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Yes. If you are in receipt of property income of £10,000 or more (before deducting allowable expenses), you are required by law to file a self-assessed tax return.
In other cases, HMRC should make an adjustment to your PAYE code to collect any tax due on such income. For more information about self-assessment or PAYE codlings, please see the relevant other FAQ sections.
A UK property business is a business which a person carries on for generating income from land in the UK. For example, property income from a UK property business includes rents from properties in the UK such as houses and flats. If a taxpayer owns some land which is let to a clay pigeon shooting club for example, or owns part of a river and sells fishing permits to anglers, such income is also taxed as property income.
If you are a UK resident taxpayer and let out an overseas property, such as a villa in Spain, any profits are also charged to UK income tax as income from an overseas property business.
Income received from non UK properties, will be exempt from UK tax.
If a tenant living in the UK rents a property from a landlord who lives outside the UK, even though the landlord doesn't live in the UK, he will still be taxable in the UK on this UK rental income, because the property is situated in the UK.
For both UK and foreign properties - rents receivable less expenses payable. HMRC apply the accruals basis. This involves taking rents receivable rather than rents received. 'Receivable' means the rents that relate to a tax year, which is not necessarily the same as cash physically received.
From rents receivable you deduct any allowable expenses payable. 'Payable' means expenses that relate to the tax year. This may not necessarily be equal to cash physically spent.
Expenses are deductible from rents only if those expenses are incurred 'wholly and exclusively' for the business of letting. Examples of deductible expenses will include agent fees, commissions and genuine repair expenses. For example, if a tenant breaks a window and you repair that window this is a genuine repair and the costs can be deducted from rents.
Any water charges or council tax paid by a landlord are deductible expenses, as is any interest paid on a loan taken out to purchase the property in the first place. Insurance premiums are also deductible.
Any expenditure of a capital nature cannot be deductible from rents – i.e. any expenditure that improves or enhances the value of the property.
E.g. if instead of simply repairing some broken roof tiles, a landlord takes the opportunity to replace his whole roof, there is obviously some degree of improvement here and the costs will not be deductible.
However, capital allowances (essentially depreciation tax relief) may be able to be claimed in respect of capital expenditure used in the rental business. For example capital allowances can be claimed in respect of tools such as ladders and lawnmowers which are used in the property business.
A wear and tear allowance can be claimed in respect furnished lettings. Basically, a deduction of 10% of the relevant rental amount is taken when calculating the profits of the property business. If a landlord does not want to claim wear and tear, there is an alternative called the renewals basis – which means that the landlord cannot claim a deduction for the initial costs of any furniture he buys, but when the furniture is replaced, the costs of replacements can be included as allowable expenses.
Where wear and tear allowance is claimed no other relief is available in respect of expenditure incurred on furniture and furnishings etc. Landlords must either adopt one basis or another – they cannot change between wear and tear and the renewals basis when it suits them.
Where expenses exceed income, a property business loss will arise. If you have several sources of UK property income, all profits and losses in the year are pooled together for these purposes to give an overall profit or loss for the year. If a taxpayer has a property business loss, then that loss can only be carried forward and set against property income from a UK property business in future tax years. It cannot be set against non rental income. Nor can it be carried back to a previous year.
You should note that an overseas property loss, eg a loss on a villa in Spain, cannot be set off against UK property business income. This also applies the other way around so there is never any mixing of UK and overseas property business profits and losses. If you have an overseas property business loss, that loss can only be carried forward and set against future overseas property business income.
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If a landlord is letting out a room to a tenant in his home (i.e. his only or main residence) a special relief is available. Note here that the landlord and tenant will be living in the same property, so the tenant is a 'lodger' of the landlord'.
If the tenant pays the landlord a rent of say, £50 a week, this is strictly chargeable to tax as property income. However, where gross rents are not more than £4,250 a year, rent-a-room relief can apply and the rental income is exempt from tax.
HMRC has had difficulty in persuading taxpayers who live abroad to pay their tax bill on their UK rental income, so what they ask the tenant or letting agent to do is withhold basic rate tax from the rent paid. For example, if a landlord charges a tenant £1,000 a month to live in a UK property, he will receive £800 of this and £200 will be sent to HMRC. This is HMRC's way of getting some tax in, in the event that the non-resident landlord decides to ignore his UK tax obligations.
If the non resident landlord prefers, he or she can make an application to HMRC to receive this rental income gross. HMRC will agree to this if the non-resident landlord promises to file a self-assessment tax return and pay his income tax in the normal way. If the landlord has a good record and is up to date with his obligations etc, HMRC will agree to him receiving his rents gross. Contact us for further information on this.
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The indisputable evidence linking safety and helmet use for motorcyclists says that the state Legislature should mandate their use. Its as reasonable as requiring motorists to use seat belts.
A 2012 study by the Centers for Disease Control found that motorcycle use is on the increase, and so are related deaths 55 percent higher between 2000 and 2010.
And it found that helmet use reduced the likelihood of death in a motorcycle crash by 37 percent. It also determined that unhelmeted riders are twice as likely to suffer traumatic brain injuries.
The CDC also found that hospital charges for those suffering a traumatic head injury were a staggering 13 times higher than for other injuries suffered by motorcyclists.
Those who believe that the decision not to use a helmet is simply a matter of personal choice should note that the CDC found the public sustains much of the cost for those traumatic injuries.
