric Schwerin - founded several companies using the name Rosemont Seneca.
In 2014, the partners began setting up operations in China. The “RS” in Bohai Harvest RST stands for Rosemont Seneca, and the “T” stands for Thornton Group. The latter group is an international consulting firm based in Massachusetts that was founded by James Bulger, the son of the longtime Kerry ally and former Massachusetts state Senate President William Bulger.
The company, according to the Wall Street Journal, planned to raise $1.5 billion, taking advantage of Shanghai’s free enterprise zone to convert yuan to dollars to be invested in foreign companies. Business registration filings in China list Hunter Biden, Schwerin, and James Bulger as key officials at Bohai Harvest.
Last year, author Peter Schweizer criticized the timing of Bohai Harvest’s launch, claiming that the exclusive deal coincided with negotiations between then-Vice President Joe Biden and the Chinese government.
On Wednesday, the New York Times raised similar concerns with the involvement of Hunter Biden in Ukrainian energy company, Burisma Holdings, which added the vice president’s son to the company board in 2014. Rosemont Seneca financial filings, made public through a separate fraud investigation into Archer, revealed that the energy company paid Hunter Biden as much as $50,000 per month at a time when the U.S. was closely involved in Ukraine’s response to Russian aggression in the region.
For his part, Joe Biden has long served as a friendly voice for U.S.-China relations, even before his son’s investment ventures. The elder Biden helped lead Democratic support to passing permanent national trade relations with China.
In 2000 remarks in support of the vote, Biden argued that he did not “see the collapse of the American manufacturing economy” as a danger from opening up further trade with China, claiming that an economy “about the size of the Netherlands” could not become “our major economic competitor.” Opening China to further trade, Biden predicted, would create “a path toward ever greater political and economic freedom” for the country’s citizens.
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Florida Bar President-Elect Michelle Suskauer joins Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.
Nationally recognized criminal defense attorney Michelle Rosenkranz Suskauer joined Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. as a partner on January 1st. Michelle is the President-elect of The Florida Bar and brings deep criminal justice experience to the firm and expands both the capacity and practice areas of DKR’s Palm Beach County office.
Michelle began her career as an assistant public defender in West Palm Beach in 1991, and since has been practicing throughout the state of Florida and nationally. She has handled thousands of criminal cases, including those involving domestic violence, narcotics, sexual and violent offenses, DUI, and white-collar crimes. Michelle has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, denoting “the height of professional excellence” and the “highest skill and integrity.” She will be sworn in as president at the Florida Bar’s annual convention in Orlando on June 15.
Suskauer is a frequent media contributor, serving as a regular legal analyst for the Palm Beach NBC and FOX television affiliates. She also has been featured on Anderson Cooper 360, Dr. Oz, the Today Show, Good Morning America, The O’Reilly Factor, and Nancy Grace. Michelle earned her law degree at American University and is married to Scott Suskauer, a family division circuit court judge in Palm Beach County. They have two daughters.
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“We are thrilled to welcome a lawyer with Michelle’s impressive talents and unmatched cachet as our partner,” said Scott Dimond, one of the firm’s founders. “She is smart and aggressive, and she shares DKR’s commitment to the very highest quality of practice.”
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Individual Lost U.S. Citizenship; Subsequently Citizenship Retroactively Restored
REVENUE RULE 92-109
1992-2 C.B. 3, 1992-52 I.R.B. 5.
Revenue Ruling
26 CFR 1.1-1: Income tax on individuals.
(See Also Sections 871, 877, 2501, 2511, 6012, 6019, 6159, 6501, 7122, 7701, 7805; 1.871-1, 1.6012-1, 25.2501-1, 301.7805-1.)
Individual lost U.S. citizenship; subsequently citizenship retroactively restored. Guidance is provided to several categories of individuals who have failed to file past years' federal income and gift tax returns, including individuals who lost their U.S. citizenship and subsequently had (or have) that citizenship retroactively restored.
Issue 1.
Whether, and to what extent, United States citizens who lost their United States citizenship and subsequently had that citizenship retroactively restored. are liable for federal income and gift taxes as United States citizens.
Whether, and to what extent, former United States citizens who are eligible to have their United States citizenship retroactively restored (but have not applied to do so) are liable for federal income and gift taxes as United States citizens.
Whether, and to what extent, United States citizens who performed certain expatriating acts but did not lose their United States citizenship are liable for federal income and gift taxes as United States citizens.
Whether, and to what extent, United States citizens residing outside the United States who did not perform expatriating acts and did not lose their United States citizenship are liable for federal income and gift taxes as United States citizens.
Situation 1.
A is a United States citizen. On June 17, 1981, A performed an expatriating act, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 349, 8 U.S.C. section 1481 (1976 & Supp. III 1977-1980) (amended 1981, 1986, and 1988). A's expatriating act did not have for one of its principal purposes the avoidance of federal income, estate, or gift taxes.
A's expatriating act was reported to the United States Department of State ("Department of State"). Following review, the Department of State determined that A had lost her United States citizenship, and, on November 16, 1981, approved a certificate of loss of nationality for A. In 1989 A applied to have her loss of United States citizenship administratively reviewed. The Department of State reviewed A's loss of United States citizenship, and determined that A did not intend to relinquish her United States citizenship when she performed her expatriating act. As a result in 1990 the Department of State vacated A's certificate of loss of nationality, and retroactively restored her United States citizenship.
A filed federal income and gift tax returns for 1981, the year she lost her United States citizenship. A has not filed federal income or gift tax returns for 1982 through 1989, the period after the year she lost her United States citizenship and before the year it was retroactively restored. A computes her taxable income on the basis of a calendar year taxable year.
B is a former United States citizen. On May 24, 1974, B performed an expatriating act, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 349, 8 U.S.C. section 1481 (1976 & Supp. II 1977-1979) (amended 1981, 1986, and 1988). B's expatriating act did not have for one of its principal purposes the avoidance of federal income, estate, or gift taxes.
B's expatriating act was reported to the Department of State. Following review, the Department of State determined that B had lost his United States citizenship, and, on October 19, 1979, approved a certificate of loss of nationality for B. B has not applied to have his loss of United States citizenship administratively reviewed.
B filed federal income and gift tax returns for 1979, the year he lost his United States citizenship. B has not filed federal income or gift tax returns since the 1979 returns. B computes his taxable income on the basis of a calendar year taxable year.
C is a United States citizen. On August 25, 1980, C performed an expatriating act, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 349, 8 U.S.C. section 1481 (1976 & Supp. III 1977-1980) (amended 1981, 1986, and 1988). C's expatriating act did not have for one of its principal purposes tho avoidance of federal income, estate, or gift taxes.
C's expatriating act was not reported to the Department of State. As a result, the Department of State did not review C's citizenship status, did not determine that she had lost her United States citizenship, and did not approve a certificate of loss of nationality for C. C did not intend to relinquish her United States citizenship when she performed her expatriating act. As a result, if the Department of State had determined that C lost her United States citizenship, C would now be eligible to have her citizenship retroactively restored.
C filed federal income and gift tax returns for 1982, the year she performed the expatriating act. C has not filed federal income or gift tax returns since the 1982 returns. C computes her taxable income on the basis of a calendar year taxable year.
D is a United States citizen who resides outside the United States. D has never performed an expatriating act, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 349, 8 U.S.C. section 1481 (1988), and therefore the Department of State has never approved a certificate of loss of nationality for D. D has not filed federal income or gift tax returns during the period of his foreign residence.
Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes a tax on the taxable income of every individual. Section 441(a) of the Code provides that taxable income shall be computed on the basis of a taxpayer's taxable year. In general, individuals compute their taxable income on the basis of a calendar year taxable year.
Sections 1.1-1(b) and 1.871-1(a) of the Income Tax Regulations provide that citizens of the United States, wherever resident, and resident alien individuals are taxable on income received from sources within and without the United States. Section 2(d) of the Code provides that in the case of a nonresident alien individual, the tax imposed by section 1 shall apply only as provided by section 871 or 877.
Section 1.1-1(c) of the income tax regulations provides that every person born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is a citizen. For rules governing the loss of citizenship, section 1.1-1(c) refers to sections 349 to 357, inclusive, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. sections 1481-1489 (1976) (sections 1482 and 1484- 1487 repealed 1978) (section 1481 amended 1978, 1981, 1986, and 1988; section 1483 amended 1981, 1986, and 1988; section 1489 amended 1988).
Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code provides that, for purposes of the Code (other than the estate and gift taxes), an alien individual shall be treated as a resident of the United States with respect to any calendar year if (and only if) the individual: (i) is a lawful permanent resident of the United States at any time during that year; (ii) meets the substantial presence test provided in section 7701(b)(3); or (iii) makes the election provided in section 7701(b)(4). Section 7701(b)(1)(B) provides that an individual is a nonresident alien if that individual is neither a citizen of the United States nor a resident of the United States within the meaning of section 7701(b)(1)(A).
Section 871 of the Code imposes a tax on certain income received by a nonresident alien individual. Section 877 imposes an alternative tax on certain income received by a nonresident alien individual who after-March 8, 1965, and within the 10-year period immediately preceding the close of the taxable year lost United States citizenship, unless the loss of citizenship did not have for one of its principal purposes the avoidance of federal income, estate, or gift taxes, or resulted from the application of section 301(b), 350, or 355 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, 8 U.S.C. section 1401(b), 1482, or 1487 (1976) (repealed 1978). Section 877 is effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1966.
Section 2501 of the Code imposes a tax for each calendar year on the transfer of property by gift during the calendar year by any individual. For gifts made after December 31, 1970, and before January 1, 1982, the tax imposed by section 2501 is applicable for each calendar quarter. Section 2511 provides that in the case of a nonresident not a citizen of the United States the gift tax imposed by section 2501 shall apply to a transfer only if the property is situated within the United States.
Section 25.2501-1(b) of the Gift Tax Regulations provides that, for purposes of the gift tax, an individual is a United States resident if the individual's domicile is in the United States at the time of the gift. All other individuals are nonresidents of the United States for purposes of the gift tax.
Section 2501(a)(2) of the Code provides that, except as provided in section 2501(a)(3), the gift tax imposed by section 2501 shall not apply to the transfer of intangible property by a nonresident not a citizen of the United States. Section 2501(a)(3) provides that the gift tax imposed by section 2501 shall apply to the transfer of intangible property by a nonresident not a citizen of the United States in the case of a donor who after March 8, 1965, and within the 10-year period ending with the date of transfer lost United States citizenship, unless the loss of citizenship did not have for one of its principal purposes the avoidance of federal income, estate or gift taxes, or resulted from the application of section 301(b), 350, or 355 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, 8 U.S.C. section 1401(b), 1482, or 1487 (1976) (repealed 1978). Sections 2501(a)(2) and 2501(a)(3) are effective for transfers occurring on or after January 1, 1967.
Section 6012(a)(1) of the Code provides, with certain exceptions, that every individual who has gross income for the taxable year which equals or exceeds the exemption amount (as defined in section 151(d)) shall file a federal income tax return. Section 1.6012-1(b)(2)(ii)(b) and (c) of the income tax regulations provides that an individual who abandons United States citizenship or residence during the taxable year, and is not a citizen or resident of the United States on the last day of the taxable year, must file a Form 1040NR federal income tax return for that year (if the individual is otherwise required to make a return for the taxable year). This return must include a separate schedule that shows the income tax computation for that part of the taxable year when the individual was a citizen or resident of the United States. Section 6019 provides, with certain exceptions, that any individual who makes a transfer by gift in any calendar year shall file a federal gift tax return. For gifts made after December 31, 1970, and before January 1, 1982, the filing requirement imposed by section 6019 is applicable for each calendar quarter.
Section 6501(c)(3) of the Code provides that in the case of a failure to file a federal tax return, the tax may be assessed, or a proceeding in court for the collection of that tax may be begun without assessment, at any time. Internal Revenue Service Policy Statement P-5-133, IRM 1218 PS P-5-133 (Nov. 24, 1980), states that taxpayers failing to file tax returns due will be requested to prepare and file all due returns except in instances where there is an indication that the taxpayer's failure to file the required return or returns was willful or if there is any other indication of fraud. If indications of willfulness or fraud exist, special procedures for handling those returns are followed. If indications of willfulness or fraud do not exist, the extent to which compliance for prior years will be enforced is determined by reference to several factors, including any special circumstances existing in the case of a particular taxpayer or class of taxpayers. Normally, application of these factors will result in enforcement of delinquency procedures for not more than six years.
Section 6159(a) of the Code authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to enter into written agreements with a taxpayer under which the taxpayer may satisfy a tax liability in installment payments. An installment agreement is considered when the Service determines that installment payments will facilitate collection of a tax liability.
Section 7122(a) of the Code authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to compromise any civil case arising under the internal revenue laws before the case is referred to the Department of Justice for prosecution or defense. Internal Revenue Service Policy Statement P-5-100, IRM 1218 PS P-5-100 (Jan. 30, 1992), states that the Service will accept an offer in compromise when it is unlikely that the tax liability can be collected in full and the amount offered reasonably reflects collection potential.
Internal Revenue Service District Directors administer the internal revenue laws and related statutes as they relate to persons residing within their districts. The Assistant Commissioner (International) administers the internal revenue laws and related statutes as they relate to United States citizens residing abroad and nonresident aliens deriving income from sources within the United States.
Section 349(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1481(a) (1988), provides that United States citizens shall lose their citizenship if they voluntarily perform certain acts with the intention of relinquishing United States citizenship. Section 358 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. section 1501 (1988), and section 50.41 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 22 C.F.R. s 50.41 (1991), provide that a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States shall prepare a certificate of loss of nationality whenever that officer has reason to believe that a United States citizen has lost United States citizenship. If the Department of State approves a certificate of loss of nationality, thereby determining that the individual lost United States citizenship, a copy of the certificate is issued to the affected individual. If a certificate of loss of nationality is not approved by the Department of State for an individual under section 358 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that individual is not considered to have lost United States citizenship. When a certificate of loss of nationality is approved, the loss of United States citizenship is considered retroactively effective to the date of the expatriating act.
Prior to November 14, 1986, the Immigration and Nationality Act did not expressly state the requirement that an expatriating act be performed with the intention of relinquishing United States citizenship. See Immigration and Nationality Act, section 349, 8 U.S.C. section 1481 (1982) (amended 1986 and 1988). On November 14, 1986, the Immigration and Nationality Act was amended to expressly state this requirement. immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, pub. L. No. 99-653, section 18(a), 100 Stat. 3655, 3658 (1986). This amendment was made applicable to actions taken before, on, or after November 14, 1986. Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99- 653, section 23(g), as added by the Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988,, Pub. L. No. 100-525, section 8(r), 102 Stat. 2609, 2619 (1988).
