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Dificlir (EU), Dificid (US)
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May 12: Launched in the UK [27].
06/06/2012 14:37:08
Dec 11: Approved in EU for the treatment of adults with Clostridium difficile infections [24].
23/04/2012 16:48:54
Sep 11: EU positive opinion for treatment of C difficile infections in adults [22].
23/04/2012 16:48:42
Jul 11: Launched in US along with a Patient Assistance Programme to help eligible patients gain access to the drug [26].
23/04/2012 16:48:29
May 11: Approved in the US for treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD). The approval was based on two studies which showed that fidaxomicin was associated with a similar rate of clinical response to vancomycin in pts with CDAD; in addition more pts treated with fidaxomicin had a sustained cure three weeks after the end of the treatment course [19].
01/06/2011 08:12:37
Apr 11: The FDA Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee unanimously (13-0) recommended approval for the treatment of patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) but was split on whether fidaxomicin prevents the recurrence of infections. The FDA will make a decision by May 30, 2011 [18].
06/04/2011 19:42:57
Jan 11: granted priority review in the US [16].
24/01/2011 21:29:41
Jan 11: Granted orphan drug status in US for paediatric C. difficile [15].
06/01/2011 09:21:02
Sep 10: Filed in the US for treatment of C Diff. The company has requested a priority review [13].
29/09/2010 18:32:45
Jul 10: Filed in EU via centralised procedure[11].
10/08/2010 17:49:09
Feb 10: US filing expected H2 2010 [9]
06/02/2010 16:45:14
Nov 09: the company expect to file in the US in 2010 [8].
15/11/2009 13:08:09
Fast track in US (5)
27/03/2009 20:50:02
Mar 09: Company to begin process of filing in EU in near future (4)
05/03/2009 12:12:55
US filing expected in 2009 (1).
13/01/2009 12:26:03
Trial or other data
May 15: Real-world data on Astellas Dificlir has shown that the narrow-spectrum antibiotic significantly reduces recurrence and all-cause mortality when used first-line in all patients with Clostridium difficile infection. Data from the CDI Service Evaluation study shows that, compared to traditional broad-spectrum antibiotics, first-line use of targeted therapy Dificlir (fidaxomicin) in all CDI patients improved outcomes compared to use in selected patients only [28].
22/05/2015 11:37:09
Feb 12: Non-inferiority (NCT00468728) trial comparing the efficacy & safety of oral fidaxomicin with oral vancomycin in pts from the EU, Canada & the US published early online in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Eligible pts, aged 16 years or older with acute, toxin-positive C difficile infection were randomised to fidaxomicin (n=270; 200 mg every 12 h) or vancomycin (n=265; 125 mg every 6 h) for 10 days. Non-inferiority was prespecified with a margin of 10%. Modified intention-to-treat (mITT) and per-protocol populations were analysed. The primary endpoint was clinical cure, defined as resolution of diarrhoea (three or fewer unformed bowel movements per day for two consecutive days) and no further need for treatment. This was met in 198 (91.7%) of 216 pts in the per-protocol population given fidaxomicin vs. 213 (90.6%) of 235 given vancomycin, meeting the criterion for non-inferiority (one-sided 97.5% CI −4.3%). Non-inferiority was also demonstrated for the primary endpoint in the mITT population, with 221 (87.7%) of 252 pts given fidaxomicin & 223 (86.8%) of 257 given vancomycin cured (one-sided 97.5% CI −4.9%). Adverse effects were reported in be similar in both gps & consisted of GI symptoms (ie, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, & abdominal pain). A total of 20 (7.6%) of 264 pts given at least one dose of fidaxomicin & 17 (6.5%) of 260 given vancomycin died [25].