It cited a study of 105 motorcyclists hospitalized at a major trauma center: Sixty-three percent of their care was paid for by public funds, with Medicaid accounting for over half of all charges.
Opponents of mandatory helmet use often complain that it represents undue government interference. Apparently the opposition to government involvement doesnt extend to public medical payments for motorcyclists who suffer traumatic head injuries because they choose not to don helmets.
The CDC concluded: The only safety measure that costs little to initiate and reaches all riders is a state universal motorcycle helmet law. It is also the only measure proven to improve motorcycle safety.
The message is abundantly clear, but the General Assembly has failed to heed it.
The only motorcycle safety law filed in the Legislature so far this year would forbid children 7 or younger as motorcycle passengers, and restrict unsafe handling of parcels by motorcyclists.
That might provide some slight relief for safety advocates. But not so much as a mandatory helmet law, which would demonstrably reduce death and serious injury to a growing number of South Carolinians who ride motorcycles.
Last year 110 motorcyclists died on South Carolina roads. In 2001, the number of fatalities was 70.
Currently, helmets are mandatory only for those motorcyclists 21 or younger.
The S.C. Department of Public Safety supports universal use of motorcycle helmets.
So should the Legislature.
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Just checked out some funeral doom.
Very strange music! I liked the start, which would be perfectly suited to a horror film score. Is it possible to be more gothic? I think not. The growls didn't annoy me the way metal growls normally do because they just came across like weird keyboard effects as much as anything. Later on it just sounded like modern Black Sabbath augmented by a keyboard choir.
All that poignant Nordic melancholy (that's what too much crap weather will do to you). I don't think I could handle a regular diet of that music - it really is wrist-slashing stuff. I concede it's much more beautiful than business analysis ... but, then again, everything is :)
Very cool you actually searched for some of it, it's very different most commercial music (and even metal for that matter).
This is a personal favorite, don't feel obliged to listen to it but it is relatively different to the link you posted,
I also agree on not being able to regularly listen to it. I can't have it playing 24/7, it is very oppressive, and relating back to the thread, it's plain to see why there are so many genre suicides.
On the topic of the Scandinavian weather, I have no doubt it is in part responsible for the depressive metal scene. On the flip-side I'd say it would be a fair explanation for why Jamaica produces so much upbeat music.
A disquiet mind at therapy with the music.
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Samsung Shares Drop on Fears of Slowing Smartphone Sales
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Brokerages downgraded the stock because they see slower sales for the Galaxy S4.
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Apple is still number one.
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Mark Zuckerberg gave his first interview since taking his company public.
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Intel warned that its revenue for the fourth quarter would likely fall short of previous guidance because its PC manufacturing customers have slowed their orders to align with the severe shortage in hard disk drives resulting from severe flooding in Thailand.
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New rumours suggest Google could be planning to open its own retail stores in the US before the end of the year
After a string of successful hardware products, Google could be about to launch its first US retail stores - with the first flagship venues up and running by the end of the year.
New whisperings from "an extremely reliable source" has led 9to5 Google to believe the search giant is currently in the process of building stand-alone retail stores in the US. The site rightly points out that, since both Apple and Microsoft have their own stores, this isn't an unlikely possibility.
The new stores would be designed to get Google products like the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Google Chrome OS physically in front of customers with trained Google staff on-hand to explain the products to the public.
According to 9to5 Google, the decision was made as Google developed its Google Glass AR technology and realised that non-technical folks will probably need a run-through and an explanation before parting with their cash.
Flagship stores in several "major metropolitan areas" are thought to be opening before the end of the year and will be a significant step-up from the current Google in-store zones that operate in Best Buy and PC World.
Nothing has been said about whether the UK could be in line for some Google retail therepy - but if anything develops, we'll let you know.
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CRESTVIEW — Twelve Bob Sikes Elementary School students and one Walker Elementary School student have received recognition for participating in the city of Crestview and CH2MHill's poster contest promoting environmental sustainability.
The contest is in conjunction with the Environmental Conservation Fair, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 4, on Main Street in Crestview. The city and the company that oversees its wastewater treatment are sponsors.
Event organizer Jayne Swift, a CH2MHill project manager, visited participating students at their schools on Wednesday and gave each a gift bag.
The first stop was Kristal Petruzzi's fourth-grade class at Bob Sikes Elementary School.
Her class has practiced environmentally conscious habits, including bringing forks from home for lunchtimelunchtime — to prevent plastic alternatives from entering landfills — and picking up trash and recyclables around the school.
"(It's) just small ways that we can make a difference in the world with leaving as small a footprint as possible," Petruzzi said in an email.
For the contest, her students made their displays on old newspaper in lieu of posters.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – A Decatur native is nearing the finish line of his nine-day journey to raise awareness about the Tennessee River's water quality.
Since May 11, Sean Miller has been stand-up paddleboarding from Chattanooga to the Mississippi/Alabama line. The journey is more than 270 miles, with strong winds often slowing him down. He and his support riders are expected to finish today (Monday, May 20) at Pickwick Landing in Lauderdale County.
Miller is also making the trip in support of the Tennessee Riverkeeper, a group that works to keep the river free of pollutants.
He reached Huntsville's Ditto Landing on Wednesday evening, where a crowd of supporters welcomed him and an armada of canoeists and kayakers joined him to paddle in to shore. The Huntsville Fire Department had trucks there to sound loud welcome horns. Miller perked up when he heard the cheers.