In accordance with this amendment, individuals who were determined by the Department of State to have previously lost United States citizenship may apply to the Department of State to have their citizenship status administratively reviewed. Pursuant to this review, the Department of State may determine that individuals did not intend to relinquish their United States citizenship when they performed expatriating acts. In these cases, the Department of State will vacate the individuals' certificates of loss of nationality, and retroactively restore their United States citizenship. Individuals who have their United States citizenship retroactively restored are considered to have been United States citizens since birth or naturalization, and are taxable as United States citizens since birth or naturalization.
ANALYSIS AND HOLDINGS
The following analysis and holdings relate to the federal tax treatment of the individuals described in this revenue ruling. This revenue ruling does not affect an individual's right to petition the Department of State for administrative review of that individual's citizenship status at any time.
Individuals who lost their United States citizenship and had (or have) it retroactively restored before January 1, 1993, will not be held liable for federal income taxes as United States citizens between the date they lost their United States citizenship and the beginning of the taxable year when their citizenship was (or is) restored, and will not be held liable for federal gift taxes between the date they lost their United States citizenship and January 1 of the calendar year when their citizenship was (or is) restored.
As a result, A is not liable for federal income or gift taxes as a United States citizen between June 17, 1981, the date she lost her United States citizenship, and December 31, 1989, the end of the year preceding the year in which her United States citizenship was retroactively restored. A is liable for federal income and gift taxes as a United States citizen for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1990, the year in which her United States citizenship was retroactively restored.
B is not taxable as a United States citizen, and has not been taxable as a United States citizen since May 24, 1979, the date he lost his United States citizenship. B is considered an alien individual under the Code, either a nonresident alien under section 7701(b)(1)(B) or a resident alien under section 7701(b)(1)(A). If B qualifies as a nonresident alien, he is taxable under section 871. Alternatively, if B is considered a resident alien, he is taxable under section 1.
For purposes of the gift tax, B's United States residency status is determined under section 25.2501-1(b) of the gift tax regulations. If B is considered a nonresident under section 25.2501-1(b), he is taxable under section 2511. If B is considered a resident under section 25.2501-1(b), he is taxable under section 2501.
B may apply to the Department of State to have his certificate of loss of nationality administratively reviewed. If B applied for this review, and if his certificate of loss of nationality is vacated, B's United States citizenship will be retroactively restored.
Individuals who lost their United States citizenship and have it retroactively restored after December 31, 1992, will not be held liable for federal income taxes as United States citizens between the date they lost their United States citizenship and the beginning of their first taxable year beginning after December 31, 1992, and will not be held liable for federal gift taxes between the date they lost their United States citizenship and January 1, 1993.
As a result, if B has his United States citizenship retroactively restored after December 31, 1992, B will not be liable for federal income or gift taxes as a United States citizen between May 24, 1979, and December 31, 1992. B will be liable for federal income and gift taxes as a United States citizen for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1993.
C is, and always has been since birth or naturalization, a United States citizen taxable under sections 1 and 2501 of the Code. The Department of State never determined that C lost her United States citizenship, and never approved a certificate of loss of nationality for C. As a result, C never lost her United States citizenship. Therefore, C is not eligible for the relief granted in situations 1 and 2 of this revenue ruling.
Pursuant to policy statement P-5-133, the Internal Revenue Service has designated for special Consideration individuals who did not file federal income and gift tax returns as United States citizens because they had a reasonable, good faith belief that they had lost their United States citizenship. These individuals performed expatriating acts (as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act as in effect at the time the acts were committed) but were not determined by the Department of State to have lost United States citizenship, and certificates of loss of nationality were not approved on their behalf. As a result, these individuals did not lose their United States citizenship. Furthermore, these individuals did not intend to relinquish their United States citizenship when they performed these acts. Under current law the acts these individuals performed are no longer considered expatriating, absent proof of intent to relinquish United States citizenship. As a result, if the Department of State had determined that these individuals lost their United States citizenship, these individuals would now be eligible to have their citizenship retroactively restored.
Pursuant to policy statement P-5-133, the Assistant Commissioner (International) and District Directors may grant relief similar to the relief granted in situations 1 and 2 of this revenue ruling. Among the circumstances that will be considered by the Assistant Commissioner (International) and District Directors when evaluating requests for relief from the individuals described in this situation 3 is whether they acted in a manner consistent with a good faith belief that they had lost United States citizenship by, among other things, not affirmatively exercising any rights of United States citizenship in the period when they did not file federal tax returns as United States citizens.
As a result, pursuant to policy statement P-5-133, C may apply to the Assistant Commissioner (International) or to the appropriate District Director for relief based on the particular circumstances of her case, and may be eligible for special consideration. Following review, the Assistant Commissioner (International) or the appropriate District Director may grant C relief similar to the relief granted in situations 1 and 2 of this revenue ruling. Decisions made by the Assistant Commissioner (International) and District Directors are not determinations of citizenship, and any relief granted by the Assistant Commissioner (International) or by a District Director only relates to federal taxes.
D is, and always has been since birth or naturalization, a United States citizen, taxable under sections 1 and 2501 of the Code. D is not eligible for any relief from federal income or gift taxes based on this revenue ruling.
If extenuating circumstances prevented D from filing federal income and gift tax returns during the period of his foreign residence, D may apply to the Assistant Commissioner (International) and attempt to show that the extenuating circumstances justify relief under policy statement P-5-133. However, D is not eligible for any special consideration based on this revenue ruling. D may also attempt to show that he is eligible to settle his tax liabilities pursuant to an installment agreement or an offer in compromise. See sections 6159(a) and 7122(a) of the Code, and policy statement P-5-100. See also Internal Revenue Service News Releases IR-92-114 (Dec. 7, 1992) and IR-92-94 (Sep. 30, 1992) (concerning the Internal Revenue Service initiative to bring nonfiling taxpayers back into the federal tax system).
PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION
The relief granted by this revenue ruling to individuals who lost their United States citizenship and subsequently had (or have) it retroactively restored is based on the authority contained in section 7805(b) of the Code.
DRAFTING INFORMATION
The principal author of this revenue ruling is Irwin Halpern of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International). For further information regarding this revenue ruling, contact Mr. Halpern on (202) 622-3850 (not a toll-free call).
Rev. Rul. 92-109, 1992-2 C.B. 3, 1992-52 I.R.B. 5.
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Wed 8 Mar - Wed 5 Apr 2017 Gallery 1Gallery 2
Experts in the fields of engineering and contemporary arts practice will bring their unique perspective to sculpture & hydraulics.
Tours are FREE and will last approximately 20 minutes. Limited places, book to secure a place.
Tours will appear below as they are confirmed.
15 FEB Dr Elies Dekoninck
Dr. Elies Dekoninck trained as an Industrial Designer and worked as a design consultant in industry before joining the University of Bath as a lecturer in 2004. She teaches Product Design and Development to Mechanical Engineering students and is programme leader for the MEng in Advanced Design and Innovation. Her research interests are design methods, creativity and innovation. In her lunchtime tour she will relate Sculpture & Hydraulics to conventional engineering work by discussing the spectrum of design and making approaches from those instigated by: tasks, needs and requirements; through to those instigated from opportunities or the imagination.