09/02/2012 13:04:00
Oct 11: A new retrospective analysis of data from two non-inferiority PIII studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Patients treated with fidaxomicin experienced a 37% reduction in persistent diarrhoea or death by day 12 of the study (95% CI: 2-60%; p=0.037 vs those on vancomycin; this was driven by 7 deaths among fidaxomicin -treated patients (1.2%) vs 17 (2.9%) in patients on vancomycin (p=0.06). The analysis demonstrated a 40% reduction in persistent diarrhoea, disease recurrence or death (all causes) vs vancomycin by day 40 of the study (95% CI: 26-51%; p<0.0001). Persistent diarrhoea or death in the first 12 days following start of treatment was most strongly predicted by previous anti-CDAD antibiotic use in the 24 hours prior to randomization (p=0.0001) and low baseline eosinophils (p=0.007) and/or albumin (p<0.0001). Patients with CDAD in the 3 months prior to entering the study had a 68% higher risk of recurrence or death during study days 13-40. Over 40 days, there was no evidence that the benefits of fidaxomicin over vancomycin varied according to disease severity, prior history of CDAD, previous anti-CDAD antibiotics, inpatient vs outpatient, patient age, baseline albumin or baseline creatinine levels [23].
25/10/2011 08:13:56
Aug 11: Results of a subgroup analysis of patients receiving concomitant systemic antibiotics in two PIII studies of fidaxomicin vs vancomycin for CDAD have been published in Clin Infect Dis. (2011) 53 (5): 440-447. 999 subjects with CDI were treated for 10 days with fidaxomicin or vancomycin, assessed for resolution of symptoms, and followed up for 4 weeks for evidence of recurrence. Concomitant antibiotics were prescribed for 275 patients (27.5% of total). In the absence of concomitant antibiotic use during the 10 days treatment phase, clinical cure rates for fidaxomicin and vancomycin were similar (92.3% vs. 92.8%; p= 0.80). However, when patients received one or more antibiotics concurrently, clinical cure rates were 90.0% vs. 79.4% (p = 0.04), respectively. The global cure rate was 80.8% and 69.1% (p < 0.001) when patients received no additional antibiotics at any time during the study period, and 72.7% vs 59.4% (p = 0.02) when they did. Recurrence rates were 16.9% vs 29.2% (p=0.048) when patients received other antibiotics [21].
17/08/2011 13:37:40
Jun 11: Optimer has priced Dificid at $2,800 for a 10-day course of treatment, almost twice the cost of branded vancomycin ($1,000 to $1,500 for a 10- to 14-day course of the lowest dose). Optimer claim that Dificid is cost-effective as its better at preventing recurrence [20].
15/06/2011 13:56:55
Feb 11: Optimer has signed an agreement with Astellas to develop and commercialize fidaxomicin in Europe and countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States [17].
07/02/2011 19:10:04
Feb 11: Results of an active comparative study reported in the N Engl J Med 2011 (364:422-31). The study enrolled 629 adult patients with acute symptoms of C. difficile infection and a positive result on a stool toxin test. Patients were randomised to fidaxomicin (200mg twice daily) or vancomycin (125mg four times daily) orally for 10 days. The primary endpoint was clinical cure (resolution of symptoms and no need for further therapy as of the second day after the end of the course of therapy). 548 (87.1%) patients were evaluated for the per-protocol analysis. Rates of clinical cure with fidaxomicin were noninferior to those with vancomycin in both the modified ITT analysis (88.2% vs 85.8%) and the PP analysis (92.1% vs 89.8%). Significantly fewer patients in the fidaxomicin group had a recurrence of infection: modified ITT analysis (15.4% vs. 25.3%, P=0.005), the PP analysis (13.3% vs. 24.0%, P=0.004). The lower rate of recurrence was seen in patients with nonNorth American Pulsed Field type 1 strains. The adverse-event profile was similar for the two therapies.
03/02/2011 09:21:25
Oct 10: Combined data from two PIII trials presented at the Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA). 1,164 adults with confirmed CDI were randomised to fidaxomicin or vancomycin for 10 dys. The primary endpoint was non-inferiority compared to vancomycin in clinical cure, defined as requiring no further CDI therapy 2 days after completion of study medication. If cured, patients were monitored for a subsequent 4-week period to evaluate recurrence, which was a secondary endpoint. Global cure, also a secondary endpoint, was defined as patients who were cured and did not have a recurrence during this subsequent 4-week period. Clinical cure rates were similar for both fidaxomicin and vancomycin (88% vs. 86%). Recurrence rates were 13% for the fidaxomicin arm vs. 24% for the vancomycin arm (p<0.001). Global cure rates were 75% for fidaxomicin vs. 63% for vancomycin (p<0.001). Fidaxomicin was well-tolerated in both studies [14].