"It's been really amazing and very inspiring," said Miller. "I hear that word a lot. That I'm inspiring you or inspiring others to make a difference in the community. But this right here is really, really meaningful. Very touching to see these faces."
Huntsville City Administrator Rex Reynolds presented Miller with a proclamation and a commemorative coin.
The Huntsville Canoe Club also presented a check to Tennessee Riverkeeper.
Karen Thomas and Rhonda Davis Stoner are accompanying Miller on the trip in canoes. WHNT News 19 spoke with Thomas on Friday during a break, and she expressed her gratitude to everyone who has supported them along the way.
"We are only as strong as the community of people who support us in everything we do," said Thomas. "It's been great, we've made it, and we've had a ball doing it. They're seeing us on the river, participating, and that makes us feel really good."
Thomas is President of Tennessee Riverkeeper and said the group's mission is to protect the Tennessee River and its tributaries by enforcing environmental laws and advocating for the water quality.
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Ask AT&T why can't they improve there data coverage. The inadequate mms coverage is as well interfering with my SMS.
TiPb CTIA2009 AT&T Keynote Live-Blog
Editor-in-chief Dieter Bohn is live and on the scene at CTIA, and so TiPb will be covering AT&T's Raphael de la Vega Keynote. (And we hope to hear more about their new Skype-friendly, VoIP over 3G policy). The action starts at 12:30pm ET, 9:30am PT, so bookmark this page, and join in live!
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How bout less amount of dropped calls in NYC?seriously, I could standing still at a place talking with my full amount of bars, next thing I know I have another dropped call. I'm tired of this shit already when my monthly phone bill is excess of $150!!
This is 2009 for crying out loud. I previously had sprint for almost 9 years with the same phone number. I never ever experienced this amount of dropped calls during my duration of sprint vs the short time I've been with AT&T.


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A Game of Investment in Supplier Quality with Spillover Effects
H. Dharma Kwon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Business Administration
Anupam Agrawal
Texas A&M University
Suresh Muthulingam
Pennsylvania State University, Mary Jean and Frank P. Smeal College of Business Administration
June 1, 2011
Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 29-2011
We investigate optimal strategies for firms to invest in quality improvement at their suppliers when the benefits of such investments can spill over to other firms who source from the same suppliers. We model two Bayesian firms who can invest in improving the quality of their common supplier; the firms do not have complete information on the true quality of the supplier, but they update their beliefs based on the supplier's quality performance. We formulate the problem as a real options game and obtain Markov's perfect equilibria characterized by the investment thresholds of both firms. We also examine the impact of spillover on the investment threshold and the time to first investment. Quality spillover, which refers to the spillover of quality improvement from one firm to the other, tends to reduce the first investment threshold and the time to first investment. In contrast, information spillover, which refers to the spillover of information about the supplier's true quality as a result of additional information on supplier performance, increases the first investment threshold and increases or decreases the time to first investment depending on the model parameters.
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Keywords: manufacturing, performance/productivity, reliability, quality control, decision analysis, inference, games/group decisions, stochastic, probability, diffusion
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REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: I just have a brief announcement about Secretary Hagel's upcoming travel and then we'll take some questions.
Next week Secretary Hagel will begin his fourth official visit to the Asia Pacific which, as you all know, is a region of growing importance and emphasis across U.S. foreign policy and for our defense strategy as well.
His first stop will be Hawaii, where he will convene the first-ever U.S. hosted meeting of the ASEAN [Association of South Asian Nations] defense ministers. As some of you may remember, the secretary extended this invitation to ASEAN ministers in his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue last June. He also participated in the ASEAN defense ministers plus last August. So increased and expanding DOD's engagement with ASEAN members has been a priority for him and working with the Pacific Command commander Admiral Locklear, the secretary has been very focused on making this upcoming gathering, which is itself historic, a success.
In addition to identifying ways to strengthen multilateral security cooperation in the region, the meeting will also focus on building more robust partnerships between military and civilian agencies to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
For that reason, Secretary Hagel has invited leaders from NOAA and from USAID to join and he's very pleased that they will be able to do so.
The recently released quadrennial defense review states that we expect the frequency, scale and complexity of future humanitarian assistance in disaster relief missions to increase. Secretary Hagel believes that the United States and our partners must be prepared for that reality.
From Hawaii, Secretary Hagel will next travel to Japan for his second trip there as defense secretary. When he traveled there in October with Secretary Kerry, he announced that the United States and Japan will begin the process of revising the defense guidelines that underpin our bilateral military-to-military relationship. This upcoming trip is an opportunity to discuss those ongoing efforts and as well as other regional security matters.
As you know, Prime Minister Abe, President Park of the Republic of Korea and President Obama met this week in the Netherlands. So Secretary Hagel's trip to Japan is an opportunity to build off those recent discussions.
After Japan, Secretary Hagel will then travel to China for his first trip there as secretary of defense. He's very much looking forward to this visit, having hosted his Chinese counterpart here at the Pentagon. He has longstanding ties to China, beginning when he traveled there for business in the early 1980s. He's also built strong relationships with senior Chinese leaders while serving as a United States Senator.
In China, the secretary will have a full complement of bilateral engagements focusing on our military-to-military relationship and on regional security issues. Secretary views this relationship as crucial to our rebalance and he will emphasize the importance of building trust, increasing openness and transparency and upholding international norms throughout his trip.