22 FEB Professor Andrew Plummer, Director of the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control
Professor Plummer received his PhD from Bath in 1991, for research into adaptive control of hydraulic systems. He has worked for Rediffusion Simulation on flight simulator motion control systems, as a lecturer at the University of Leeds, and as R&D manager for Instron, where he helped to develop high performance electrohydraulic test systems, including crash-testing catapults, Formula One racing car test rigs, earthquake simulation tables. Professor Plummer returned to Bath in 2006. During his lunchtime tour, he will try to fathom out what James Capper’s sculptures do, and why they do it.
1 MAR Jamie Eastman, Director of Arts
Jamie Eastman has an accomplished career in arts and culture most especially in contemporary art, performance and music. As Director of Arts he is responsible for the University’s creative arts programme engaging students, staff and local communities in the visual and performing arts. He joined Bath from Lancaster Arts, where he led Lancaster University’s arts and culture vision and secured major grant and funding relationships. Prior to this, he was Curator of Performance at Arnolfini, Centre for Contemporary Arts, in Bristol and Head of Live Performance at the ICA, London. He began his career as a music industry professional.
8 MAR Roger Clarke, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Bath Spa University
Roger Clarke (b.1966) lives and works across London and Bath. Engaging across a variety of media including sculpture, installation, film and sound, Roger Clarke investigates on the (im)possibilities for bodies to simultaneously experience a set of scope. He is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University and his work has been exhibited in many exhibitions throughout the UK, Europe and beyond. www.rogerclarke.net
15 MAR Jens Roesner, Technical Manager for the Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control
Jens Roesner coordinates and manages the Centre’s short courses for industry, works on industrial consultancy and assists in research projects in the field of fluid power and motion control. His work on hydraulic systems focuses on experiments and physical modelling. James Capper has been working with Jens Roesner and student Declan Jonckers to prototype a new work, MONITOR. The focus on robotic control was suggested by Roesner when Capper visited the Department in 2016. This will be the first time Capper has used a computer interface in his sculpture.
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Amy thrilled to carry Union Flag at closing ceremony
University of Bath-based Olympic champion Amy Williams will carry the Union Flag for Team GB at Sunday’s Vancouver 2010 closing ceremony. The British Olympic Association today announced its decision to choose Amy to carry the flag, following her gold medal winning performance in the skeleton on 19th February. Amy became Team GB’s first individual Olympic Winter Games gold medallist for 30 years and the first woman individual gold medallist for 58 years. She said: “What...
Paula 11th in Olympic bobsleigh
University of Bath-based bobsleigh athlete Paula Walker secured a impressive 11th place finish on her Olympic debut in Vancouver. Paula, who drove the GBR 2 sled along with brakeman Kelly Thomas, finished 11th after the four runs making up the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games competition. Paula, who is 23, said: “This is our first Olympic Winter Games and we’re absolutely over the moon that we’ve come so far. Eleventh is higher than our world...
Adam elected to IOC Athletes’ Commission
University of Bath based skeleton athlete Adam Pengilly has been elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes. Pengilly received the most votes (615) from the total number of ballots accepted (1,902), which represents 75.3 per cent of the Olympic athletes at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Pengilly will serve for a term of eight years and become an IOC member during that period. The role of the IOC Athletes' Commission is to ensure...
Amy Williams wins stunning Olympic gold
University of Bath-based skeleton slider Amy Williams today (Friday) became Team GB’s first individual Olympic Winter Games gold medallist for 30 years and the first woman individual gold medallist for 58 years. The 27-year-old won the women’s skeleton title at Vancouver 2010 Olympic by an emphatic 0.56 seconds. Williams said she was delighted with her gold medal. "It's absolutely brilliant. It's out of this world. Never in a million years did I think I'd come...
Team GB’s Amy Leads at Skeleton Halfway Mark
Team GB’s Amy Williams goes into the second and final day of the skeleton competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with a 0.30 second lead. The 27-year-old from Bath was in scintillating form on the opening day of skeleton competition at the Whistler Sliding Centre, setting a track record on her first run and clocking the second fastest time on the second. She goes into the final two runs tomorrow (Friday) 0.30 seconds...
Zoe finishes eighth at Olympic Winter Games
Team GB's Zoe Gillings missed out on the medals at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, finishing eighth overall. Snowboarder Zoe, who does some of her land-based training at the University of Bath, battled her way through to the semi-finals of the competition at Cypress Mountain. But a third place finish in her semi put her into the small final, rather than the big final, where the medals are contested. An injury she sustained to...
Buccs men stretch lead to 12 points
Team Bath Buccaneers men’s firsts stretched their lead at the top of England Hockey League Conference West to 12 points with an impressive 4-2 win at Old Georgians. Old Georgians played a high, aggressive press, which could have created a problem for Team Bath. But this strategy also left gaps in the home side’s defences which allowed Buccs to create opportunities by playing the ball into these gaps. Buccs struck quickly in a short spell...
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Apple Tree Yard Inspiring Thousands to Have a Steamy Affair
The debut of Apple Tree Yard has inspired thousands to have an affair, new research has revealed
llicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people, has seen a 42% week-on-week increase in the amount of people signing up to the site after the show’s debut
The effects of the TV show were immediate, as the site’s busiest point on the weekend of 21st/22nd was directly after the first episode concluded at 10:00pm on Sunday 22nd
Many signed up with usernames inspired by the show and its actors/characters, such as ‘A Costley Affair’ and ‘Adam’s Apple’
82% of users who visited the site on the day of the show’s debut were new users, compared to just 55% on the previous Sunday
There are certain pieces of entertainment that transcend television and inspire us in real life. One such show, Apple Tree Yard, has done just that, with many flocking to have an affair as a result.
IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people and the leading authority on infidelity, has seen a 42% week-on-week increase in the amount of people signing up to the site – an increase that it attributes to the debut of Apple Tree Yard.
In fact, the effects of the TV show were immediate, as 10:00pm on Sunday 22nd, right after the first episode finished airing, was the site’s busiest point on the weekend, with 13% more visitors than at any other point during that weekend.
New members were clearly motivated by the show, with many adopting usernames inspired by its characters and actors; the most notable were ‘A Costley Affair’, ‘Adam’s Apple’ and ‘Sussanahversary’, to the slightly more audacious ‘Mark’s Boner’.
And of everyone who visited the site on Sunday 22nd, 82% were new users, compared to 55% to the previous Sunday. There was a similar pattern this Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th, with 70% of all visitors being new users, compared to 38% in the same two days last week.
The site’s spokesperson, Christian Grant, expands on the significant impact the BBC drama has had:
“We’ve always been inspired and empowered by television and film. Documentaries like Planet Earth move us to protect the environment, while fiction inspires us to emulate the James Bond’s of the world.
“Apple Tree Yard is no different, mobilising thousands of men and women across the country to do something about the loveless and sexless marriage that they’ve found themselves trapped in; seeing a raunchy affair take place on-screen has clearly reminded them of the spark that, for one reason or another, is sorely missing from their mundane relationship, and now they’re doing whatever they can to recapture it.”
Posted on January 26, 2017 February 6, 2017 by clairepage1Posted in Press ReleasesTagged affair, apple tree yard, cheating, infidelity, relationships. Leave a comment
Sleeping with a sex doll DOES count as cheating, new research reveals
59% of married people think that sleeping with a sex doll IS cheating
They think this because they feel that their partner is denying them their love in favour of an inanimate object
The 41% who think sleeping with a love doll isn’t adulterous said that they didn’t see any tangible difference between the doll or the use of sex toys and watching adult films
80% said that the doll alone wouldn’t stop them from wanting to have an affair
The results come from IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people, who surveyed over 800 over their members
With the technological advancement of love dolls in recent years, and with their popularity growing and growing, it begs the question, can sleeping with one be considered a form of cheating in the modern day?
IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people and the leading authority on infidelity, sought to find the answer, surveying over 800 of their members, with over half (59%) saying, well, yes: having sex with a love doll IS cheating.
But why? While there is obviously no emotional relationship with the love doll, those who think it an adulterous act stated that making love was more than just a physical endeavour; it’s an expression of love, meaning that their partner sleeping with anyone (or anything) would be seen as denying that love to them to instead spend time satisfying themselves with an inanimate object, and nobody wants to feel second best to a piece of plastic.
The 41% who felt that sleeping with a love doll was fair game said that they didn’t see any tangible difference between the doll or the use of sex toys and adult films.
Members were also surveyed on whether sleeping with the doll would make them less likely to want to cheat on their partner. The answer was a resounding no, with as many as 80% claiming that a doll alone wouldn’t be enough to dissuade them from having an affair; 5% said yes while 15% were “unsure”.
“What’s apparent is that the majority are worried of feeling inferior to an inanimate object,” said the site’s spokesperson, Christian Grant.
“With that said, sex toys aren’t exactly new, so one could argue that there’s little difference between their partner using one of those or cuddling with an incredibly expensive bit of plastic.”
Posted on January 20, 2017 by clairepage1Posted in Press ReleasesTagged affairs, cheating, infidelity, love, relationships, sex doll. 1 Comment
A woman’s intuition: over three quarters of women can tell when their husband is cheating on them
• 79% of women and 49% of men correctly suspected their partner of cheating
• Women were better at catching their partner, and they were twice as likely to call out them for cheating, too
• 5% of women admitted to hiring a private investigator to track their husband, but just 2% of men did the same
• 85% of women and 82% of men denied their affair when they were confronted by their partner
• The research comes from IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people, who spoke to the husbands and wives that caught their partner cheating
If you’ve got a niggling doubt that your partner might be unfaithful, you’re probably right. That’s according to IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people and the leading authority on infidelity.
They spoke to the husbands and wives who caught their significant other cheating, finding that a rather alarmingly high number of women (79%) had previously suspected their partner of cheating before they eventually caught them.
The number of men who suspected their wife of cheating, however, was significantly less (49%), leaving the majority totally oblivious to their wife’s indiscretions.
Women were also twice as likely to call out their husband when they suspected them of cheating, doing so an average of four times compared to just twice for men.
And to prove that hell really hath no fury like a woman scorned, women were also more than twice as likely to hire a detective or private investigator to track their husband when they suspected him of cheating, with 5% of women admitting to doing so; a mere 2% of men did the same.
Where men and women had some sort of parity was in deniability, with 85% of women and 82% of men denying their affair whenever they were confronted by their significant other.
Spokesperson for IllicitEncounters.com, Christian Grant, adds:
“Maybe it’s a woman’s intuition, or maybe blokes are doing a terrible job of covering their tracks, but it’s safe to say that if you have a suspicion that your partner is cheating, however slight, it’s worth trusting your gut on this one… if you’re a woman, anyway.
“Men on the other hand aren’t getting any help from their gut whatsoever. They’re either completely oblivious that their wife is cheating on them, or they’re more fearful of incorrectly accusing their wife when she may be totally innocent.
Kimberley – 32 – Hampshire
“I remember first being concerned when my husband became less and less interested in sex for no apparent reason. It didn’t happen instantly, like he was eager to have sex one day but couldn’t care less the next, but it was definitely noticeable.
“But I gave him the benefit of the doubt – he’s my husband, and I know I’d feel uncomfortable if someone had accused me of cheating, so I tried to forget about it.
“Then gradually, I started to get other hints that made it really difficult not to be cynical. He started spending more and more time at work (for no apparent reason, he hadn’t received a promotion or anything like that) as well as with ‘friends’.
“It got to the point where I’d started to feel so neglected in favour of, as it turns out, this other woman he was seeing, that I decided to question him about it. To my dismay, he denied everything, and when I questioned him a second time, he denied it again, but more aggressively this time. He’d wilted by the third time I’d called him out and that was that.”
Cheryl – 42 – Coventry
“My husband and I were always perfectly happy… at least so I thought! We both work decent jobs, we spent time together, our kids are perfectly happy and so on.
“I wouldn’t have had much reason to suspect he was cheating on me – like I said, I thought all was well – and in fact the way I found out was all rather cliché.
“We live in a small town near Coventry, so it’s not uncommon to bump into someone you know, and that’s what happened. A family friend noticed my husband out with another woman.
“Obviously I was shocked when she told me, but my first thoughts were that it could have been a colleague, client, a friend I simply don’t know about etc.
“With that said, I couldn’t help but be a little suspicious, so I went through his internet history (it seemed like an obvious place to start) and it confirmed my suspicions.
“It took me some time to stomach and process everything, but I called him out on it a few days later, providing his search history as proof that I knew. We had a pretty open and honest chat about everything – I took it surprisingly well – and we’ve started seeking marriage counselling as a result.”
Posted on January 12, 2017 by clairepage1Posted in Press ReleasesTagged adultery, cheating, dating, infidelity, marriage, relationships, sex, women. 3 Comments
Welcome to Blue Wednesday, the Single BIGGEST Day of the Year for Affairs
The first Wednesday back after the festive break is the biggest day of the year for affairs
Dubbed Blue Wednesday, 4th January sees more couples looking for an affair than any other day of the year, as spending time with their partner over Christmas highlighted the cracks in their relationship
This is also the busiest week of the year for affairs, with IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s leading dating website for married people, forecasting a 35% year-on-year rise in registrations
70% of over 400 people surveyed said that being cooped up with their significant other over the festive period left them feeling suffocated and desperate for change.
Many unhappy wives and husbands have committed to making splitting up from their partner their top New Year’s resolution
2017 may have only just begun, but divorce lawyers across the country are braced for their busiest day of the year, as Wednesday 4th January is officially the biggest day of the year for affairs.
Dubbed Blue Wednesday, the 4th January sees more couples race to extramarital dating websites in search of an affair than any other day of the year, after an overdose of Christmas, the New Year, and most importantly, each other, hammered home the final nail in their marriage’s coffin.
This comes in what is set to be the busiest week of the year for affairs, with a forecasted 35% year-on-year rise in registrations for the UK’s leading dating website for married people and the leading authority on infidelity, IllicitEncounters.com.
In a survey of over 400 people who signed up to the site this year so far, 70% claimed that being cooped up with their significant other over the Christmas period left them feeling suffocated, irritable and desperate for change.
That, mixed in with the dreaded trifecta of heading back to work, dark days, and the miserable weather, has left husbands and wives across the country less likely to put up with the flaws in their relationship, instead relishing the opportunity to truly ring in the new year in style; with a saucy and salacious affair.
And there’s no better time to do it either, as many unhappy wives and husbands make their top New Year’s resolution to split and move on from their troubled relationship.
Christian Grant, the site’s spokesperson, explains why Wednesday 4th, and indeed January, is proving to be incredibly popular for affair-seekers.
“For all that Christmas does to bring families together, it inadvertently tears them apart. The festive period is the only time of the year that couples are forced to be together. And it’s that word – forced – that’s key, as the time spent together over the festive period only heightens difficulties in their relationship that had been previously subdued simply by virtue of the fact that couples spend enough time apart during the week – due to work amongst other things – to just about keep it all glued together.