01/11/2010 14:32:04
Sep 10: New data from the two PIII studies (n=1,164) presented at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. A separate stratum was constructed of subjects who had experienced a prior CDI episode and recurred within three months of entering the study. These 178 pts were randomised to treatment of the recurrence with either fidaxomicin or vancomycin & 128 of these were subsequently evaluable for recurrence within the study (66 fidaxomicin & 62 vancomycin). Following treatment, 35.5% of the subjects who received vancomycin experienced another recurrence vs. 19.7% of those who received fidaxomicin (p=0.045) [12].
16/09/2010 11:01:42
Apr 10: Further results from the second PIII study were present at the ECCMID meeting. A subgroup analysis showed a clinically meaningful reduction in recurrence rates and higher global cure rates with fidaxomicin vs vancomycin in both BI/NAP1/027 and non-BI/NAP1/027 strains. Clinical cure rates were similar. Baseline demographic and disease characteristics of study participants were also presented. The BI/NAP1/027 strain was identified in 32% of subjects; 54% of participants were >65, 68% were in-patients, and 15% had a prior episode of CDI. An average of 7.5 bowel movements per day was observed among all subjects. The incidence of AEs was similar in the fidaxomicin and vancomycin arms [10].
13/04/2010 09:23:40
Feb 10: Company announced positive top-line results from the second PIII trial of fidaxomicin in C. difficile infection (Protocol 101.1.C.004). The study was conducted in approximately 100 clinical sites throughout North America and Europe. The trial met the primary endpoint of non-inferiority with 91.7% of patients treated with fidaxomicin (per protocol population) achieving clinical cure vs. 90.6% for vancomycin. Fidaxomicin also had significantly lower recurrence rates and higher global cure rates (defined as cure with no recurrence within four weeks of completing therapy) vs vancomycin; 12.8% and 25.3% of patients, respectively, experienced a recurrence (p = 0.002); 79.6% and 65.5% achieved a global cure (p < 0.001) [9].
06/02/2010 16:45:25
Nov 09: Enrollment of 536 adults in the second PIII is complete and top-line results expected Q1 2010. The double-blind study is comparing fidaxomicin (200mg twice daily) vs oral vancomycin (125mg four times a day) for 10 days in patients with CDI. The primary endpoint is cure; if cured, subjects will be followed for a four-week period to evaluate recurrence [8].
15/11/2009 13:07:40
May 09: Further results from the US PIII study presented. Clinical cure rates for fidaxomicin and vancomycin were similar in each of the following subgroups: patient status (in-patient/out-patient), age (under/over 65) and strain type (BI/NAP1/027) (7)
26/05/2009 11:49:18
Fidaxomicin is the first in a new class of antibiotics called macrocyclics, which inhibit the bacterial enzyme RNA polymerase, resulting in the death of C. difficile [6].
20/05/2009 09:22:46
Nov 08: In the US phase 3 study 629 patients with confirm CDI were randomly allocated to fidaxomicin 400 mg/day or vancomycin 500 mg/day for 10 days. The primary endpoint of clinical cure, defined as the patient requiring no further therapy for C. difficile infection two days after the completion of study medication, was similar (92.1% vs 89.8%, respectively). Fidaxomicin was associated with a significantly lower clinical + bacteriological relapse rate (13.3% vs 24.0%) (2,3).
13/01/2009 12:36:02
Two PIII trials, one in the US (which completed enrolment in July 2008) and the other in US and EU. Results of the first trial released in Nov 08, and the results of the second trial are expected in 2009 (1).
13/01/2009 12:25:30
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Strike a Balance on Bank Bonuses
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George Osborne has taken a bit of a kicking for failing to rein in the City fatcats.
The Chancellor had planned to begin his attack on the bonus culture with a low introductory bank levy in 2011.
But last week he reckoned the banks were ready to shoulder the full amount and slapped another £800million worth of taxes on them without warning.
The tax will bring in £2.5billion this year, equivalent to just over a half penny on the basic rate of income tax.