The secretary's final stop will be in Mongolia. This will be the first visit by a defense secretary there in nearly 10 years. Mongolia is becoming a more important security partner for the United States, having deployed forces to Iraq and Afghanistan and in peacekeeping operations worldwide.
This visit is an opportunity for the secretary to thank Mongolia for their contributions and to talk about ways to enhance our cooperation moving forward.
As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Mongolia also has a growing stake in stability across the Asia Pacific. So I expect Secretary Hagel will discuss regional security matters as well.
Now before I go to questions, I would like to emphasize that this trip to Asia, his fourth in less than a year, is further evidence of the secretary's personal commitment to the president's rebalance to the Asia Pacific region. This strategy is fully support in the QDR [Quadrennial Defense Review] and is resourced in the president's budget. One of the most important things this strategy and budget do is shift the military from a focus on protracted counterinsurgency operations, seeking instead to regain full-spectrum capabilities that are relevant not only to Asia but to the challenges that we see across the Middle East and potentially even in Europe.
The priority of this budget places on high-end capabilities and readiness is exactly what we believe is most relevant in a volatile and threatening world where America's global commitments are and will remain sacrosanct.
And with that, I'll take questions.
Q: (inaudible) the other side.
Ukraine, do you have any updates specifically on some of the chatter about increased U.S. military exercises and other increases U.S. military support to Ukraine and/or in the region?
Is anything getting sort of pinned down about that?
And is there any suggestion that the risk there is actually increasing now?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: The risk in Ukraine?
Q: (inaudible) additional (inaudible).
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, let me take that part first.
As Secretary Hagel said we continue to see the Russian military reinforce units that -- on the -- on their side of the border with Ukraine to the south and to the east of Ukraine.
And we remain concerned about that. We're monitoring it closely. And as he also said, the Defense Minister Shoigu assured him that this was for exercise purposes only and that they had no intention of crossing the border. They need to keep up -- they need to keep their word on that. But we're watching it very, very closely.
It does nothing, regardless of the intent and I'd say we don't have a full knowledge of their intent. But regardless of the intent, it does nothing to deescalate the tension in Ukraine. It does nothing to improve the stability in that part of the world. And so in that regard, you know, it's certainly a matter of deep concern to us.
On your other question about training, you know we've added to the aviation detachment in Poland. We've added to the Baltic air police mission and I would tell you that the staff here in the Pentagon, both the civilian and uniformed, are constantly looking at other ways that we can -- that we can further reassure our allies and partners in Europe to potentially look at either adding to or reinforcing existing operations or exercises or even adding on additional opportunities. But we're looking at that very closely right now.
I don't have anything to announce today on anything specific, no.
Q: Congressman Mike Turner sent a letter to Secretary Hagel yesterday and today put out a statement saying that over the past week we've seen a buildup of up to 80,000 additional Russian troops along the -- along the border.
Is there any credibility to that number?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I'm not going to get into estimating specific numbers of Russian forces. As I said earlier this week, the Russian minister of defense should be answering those questions about exactly what they've got and, frankly, what they intend to do with them.
As I said earlier in the week, it's clearly in the thousands. There's no question about that. And as I said also, we're watching this very, very closely. It does nothing to help deescalate the tension.
Q: But 80,000?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I'm simply not going to get into a debate over the exact number. They continue to reinforce and it continues to be unclear exactly what the intent there is.
Q: Have you seen any evidence that they're doing the exercises that they claim they're doing?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I've seen -- we've seen no specific indications that these -- that exercises are taking place. The way it was explained was that these were springtime exercises. But, again, I would point you to the Russian ministry of defense to speak to, you know, what they've -- what they've got those troops there and what they're going to do with them.
Q: But if you see -- if the minister, the defense minister of Russia told Hagel we're doing springtime exercises and you guys see no evidence of springtime exercises, does this not add to your concern?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I think we're concerned enough as it is, Barb. But you know, I mean, just because we haven't seen an indication of exercises now doesn't mean that one won't occur. I just -- again, the intent -- certainly have -- they have amassed troops along that border. They have them in quite -- in quite a number and in a composition that provides a lot -- lots of capability.
They've made it clear that their intent was to do exercises and not to cross the border. Our expectation is they're going to live up to that word.
Q: So just very quickly, also ask you, then, given what you see, given the array and the capabilities, what are your concerns that they could move with no warning time for the U.S. and NATO?
How fast could they do it?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, I'm not going to get into hypotheticals and try to -- and try to --
Q: Do you not have concerns again that you'll be faced with a zero warning time situation?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Our concern is for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and for the Ukrainian people and their nation. It's a -- it's integrity and sovereignty that the -- that Moscow has violated. The forces they have in Crimea and the forces they have along the border with Ukraine are doing nothing to deescalate the tension. And that's the concern.
I am not going to get into speculating about how fast they could move or where they would go or what they would do.
They made clear that their intention was exercises and they had no intention to cross that border. That's our expectation.
Q: On that, admiral, given -- I guess the basic question is: Does the government and the military assess that Russia is more likely now to invade Ukraine than it has been before?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I'm not going to get into issues of intelligence or assessments, Justin. I think I've gone about as far as I can go. It's certainly no secret that they've got troops along that border. And -- and we have been as transparent with all of you as we can about what we've been told about their intent. They need to answer for what their real intent is.