This is supported by the fact that over a third (33%) of respondents said that the festive period made them realise that they had married the wrong person, while 65% said that their partner had changed significantly from the person they were when they first married them.
Grant adds:
“Christmas isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. We’re all severely poorer, a little bit fatter, and more likely to be at our wits’ end with our partner than any other time of the year.
“We also get caught up in the ‘new year, new me’ mentality – we’re arguably more motivated to make a change to our lives at the start of the year than any other point during it, so what you see is a large amount of people joining purely on impulse without much thought; it’s a ‘now or never’ mentality.”
Posted on January 3, 2017 by clairepage1Posted in Press ReleasesTagged affairs, blue wednesday, cheating, infidelity, january, relationships, sex. Leave a comment


Book Review: Murder In Jerusalem by Batya Gur
Batya Gur (January 1947 – May 2005), the author of Murder In Jerusalem, was an Israeli writer with the specialty in detective fiction, obviously set in Israel. She was born in Tel Aviv in 1947 to parents who survived the Holocaust. She earned a master’s degree in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Before writing her first detective novel at the age of 39, she taught literature in high school. Gur was also a literary critic for Haaretz newspaper. She died of cancer at the age of 57.
In Murder in Jerusalem , a woman’s body is discovered in the wardrobe warehouses of Israel Television, and Chief Superintendent Michael Ohayon embarks on a tangled and bloody trail of detection through the corridors and studios of Israel’s official television station, and through the fears, loves, and contradictions of the people who work there.
It is important to note that this is not a fast-paced book and Batya develops the plot and characters very patiently through the storyline. People who like psychological mysteries will enjoy this novel as the author talks a great deal about psychoanalysis related elements in the book.
However, people who enjoy page-turning thrillers might not enjoy this book as much. Gur provides a lot of background information, on the local scene and also regarding Freudian psychology, which wouldn’t have been all necessary.
On the positive side: This author shows she can write well, the storyline slowly draws the reader to the conclusion. Batya gives away the culprit before the end of the book and the puzzle then becomes the way Michael Ohayon is going to catch the murderer.
Our Rating: 3.0
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About Wolfgang Petry
A German pop singer and tunesmith who enjoyed his greatest success in the '90s, Wolfgang Petry is widely considered to be one of the greatest modern exponents of the style known as schlager, sweet and accessible pop songs with an emphasis on romantic lyrics. Petry was born on September 22, 1951 in Cologne-Raderthal, Germany. When he was just 16, Petry became the head of his household after the death of his father, and had to look after his five-year-old brother. Petry studied engineering and worked in a machine shop, but while he had one eye on practical matters, he was also interested in music, and during downtime from his studies, he formed a band called Screamers (not to be confused with the Los Angeles synth-punk combo), and they toured when his schedule permitted. In 1975, producers Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann saw Petry performing at a small club and were impressed enough to sign him to a record deal. Petry's first album, Ein Freund - Ein Mann, appeared in 1976, and it spawned a hit single, "Sommer in der Stadt." It was the first of a string of 11 hit singles Petry would release between 1976 and 1983, most drawn from his first four studio albums.
While he continued to record and tour, the second half of the '80s was a fallow period for Petry, with no charting singles. However, Petry reconnected with his audience while attracting new fans with the 1992 album Verlieben, Verloren, Vergessen, Verzeih'n, with which he turned up his mix of schlager-style pop and vintage rock & roll. Verlieben, Verloren, Vergessen, Verzeih'n cracked the German album charts, and scored a Top 30 hit single with the title track. The 1996 greatest-hits album Alles gave Petry his first number one album, and it also earned him a platinum disc with sales eventually topping two million copies. After the success of Alles boosted Petry's reputation, his next studio album, 1997's Nie Genug, hit number two on the German album charts and also went platinum, while 1998's Einfach Geil! and 2000's Konkret both went all the way to number one. By this time, Petry had become a massively popular live act in Europe, and he assembled a touring band featuring members of the group the Public -- guitarists Bernd Kühl and Rolf Pröpper, bassist Axel Kowollik, keyboardist Rainer Jäger, and drummer Richard Schuster. Petry also became a ten-time winner of the Golden Tuning Fork, an award presented by the German music industry for both artistry and commercial success. In 2006, Petry was celebrating 30 years as a recording artist and career sales of over ten million units when he made the surprise announcement that he was retiring. However, like many entertainers, Petry could stay away from his audience for only so long, and in 2015 he released a comeback album, Brandneu, which wasted little time rising to number one on the German album charts. Wolfgang's son Achim Petry is also a successful musician, performing in a style reminiscent of his father. ~ Mark Deming


Weld court briefs, 11/19/03
Man admits to sexual contact with girl
A Weld District Court judge sentenced a Fort Collins man to two years probation for having sexual contact with a girl.
Jed Staples, 20, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual conduct, a misdemeanor. In a deal with the Weld District Attorney’s Office, Staples agreed to probation, with the length left up to a judge.
Staples was charged with sexual assault of a child after a 13-year-old told police she met Staples at a school festival, according to a police affidavit. Two days later, Staples and his friend picked up the girl and her friend at the school. They drove to Pheasant Run Park, where the men gave the girls beer. The girl’s friend told police Staples forced himself on her, kissed her and fondled her. She said she resisted and told him no. Staples told police he kissed the girl and it was mutual.
Woman pleads guilty, gets 3 years for fight
A Evans woman pleaded guilty to vehicular eluding and menacing, both felonies, and agreed to spend three years in prison.
Tonie Marceleno, 21, was arrested in December after a 16-year-old girl told police Marceleno stabbed her during an argument about their boyfriends. Police believe Marceleno ran to a home in the 400 block of 35th Avenue and asked a resident for a ride.
The man drove her to the 900 block of 30th Avenue, and when he got out of his van, she jumped in the driver’s seat and took off. Marceleno got into a traffic accident in the 900 block of 30th Avenue but kept driving. An officer saw her on 8th Avenue and tried to stop her. As she kept driving, she swerved and struck two parked cars.
She crashed the van at 8th Avenue and U.S. 34 Bypass.
In June, she was charged with assault after she shoved a deputy. When he said she was being placed in lock down, she hit him in the chest and kicked his knee.
In the deal with prosecutors, Marceleno agreed to the three-year sentence. The maximum for each crime is three years.
Man to be sentenced for child abuse
A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse and felony child abuse and could spend 6-24 months in prison.
Scott Drovdal was arrested after his girlfriend took her 1-year-old daughter to McKee Medical Center for an injured foot, which the mother said was because the child’s 4-year-old brother dropped her. The child also had a slap mark on her face.
The mother told police her boyfriend was baby-sitting and accidentally slapped the child when she turned her head as he tried to pop her for being fussy, according to the arrest affidavit.
Later, Drovdal told police the same information. He admitted that he got frustrated when she was fussy and twisted the child’s foot. He said he was afraid to take her to the hospital because of the slap mark.
In the deal with prosecutors, Drovdal agreed to serve probation for the felony charge, which could have carried a two-eight year sentence. The sentence for the misdemeanor charge is up to the court.
He will return for sentencing in January.
Man pleads guilty to assaulting girl
A Greeley man pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and agreed to community-based treatment.
Enrique Quintero-Barragen, 22, was arrested in July and charged with sexual assault of a child. A 14-year-old girl told police she went to his home to talk and he invited her to sit in his car, according to an arrest affidavit. In the car, he kissed her and assaulted her. He said it was consensual and that she told him she was 16.
