By Stefica Nicol Bikes SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thirsty city slickers are pitching in to help farmers in Australia's parched interior by eating a pub delicacy called a "parma," with some of the proceeds marked for drought relief. The dish of fried crumbed chicken topped with tomato sauce and melted cheese, called parmagiana, or parma for short, is staple pub food across a country in the depths of a big dry. Winter's wheat crop is failing in the east and graziers are struggling to keep livestock alive on bone-dry pastures. All over a continent where "the bush" looms large in the public psyche, that's prompted bars to promise a dollar in donation from each meal sold, as well as collecting cash from barflies, as part of the "parma for a farmer" drive. "We thought let's double that, we'll do two dollars," James Martin told Reuters at the Old Fitzroy Hotel in the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo where he is chef. "It resonates for me to jump on board, to help do what I can," he said. "We use a lot … [Read more...] about Australians eat ‘parma’ for drought-stricken farmers
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Police Officer on the Run After Breaking Ankle Monitor
U.S. Marshals have confirmed they are actively seeking Officer Tommie Griffin III.Griffin was arrested and charged with rape, felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with a domestic violence attack on his 42-year-old girlfriend at their Parma home in January. Police say the man pistol-whipped his girlfriend and fired two shots next to her during the attack.Griffin, who is in his early 50s, was suspended without pay following his arrest.Authorities later seized more than 60 guns from his home, including five assault rifles and an Israeli Uzi submachine gun.An escape warrant has been issued. … [Read more...] about Police Officer on the Run After Breaking Ankle Monitor
Fake Police Facebook Page Could Mean Real Jail Time for Prankster
Anthony Novak, 27, is accused of setting up a fake account pretending to be the Parma Police Department, with the same name and profile images of the real police page.Novak reportedly made a number of satirical posts on the page that Lt. Kevin Riley said “crossed the line,” according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The fake page advertised phony police programs and policies, such as making it illegal to give to the homeless and free abortions for teens. The real cops arrested him for it, and his case will go before a grand jury. He could face a felony charge for disrupting public service.Riley said that Novak’s posts were “an actual risk to public safety.” He could have been referring to the one that advertised a “Pedophile Reform event” that invited pedophiles to assemble outside of a church for a rehab program that would result in them being removed from the sex offender registry and granted “honorary police officer” … [Read more...] about Fake Police Facebook Page Could Mean Real Jail Time for Prankster
Teva v. Sandoz – “Strange Brew” Boils Over
On June 18, 2015, a divided Fed. Cir. panel reaffirmed that the key claim of a Teva patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,808, was invalid as indefinite, although the Fed. Cir. had previously been reversed twice by the Supreme Court – once because of lack of deference to the district court’s fact-finding (135 S. Ct. 831) in this suit, and once because the indefiniteness standard applied by the Fed. Cir. in Nautilus v. Biosig was incorrect (134 S. Ct. 2120). (A copy of the decision can be found at the end of this article.)Commentators have rushed lots of notes on this decision onto the web (Teva Parma. USA v. Sandoz, Inc., Appeal no. 2012-1567 et al. (Fed. Cir., June 18, 2015) – possibly because the central issue was comprehensible without an advanced degree – so I will not spend more time on the history of the decision. The outcome is what matters after all, and I think it can be summed up in one sentence: Deference to a district court’s fact-finding still … [Read more...] about Teva v. Sandoz – “Strange Brew” Boils Over
Lawmakers Advocate for Common Cheese Names
On May 9, 2014, a group of 177 Congressional Representatives sent a letter to U.S. trade officials that urged them to stop European Union (EU) efforts to use geographical indications to restrict the use of common cheese names, such as parmesan, in the United States.Geographical indications are used to protect a product name when that name is derived from the product’s geographic origin, quality, and characteristics. In the United States, there are a handful of products currently protected by geographical indications (sparkling wine from California cannot be called “Champagne”). The EU, in the current negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, is attempting to expand the number and type of European products that would be protected by geographical indications in the U.S.If the EU’s efforts are successful, U.S. producers of cheese styles that are named after geographic regions of Europe, such as parmesan (Parma, Italy) or … [Read more...] about Lawmakers Advocate for Common Cheese Names