Q: (inaudible). I mean, you keep talking about their word. Well, what is that worth to you, given the actions that they have (inaudible) over the past (inaudible) months?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Look, the minister said it was exercises, no intent to cross the border. They need to -- they need to -- they need to live up to that word. And -- but I'll -- but I would tell you again what I said before. I mean, even if -- even if this is exercises, it's doing nothing to help deescalate the tension in Ukraine. It's doing nothing to assist in the stability of that part of Europe.
Q: Have you reached any conclusions on aid for Ukraine, non-lethal aid? And does this continuing buildup cause this building, this administration to reassess whether it ought to provide lethal assistance to Ukraine?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, as I said before, we -- we have received requests for material from the defense ministry in Ukraine for issues that we would consider -- what we would consider in the Pentagon lethal assistance and non-lethal assistance. Our focus is on reviewing the non-lethal items. That's where the interagency discussion is -- is occurring, on those issues.
I can tell you that the rations, the meals ready-to-eat, they are on the way. We expect them to arrive in Ukraine probably by the weekend is the best estimate. They're going overland. And so that's -- that's on the way. The other types of assistance they have requested in terms of in the non-lethal category are still being reviewed.
Q: Why -- why is lethal assistance off the table?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, look, these are policy discussions that are ongoing right now. I can tell you what the focus is on -- is on non-lethal. That's -- that's where the focus of the interagency discussion is right now.
Q: If the focus is on non-lethal, then isn't it urgent to make a decision either way on something like intelligence sharing, given the concerns about Russian forces on the border?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I think we all -- I think everybody shares a sense of urgency about what is happening in Ukraine. The whole international community does. The president has made it very clear that we are going to pursue diplomatic and economic pressure. He has ordered sanctions. He has -- he has imposed those costs. The international community is likewise imposing those costs. That's the focus of the effort right now.
But in terms of a -- a shared sense of urgency about what's happening, I think it's fair to say we all have that. And it's not just in the military, the Pentagon or even the United States, but across the international community.
Q: Yesterday, the U.K. defense minister suggested that Minister Shoigu might not actually be the final word on this, and President Putin really is the one that's -- that's making the final decisions. Is that -- is that a concern shared by the Pentagon that when Minister Shoigu speaks, that maybe it doesn't really mean much?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I think -- I don't think there's any gap between Minister Hammond's concerns and Secretary Hagel's in that regard.
Q: Admiral, up until a few weeks ago, the department was basically signaling that its plans for the European Command region were to continue shrinking infrastructure and maybe bring troop levels below the current 67,000. I'm wondering if you could say to what extent are those kind of permanent, long-term plans under reconsideration.
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, look, I mean, you're right. We have 67,000 troops in Europe. And General Breedlove has been going through a review of infrastructure, not necessarily of manpower in Europe. I won't speak for the general, but I believe that he's continuing to conduct that review.
But we -- I think force posture all around the world is something we're always looking at. I'm not aware of any changes that are in the offing for force posture in Europe from a permanent basing perspective or from a permanent manpower perspective.
But as the president has said and Secretary Hagel said, we're certainly looking at -- and to lead this question, we're certainly looking at other opportunities in Europe that we might be able to take advantage of to reassure our allies and partners, and they may be on a more rotational basis, you know, than a permanent basis.
Yes, Barb?
Q: If the current government in Ukraine is a U.S. ally, so could you just clarify -- I didn't understand -- is the United States sharing with this ally what it knows about Russian troop movements?
Are you -- are you telling that government what you know?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I'm not going to get into intelligence issues here from the podium, Barb. What I -- what I'll go back to is our assistance to Ukraine is through diplomatic and economic approach right now. And as I said, we're looking at non-lethal -- we're reviewing requests for non-lethal aid that could potentially go, as I -- and we've already, as I said, we're sending rations. I'm not going to talk about intelligence issues here, just not.
Q: Getting to two questions. Getting back to the issue of Congress, I mean, there was a -- there was a series of communiques and letters that were sent out yesterday saying that the Pentagon needed to be more transparent, the administration needed to be more transparent about what it knows, given the potential for Russian action in Ukraine, additional Russian action in Ukraine.
I mean, what's the Pentagon's response to that issue, whether or not there needs to be more transparency?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, we've seen the correspondence work and I'll respond to the -- we're going to respond to those letters and the secretary is certainly mindful of the oversight responsibilities of Congress. And he will work very hard with the Congress to be as forthcoming as we can possibly be about our understanding of the situation in Ukraine.
I also think it's important to note that there's a limit to the amount of knowledge you can possess, particularly on events going on the other border, on the Russian side of the border.
I mean, I think there's this expectation that we know exactly not only how many but what their names are and what units they're attached to. And we simply, you know, you're -- there's -- you're not going to have perfect knowledge in that case.
But we understand our -- the oversight responsibilities. We respect that. The secretary will be as forthcoming as he possibly can be with members of Congress.
Q: On Malaysia we've seen the Chinese, Thai and others release all the satellite imagery with the pictures of the debris and all that and the question's being asked why we haven't seen the same from the U.S. side.