He will be sentenced in January.
Man wanted for animal fighting
Authorities are looking for a Fort Lupton man who is charged with animal fighting.
Police suspect Gabriel Martinez, 40, altered roosters for entertainment. In August, Weld County’s animal control officer went to Martinez’s home to investigate a complaint of dogs running loose. Martinez was not home, but the officer noticed 20-30 wooden cages, chickens and roosters. The birds looked like they had been altered for fighting.
With a warrant, the officer searched the property and found 13 roosters suspected of being used for fighting and illegal steroids.
Greeley man charged with sexual assault
Police arrested Santus Roberto Mendoza, 21, of Greeley on suspicion of having an intimate relationship with a 13-year-old. He was charged with sexual assault of a child.
Police went to his Greeley home on a domestic disturbance call Oct. 1. When they arrived, they found Mendoza and the girl fighting, according to an arrest affidavit. He told police his girlfriend scratched him and chased him with a knife because she was jealous that two girls were visiting him.
The girl told police she had been dating Mendoza for eight months. Both were arrested for assault. His bond was set at $7,500 but on Oct. 22 he failed to appear in court.
A warrant was issued for his arrest and bond was raised to $15,000.
Stabbing suspect faces more charges
A man already charged with attempted murder now faces second-degree assault and third-degree charge for a jailhouse fight and for assaulting a deputy.
Eric Madera, 22, is being held at the Weld County Jail on suspicion of stabbing another man at the End of the Trail Bar in Hudson last year.
On Aug. 4, 2002, police went to the bar to investigate the stabbing of Steve Wilson. Police believe a fight broke out between the two men and Madera stabbed Wilson in the parking lot afterward.
The most recent charges stem from an incident at the jail. According to an affidavit, an officer saw Madera chasing another inmate. After Madera hit the inmate, he hit the officer trying to break up the fight, according to the report.
He is scheduled to appear in court next month.
– Staff reports


Passage at Arms by Glen Cook
August 3, 2015 at 12:13 am | Posted in 4 stars | 1 Comment
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As I write this, Glen Cook’s Wikipedia article consists of two paragraphs about his life and one paragraph about the Black Company series. That’s not really a surprise given how influential it’s been, but as best as I can count he’s written an astounding thirty-eight other novels. In the cruel reality of the book business, most novels are lost in obscurity the moment they are published, but while this fate is usually amply justified by their quality, there are surely a few babies in all that bathwater. One such was Glen Cook’s standalone space opera novel, The Dragon Never Sleeps, which is just short of a masterpiece. Having so enjoyed the one Cook standalone I had read, it seemed reasonable to move on to his best-known standalone novel, Passage at Arms, published in 1985 and usually characterized as Das Boot in space.
If that sounds appealing, then rest assured, Passage at Arms delivers amply on that promise. The novel is set on board a Climber, a spaceship that “climbs” into another dimension. The farther it goes, the less space it takes up in our normal three dimensions. By climbing far enough, a nine hundred ton spaceship can occupy the volume of a molecule in normal space. This means that it is impossible to detect, but it also means that if an explosion happens even vaguely nearby, it gets jostled by the shock wave. If an explosion happens close enough, the ship can be destroyed. Add in the fact that during the climb, conditions on the ship deteriorate due to heat buildup, forcing the ship to eventually “surface”, and it becomes clear that Cook is using some invented physics to get something that looks very similar to submarine warfare. Instead of going underwater, the Climber goes into another dimension, instead of being menaced by depth charges, it is jostled by missiles, and so on.
The obvious question is, if one is to read a book about submarine warfare, why not read a book about the thing itself instead of something like Passage at Arms that puts its submarines in spaceship costumes like it’s Halloween? Although readers of this blog aren’t likely to be sympathetic with that sort of complaint, it’s not a question that should be lightly dismissed, for it’s the basis of a common critique of science fiction and fantasy as a whole. Admittedly it’s an argument somewhat out of fashion at the moment as mainstream literature goes through a phase of borrowing genre concepts, but Passage at Arms makes for an interesting test case.
First, it should be stated that unlike some space opera based on past precedents, Passage at Arms isn’t an exercise in nostalgia. Glen Cook served in the US Navy (though not on submarines) and one constant across his fantasy and science fiction is his down-to-earth depiction of military life. There’s no glory or glamor to working on a Climber, just hard work, deprivation, boredom, and terror.
Second, Cook is after more than just a recreation of submarine warfare. He’s particularly interested in how men (and the Climber crew of Passage at Arms are all men, though we are told some Climbers are crewed entirely by women) cope with the intense stresses of warfare. A Climber crewman must serve on ten missions, then they are allowed to retire from fighting. Missions rarely last more than a month, so it’s not all that much calendar time, but the downtime between missions can be many months, waiting that takes its own toll. Everyone is acutely aware that Climbers are so often destroyed, whether by enemy action or through mechanical failure, that the few are fortunate enough to survive ten missions. Death is likely, then, but it’s not completely certain, so the men focus on their day to day activities, comfort themselves with superstitions, and cloak the gravity of the situation in euphemisms, such as calling the enemy “the gentlemen of the other firm”.
To better draw a psychological portrait of the Climber crew, Cook uses a narrator who wants to draw that portrait himself. The first person, present tense narrator is a space navy man but one who served on battleships, not Climbers. After leaving the navy, he became a journalist, and now he has requested the opportunity to embed with a Climber crew so he can capture what it’s like. He knows the Commander from the old days, but time has changed them both. The narrator hopes to hold himself apart from the Climber’s crew and just be an observer, but as the mission drags on and the situation deteriorates, he is forced to become more and more of a participant.
The psychological response of men to combat stress is the very core of the novel, but the results are strangely uneven. Cook is absolutely brilliant at the big picture. The mood of the men, the difficulty of their experience, and the diversity of their coping mechanisms are all wonderfully realized. I certainly have no experience with such things, but for me the novel was utterly persuasive. Yet as individuals, the characters never quite come alive. Cook elects to keep the two most important characters, the narrator and the Commander, as ciphers for much of the novel, and the supporting cast are little more than a series of names, differentiated but in ways that are hard to keep straight. The result is a narrative that is gripping and even fascinating, but not nearly as powerful as it might have been had there been just a bit more clarity and a little less artifice.
So far it might seem like I’m dodging the question I said was fundamental, for all this could have been done in mundane historical fiction. But there’s one more element that I’ve purposefully left out until this point: the war itself. I left it out because Cook largely leaves it out of the novel. Although it’s a standalone story, Passage at Arms is set in the same world as Cook’s earlier Starfishers trilogy, so it’s possible such details are explained there. I don’t know, not having read them, but from online summaries it seems they don’t involve the Ulant war at all. Certainly there are none of the accomodations that are usually made for readers who likely (given the mediocre commercial performance of the earlier trilogy) aren’t familiar with the setting. All we get are the absolute essentials: humanity, it seems, is at war with an alien race called the Ulant.
Who are the Ulant? Why are they fighting humanity? What will happen if humanity loses? These questions aren’t really answered, beyond the narrator’s aside that they are “guys pretty much like us, only a little taller and blue, with mothlike antennae instead of ears and noses.” To the men fighting it, the war just is. Their lives are lived in present tense, just like the narration. They don’t want to think about the the past, full as it is of things lost, or the future, where they will likely die before their time.