Can you talk at all about what type of satellite help you might be giving them and whether there will be any kind of decision to release any of this imagery publicly?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: On your first question, no; we're not going to talk about the specifics of the support we're giving with respect to satellite imagery. That you haven't see, satellite imagery from the United States on cable and network TV doesn't mean that we aren't sharing imagery as appropriate. We are. But we're, as I said Monday, we're just -- we're not going to get into discussions specifically about where that -- where that -- what that imagery is and where it's coming from.
Yes, Phil?
Q: And we're back on Congress. There are members up there, especially appropriators, who are frustrated about the lack of an operations contingency account budget because of the problems with the Afghan BSA. And there's talk now about what they're calling a three-month bridge fund that would go from the end of the fiscal year to the end of the calendar year.
Is the Defense Department going to submit a bridge fund like that? And do you have any idea when you might make that decision or how much it would be included in it?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Phil, I don't know. Yes, I'm going to have to take that one for the record for you. I'm going to have to get back to you on that.
I just don't have a good answer for you today.
Q: About the secretary's trip to Asia, why is it important for U.S. to have this U.S. meeting in Hawaii? I mean, every year security has chanced to meet all those ministers in Southeast Asia. So why, you know, in Hawaii in the U.S.?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Well, ASEAN has a forum. It's a very -- a very powerful setting and a very -- a very important institution to have these discussions across a broad range of issues. The secretary's committed to not only the defense ministers and the leaders, military leaders in that country but to ASEAN as a whole.
And he wanted to take on the responsibility of hosting one of these himself. There's a lot going on in the Asia Pacific region, economically from a security perspective, across -- just across the spectrum of engagements between nations and he believes it's important to host this himself. And Hawaii makes sense from a geographic perspective to do it. And I said, we're really -- we're looking forward to it. We're looking forward to the dialogue and you know, one of the -- one of the themes, one of the things that he's going to constantly come back to throughout this trip -- and certainly at the conference -- is the link between economic security and national security, that they are inextricable.
And that there are even across military-to-military engagements, many things short of conflict that militaries routinely participate in together, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. And so I think -- I think he's keen to get into a broader, deeper discussion about how we can improve those capabilities as well and interoperability between partners and friends.
I mean, just look at what's going on with the search for the Flight 370. You -- it's a multinational effort in a very hostile environment at sea. And people are contributing to the degree that they can for as long as they can. There was, you know, there's -- there was no task order to do that. There's no chain of command specifically for that. I mean, everybody's coming together to try to do the best they can and it's in times like that when disaster strikes, that you want to be able to put aside whatever differences you might have and work together and -- but that doesn't mean you shouldn't look for ways to try to work together better and more efficiently. And I think that's what he's trying to get after here in this -- in this summit.
Q: The P-8 and the P-3 have been on station there for quite a while.
Are there any plans to augment these aircraft as part of the search down for the Malaysia Airlines?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: Yes, what I can tell is there's been some developments today. The P-3 will be returning to Kadena air base there in Japan. And we will augment the search with a second P-8 Poseidon aircraft. That'll be -- that'll be flown to Perth. So we'll have two P-8s now out of Perth. The P-3 will go back to its base in Japan.
Q: If I could follow up, other navies are sending warships to the particular search area.
Are there any plans or any consideration of sending American warships down there?
REAR ADM. KIRBY: There's no plans that I'm aware of right now to send American warships to the search area right now. We believe -- and just as importantly, the Malaysian government believes that the most important asset that we have that we can help them with are these long-range maritime patrol aircraft.
Q: The other day you told us your budget was $4 million for this search mission.
Has that changed? Or have you exceeded that? What --
REAR ADM. KIRBY: I'm not aware of any change on that, Justin. But if I get anything on that, I'll follow up with you. Yes.
Okay. Thanks, everybody. Appreciate it.


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A package assembly includes individual elongate consumable products. The package assembly includes a plurality of products arranged in a side-by-side array. The package housing supports the array of products. The package housing includes a back wall and a foldable front wall. The front wall includes an adhesive location therealong for releaseably adhesively retaining the array of products in the package housing.
1. A package assembly for individual elongate consumable products comprising:
a plurality of individual elongate consumable products arranged in a side-by-side array;
a package housing for enclosing said array of products, said package housing being formed from a flat blank having a back wall, a foldable front wall and an openable flap extending from said back wall for closing engagement with said foldable front wall to define a dispensing opening, said foldable front wall having an adhesive location applied therealong in engagement with said plurality of individual elongate consumable products for releaseably adhesively retaining said array of products in said package housing upon folding said front wall.
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This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/124,922, filed May 9, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,325,686, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/570,004, filed May 11, 2004; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/570,015, filed May 11, 2004; which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates generally to a package for containing an array of consumable products and retaining the products in the package until such time as it is desired to dispense the individual products. More particularly, the present invention relates to a package for retaining and dispensing gum slabs using adhesive securement.
It is well known to house consumable products such as gum slabs in a package or housing which retains the gum slabs and allows for dispensing of an individual slab therefrom. The gum slabs are typically arranged in an array, so that a single gum slab may be removed from the array leaving the remaining gum slabs in the package. Often, the gum slabs may be wrapped individually in an outer wrapper.
Certain of the gum slab packages are of the type which maintain their outer configuration even after removal of one of the gum slabs. This creates a space in the package which allows adjacent gum slabs to become displaced. Therefore, it may become difficult to remove additional gum slabs from the package if one or more of the remaining gum slabs tilts or falls over within the package. Also, by creating such a space, the remaining gum slabs may slide or move in the package and may even fall out of the package.
One attempt to retain and dispense individual gum slabs from a package is shown in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0080020 to Kopecky, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes. The Kopecky publication discloses a gum slab package housing formed from a die cut paperboard blank having a generally rectangular configuration. The housing includes a front cover which opens to expose a plurality of gum slabs. The gum slabs are contained in a side-by-side array by a sheet which wraps around the gum slabs. The sheet, including the gum slab array, is placed into the package housing such that the gum slabs are exposed once the front cover is opened. In order to retain the gum slabs in an upright condition and maintain the gum slabs within the package once one or more of the slabs are removed from the array, the gum slabs are adhesively secured to the sheet. The adhesive securement may take the form of wax areas on the inner surface of the sheet. Once the wrapped slabs are inserted into the sheet, heat is applied to the sheet to cause the wax to melt. The array of gum slabs secured to the sheet may then be placed in the package for retention and dispensing.
While the device disclosed in the Kopecky publication attempts to provide a package which both allows for the retention and dispensing of gum slabs, it has been found that the package may not adequately perform over the long term. Accordingly, it is desirable to provide an improved gum slab package which allows for the retention and dispensing of individual gum slabs and which will retain the remaining gum slabs in the package once one or more of the gum slabs are removed.
The present invention provides a package assembly for an individual elongate consumable product, preferably gum slabs. The assembly includes a plurality of products arranged in a side-by-side array. A package housing supports the array of products. The package housing includes a back wall and a foldable front wall. The front wall has an adhesive location therealong for adhesively retaining the products in the package housing.
In a preferred embodiment the adhesive location is a longitudinal strip which extends across the array.
The package assembly of the present invention may also include a band surrounding the array of products. The band holds the product array in removable frictional retention. The adhesive location may be in engagement with the band for adhesively supporting the band in the package housing.
The package housing may also include an adhesive strip along the back wall thereof. The adhesive strip along the back wall may be positioned for engagement with the products.
The present invention is directed to a package assembly which contains a plurality of consumable products in a package housing. The package housing is openable to allow dispensing of one or more products therefrom and is reclosable to contain and maintain the products therein. While the present invention is useful with a wide of variety of consumable product, it is particularly useful with respect to elongate gum slabs which are arranged in a side-by-side array.
Consumable product packages of this type are disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/883,468 filed Jul. 1, 2004, now U.S. Patent Publication No. 2005/0269233, entitled "Confectionery Packaging Design" and Ser. No. 11/025,739 filed Dec. 22, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,159,717 entitled "Gum Package Design with Two Separate Compartments", both of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
Moreover, the present invention discloses consumable product packages of the type shown in commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/124,906, filed May 9, 2005, entitled "Gum Slab Package Having Insertable Product Retention Member", and also shown in commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/124,926, filed May 9, 2005, entitled "Gum Slab Package With Flap Retention", both of which are incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
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It is also contemplated that the package housing 16 may be covered by a plastic wrap (not shown) which encloses and protects the package and during shipping and prior to sale and use.
As will be described in further detail hereinbelow, it is contemplated that the array 12 of slabs 14 will be removably retentively supported within the package housing 16 so that it permits easy removal of one or more gum slabs while maintaining the remainder of the gum slabs in the package housing. Furthermore, it is contemplated that the technique for releasably supporting the slabs 14 within the package housing will permit the slabs 14 to maintain their position within the housing even after removal of one or more of the adjacent gum slabs so as to prevent the gum slabs from tilting or falling over in the package or falling out from the package.
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In the present illustrative, the band 131 is formed into a pouch or U-shaped configuration having opposed front and back walls, side walls and a bottom wall. The array 112 of gum slabs 114 is positioned within the band with the aligned lower ends thereof contained within the U-shaped band. While a U-shaped band is shown herein, other configurations may be employed.
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Furthermore, a front foldable cover 118 may also include an adhesive location defined by an adhesive flap strip 127. The flap strip is positioned so that when the front wall 118 folded in a manner shown in
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The use of the adhesive strips 125 and 127 independently result in holding of the array 112 of gum slabs 114 within package housing 116 and permit individual removal therefrom.
While the adhesive is a releasable adhesive permitting easy removal of the gum slabs therefrom, the adhesive retention is such that even where adjacent gum slabs are removed, the remaining gum slabs will not tilt or tend to fall out of the package.
Referring now to
The package housing 216 supports an array 212 of gum slabs 214 against the interior surface of the back wall 220. In the present illustrative embodiment, the gum slabs may be either unwrapped or individually wrapped with wrappers. The gum slabs 214 are supported against the interior surface of back wall 220 without the benefit of any adhesive securement thereto. The front wall 218 includes an adhesive location in the form of a longitudinal adhesive strip 227 therealong. When the preassembled housing is assembled into the configuration of
As the adhesive forming the adhesive location is releasable adhesive, it will allow for removable retentive engagement of the individual gum slabs from the package housing 216. Such releasable retention allows the gum slabs to be individually removed from the package while retaining gum slabs in place even after removal of an adjacent gum slab.
The embodiment of
Having described the preferred embodiments herein, it should now be appreciated that variations may be made thereto without departing from the contemplated scope of the invention. Accordingly, the preferred embodiments described herein are deemed illustrative rather than limiting, the true scope of the invention being set forth in the claims appended hereto.