This is where the use of science fiction becomes apparent. For most readers today, it is nearly impossible to think of World War II as anything other than a morality play. There’s Good Guys and Bad Guys. Even if the Good Guys aren’t always as good as we’d wish and the Bad Guys weren’t all as bad as their leaders, in the end it’s most people’s first (and sometimes only) example of a just war, a war where a soldier might give his life and have it really mean something. But in this respect World War II is by far the exception, not the rule. By setting his story amid a war between humans and aliens, Cook is able to tell a story in the simplest of terms. Us vs. Them. We are humans and so can readily identify with the characters, but are they the Good Guys? Is it a just war? We don’t know, and Cook’s point is that to the men on the Climber, it doesn’t matter. They didn’t start the war and they can’t end it either. All they can do is try to survive, and that means doing their job and somehow being lucky enough to live through ten missions.
Its opaque characterization means Passage at Arms isn’t a complete success, but it’s one of the best and most psychologically realistic novels of space combat I’ve ever read. Its focus is too narrow for it to be universally recommended as a must-read for any genre fan, but it’s well worth the time of anyone interested in the psychology of combat.
I have gotten kick back from Glen Cook fans from comparing “Passage at Arms” to “Das Boot” but the comparison is obvious from tactics to characters. The opening scenes of both novels set in a loud bar taken over by the military then the slow march to the ship must be considered a compliment to Lother-Gunther Bucheim’s artistry and talent. While “Passage” is combat SF at its finest, the description of technology on the Climber is excellent science fiction. The characters are meant to be arch-types, the Commander must remain inscrutable, distracted by social interactions, coming alive during combat. Neither novel describes normal human relations but rather the Boat and Climber become the world for the duration.
Comment by Norm Stein— March 14, 2019 #


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The following write-up should be viewed in this context: it explains why we determined that we wouldn't be prioritizing the organization in question as a potential top charity. This write-up should not be taken as a "negative rating" of the charity. Rather, it is our attempt to be as clear as possible about the process by which we came to our top recommendations.
A note on this page's publication date
The last time we examined Relief International was in March 2010. In our latest open-ended review of charities, we determined that it was unlikely to meet our criteria based on our past examination of it, so we did not revisit it.
We invite all charities that feel they meet our criteria to apply for consideration.
The content we created in March 2010 appears below. This content is likely to be no longer fully accurate, both with respect to what it says about Relief International and with respect to what it implies about our own views and positions. With that said, we do feel that the takeaways from this examination are sufficient not to prioritize re-opening our investigation of this organization at this time.
Relief International implements a diverse set of activities related to international aid and development.1
Details of our evaluations
We have considered Relief International at 2 times: we reviewed Relief International's website in mid-2009, and Relief International applied to us for a grant in late-2007. Details on each follow below.
2009 website review
2007 grant application
In mid-2009, we reviewed the Relief International's website as part of a process to identify top international aid organizations. (How did we identify charities for review?) We reviewed Relief International's website to determine whether it met either of the following two criteria, which we believe indicate whether a charity is likely to eventually be able to meet our full criteria for a recommendation: (Why do we rely on information found on a charity's website?)
Does the charity publish high-quality monitoring and evaluation reports on its website? A charity meets this criterion if it freely publishes - on its website - substantial evidence regarding impact that (a) discusses how the impacts of projects or programs were evaluated, including what information was collected and how it was collected; (b) discusses the actual impact of the evaluated projects. (Why is monitoring and evaluation so important?) We seek enough evidence to be confident that a charity changed lives for the better - not simply that it carried out its activities as intended. Different programs aim for different sorts of life change, and must be assessed on different terms. We do not hold to a single universal rule for determining what "impact" we're looking for; rather, what we look for varies by program type. (For more, see, What constitutes impact?)
Does the charity stand out for program selection? A charity meets this criterion if it focuses primarily on (or publishes enough financial information to make it clear that 75% of its recent funding is devoted to) what we consider "priority programs." These programs have particularly strong evidence bases, enough to lower the burden of proof on a charity running them. (Why do we look for charities implementing proven programs?) Such programs include administering vaccinations, distributing insecticide-treated nets, and treating tuberculosis, among many others. (For more, see our full list of priority programs.)
Relief International did not meet either of these criteria.
Relief International applied for our funding and recommendation for saving lives or reducing poverty in Africa, but did not advance past our Round 1 screen, which aimed at finding charities with strong self-documentation. For more information, see our overview page for this grant.
Specifics of why Relief International did not advance
We used the following principles in conducting our Round 1 screen for this cause:
Look for strong documentation that lives have been changed for the better. One of the challenges of this cause is that it involves trying to help people who are far away and from very different cultures than our own; the fact that a charity's described activities seem to make logical sense isn't enough, by itself, to convince us that positive change has occurred.
Look for a sense of how many lives have been changed (and how they've been changed) by an organization's activities. A sense of how many lives are changed "per dollar" is essential to decide between logical but different approaches, so we focused on the applicants that seemed most likely to be able to provide this sense.
Aim for a complete or near-complete understanding of applicants' activities. Our Round 1 application asked applicants to feature a single program, but we also took the size and scope of the organization into account: a large, comprehensive organization needs extremely strong documentation in order to give any sense of its activities and effects, whereas an organization with a simpler and more cohesive model might be evaluated with less documentation.
Relief International was among the charities that did not provide this type of evidence and instead submitted evidence that gave descriptions of their activities relying on one or more of the following: anecdotes, newspaper articles, survey data (types of evidence that we are skeptical about, as we have written on our blog), and evidence of the size of the problems they were attacking - but did not give us information that gave us high confidence that their programs were creating positive life change, or information that we felt could begin to get at their cost-effectiveness in changing lives. It's possible that Relief International has the information we want, and didn't send it due to misinterpretations of our application, time constraints, or other reasons. But due to time constraints of our own, we opted to focus on the applicants who seemed most promising.
As part of that application process, Relief International submitted the following documents:
Relief International, "Programs."


Remain Campaigns Coordinated Spending
Remain lawyer Jolyon Maugham called the validity of the referendum into question over the various Leave campaigns allegedly coordinating their spending. As he wrote in the Guardian, Maugham was so concerned about Vote Leave paying for services from other campaigns that he launched a Judicial Review into what he called “illegal spending”. Maugham will surely be equally outraged to learn that the same thing happened on the Remain campaign…
Guido has found:
The In Campaign Ltd paid for £52,062.23 worth of campaign materials for the Liberal Democrats between 15 April 2016 and 8 June 2016.
The In Campaign Ltd paid for materials worth £22,829 for Labour on 15 April 2016
Labour paid for £7,265.65 worth of materials for the The In Campaign Ltd on 26 May 2016.
Emma Duncan (who set up Wake Up And Vote) donated £24,000 to DDB UK Ltd on 11 July 2016.
We are Europe donated £10,000 to DDB UK Ltd on 29 June 2016.
Virgin Management Limited donated £15,000 to We Are Europe on 15 June 2016.
Maugham accused Vote Leave of breaking the law and said parliament could decide to overturn Brexit as a result. He wrote: “It’s not just about Brexit. The reason we have spending limits is because we want to live in a democracy”. Now it’s clear the Remain campaign was doing the same thing, will he call for an investigation into them too?
Guido’s investigation over the last few days has revealed the Remain campaign coordinated not only their spending but their messaging, campaign plans, data, materials and donations, with the effect of causing them to overspend by more than double the legal limit. Stay tuned…
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