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Feb. 24, 1923 — Feb. 17, 2015
Benjamin Burton Beerwert, 91, of Columbia City, passed away at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 at Miller's Merry Manor in Columbia City. Born Feb. 24, 1923 in Thorncreek Township, he was the son of August and Lula (Beeching) Beerwert.
Feb. 10, 1941 — Feb. 16, 2015
Terry L. Goodrich, 74, of South Whitley, died at 2:08 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at his home.
He was born Feb. 10, 1941 in Granville, Ohio a son of the late Robert and Dorothy (Bonnett) Goodrich. His formative years were spent in Granville. The family later moved to Columbia City where he graduated from Columbia City Joint High School in 1959. He then earned his associates degree in accounting from International Business College in Fort Wayne.
Feb. 14, 1961 — Feb. 16, 2015
Marcia Carter, 54, of Columbia City, passed away at 12:35 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne. Born Feb. 14, 1961 in Columbia City, she was the daughter of Paul T. Hile and Martha J. (Fosnaugh) Streby.
She graduated from Columbia City Joint High School with the Class of 1979.
Jan. 13, 1929 — Feb. 13, 2015
Betty J. Gaylord, 86, of Bause Lake, Noble County, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at her home.
She was born Jan. 13, 1929 in Whitley County, a daughter of Robert F. and Tacy B. (Hill) Baker. She graduated from Wolf Lake High School in 1948.
On May 31, 1941 she was united in marriage to Robert E. "Bud" Gaylord. They made their home in Ormas. Mr. Gaylord died Feb. 16, 1992.
She is survived by her son, James Leroy Gaylord, of Cromwell; and a sister, Ellen (Robert) Kellogg, of Greensboro, N.C.
There will be no visitation or service.
Sept. 1, 1923 — Feb. 9, 2015
Rosalie Kreider, 91, formerly of Cleveland Township, died at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at Peabody Home in North Manchester where she became a resident in June 2012.
She was born Sept. 1, 1923 in Wabash County, a daughter of Carl and Gladys (Bentz) Wendel. Her formative years were spent in South Whitley. She graduated from South Whitley High School in 1941.
On May 31, 1941 she was united in marriage to Samuel T. Kreider. They made their home for a brief period of time south of Liberty Mills then to a farm in Cleveland Township. Mr. Kreider died Oct. 4, 2010.
Dec. 7, 1920 — Feb. 8, 2015
Rose Mary Louise Koldewey, 94, of Columbia City, passed away Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015.
Born Dec. 7, 1920, in Allen County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Louise Schoppman and was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne.
She is survived by her children, Kenneth Koldewey and Sharon (Steve) Hostetler; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her husband Paul H. Koldewey in 1996.
Sept. 15, 1940 — Feb. 5, 2015
Roger Don Snyder of Steelville, Mo. was born Sunday, Sept. 15, 1940 in Pontiac, Mich. to George William Snyder and Alma Alice Simpson Snyder. He passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at the age of 74.
Roger attended school in Columbia City, then entered the United States Navy where he served our country in the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged from Sasebo, Japan. He spoke fluent Japanese.
March 5, 1953 — Feb. 9, 2015
Gary L. Kirkman, 61, of Columbia City, passed away at 5:38 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at his home. Born March 5, 1953 in Des Moines, Iowa, he was the son of Gerald L. and Ruby E. (Gerhart) Kirkman.
He graduated from Des Moines Tech High School with the Class of 1972. Gary worked at Des Moines General Hospital for 28 years and Babes Restaurant in Des Moines. He enjoyed collecting Coca-Cola items and watching Soaps and wrestling.
April 3, 1933 — Feb. 7, 2015
Carolyn Olinger, 81, of North Webster passed away on Feb. 7, 2015. She was born April 3, 1933 in Fort Wayne to Albert and Irene (Kelley) Loshe.
She grew up in Fort Wayne and attended Catholic Public Schools. She retired from ITT Corporation in Fort Wayne after 42 years of service. She also formerly served as the president for the union and moved to the North Webster area over 20 years ago.
She was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Church in Pierceton, and formerly attended the St. Henry's Catholic Church in Fort Wayne.
Oct. 5, 1932 — Feb. 5, 2015
Harold L. Schauber, 82, of Columbia City, passed away at 5:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at his home. Born Oct. 5, 1932 in Clay City, he was the son of Herschel and Alberta (Schafer) Schauber.
He spent his childhood in Clay City from 1932-1948 and also spent time in Terre Haute and Fort Wayne before moving to a family farm in rural Whitley County. Harold graduated from Fort Wayne North Side with the Class of 1950 and from International Business College with the Class of 1952.


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Violent video games have been the target of old media and conservatives for years. They will spout dubious studies and claim there is a link. They will blame any act of violence on violent video games even if the perpetrator never…
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Leg of Lamb and Porchetta side by side.
I'd like to roast a leg of lamb and a porchetta for a party this weekend. I'd like to go low at 200-250F, rest and then blast at 550F them right before my guests arrive.
Since the pork needs to go 30 degrees higher than the lamb would I do better adding the lamb to the oven once the pork hits 90F or putting them in at the same time and pulling the lamb to a heated cooler once it hits temp?
Obviously they will cook at different rates and won't finish at the same time (unless I'm really lucky) but it seems to me that adding the lamb halfway through would have them ready much closer together.
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