The fact that City has reacted with minor irritation and resignation suggests that the measures are relatively affordable for the banks which are expected to report total profits of around £24billion for 2010.
Their share values even rose following the announcement.
That tells you everything about a move that has led to the resignation of the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott.
The general reaction has been fairly balanced however with some saying the Chancellor hasn't gone far enough and others thinking that to raise the levy two years ahead of schedule is simply political point scoring on the part of Mr Osborne.
It's a big and complex argument, and one that we should look a little more closely at.
So here we go…
We have given them £892billion in bailouts and support and they have given us £2.5billion in tax. To put it another way they've trousered £356 for every £1 they've paid back.
And now they are set to give themselves £7billion in bonuses.
RBS was bailed out to the tune of £54billion and its chief executive Stephen Hester is to take a £2.04million bonus for last year, his first payout since being parachuted in to run the bailed-out bank in October 2008.
Eric Daniels, his soon-to-depart counterpart at bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group, is to receive £1.45million.
Both will be paid in shares which will be deferred for three years, repeating the 2010 commitment that the cash element of any bonus will not be more than £2,000.
However it's believed that the decision to award a bonus to Hester and Daniels will blaze the trail for other bank bosses to accept their first bonuses since the crisis. Bob Diamond, chief executive of Barclays, is in line for at least £8m, and Stuart Gulliver, the chief executive of HSBC, around £9m.
At a time when SMEs in the UK are struggling to get access to the cash to grow their businesses, throwing bonuses around like confetti can appear to be verging on obscene.
But the Chancellor has to be careful of not taking cheap shots at the banks in a rise to the populist demand.
The banks must surely be a touch unnerved by Osborne announcing another £800million of taxes over his morning coffee.
What's to stop him doing it again when he needs to get back on side with the electorate?
For me it's about striking a balance as we can't allow the banking institutions to pack-up and go and do their business some place else.
A bonus culture will always exist to attract and incentivise the best people but it's important that it is sensible and doesn't foster a culture of the irresponsible and reckless behaviour that led us into the recession.
The best thing to come out of the talks is Project Merlin, the government's scheme to get banks to lend more to small businesses.
The banks have become risk-averse since they faced going under and quite rightly it would be irresponsible for them to make uneconomic loans again.
Pre economic meltdown they lent too easily and now they are being criticised for not lending enough – it's an odd and uncomfortable position they find themselves in.
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Reading the reports of Colins' endeavours to bring in players he ius obviously finding it difficult to get the players he wants. Sound familiar?
KB must have put the same restraints on him as he did on Larry, so we could be in for another disappointing summer, and only bringing in second best. That won't encourage Snoddy to stay either.
When will Bates realise that he has to invest in the team and not in the ground or casinos? If we were promoted to the premier league there would be enough money to build the stand he wants. Surely even he can see that.
Heard a rumour that he lost his case to Melvin Levy so no doubt that will have cost Colin a few million from his budget!Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Based on existing evidence, Bates is a certifiable megalomaniac – he, probably, actually believes that the world revolves around him and that his thoughts and decisions are crucial to the future of football, and may extend to life and social mores in general. In this context, Ken Bates' sobriquet, 'Master Bates', is apposite as, like Nero, he 'fiddles' - with his ego and 'tantric' delusions of 'slow aroural' (Yeuk!) while Leeds burns.
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Addendum for Wikipedia Andy, chuckle, chuckle. I bet that felt great getting that lot off your chest. Getting towards the end I had visions of you self -combusting :-)
Sounds like White is on his way out as well so more leaving than coming in, though it's early doors!
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If he has lost the case against Mr Levi, i wonder what his punishment will be? No doubt it will be a fine that will come out of the United coffers, but im praying he gets at least a suspended sentence and warned about his future conduct. At least that might shut the stupid old fool up for a while!!
I was full of hope a few weeks ago Bryan, but it now looks like we are going to lose Snoddy, Ross, Clayton and white, and Warnock is going to have a real battle to get us a team capable of promotion if these players leave. OK he might use the money to go out and bring in some more players, but we all know players take time to settle into a club, and time is not something Colin has much of if he is to do what he intends.
There is something seriously wrong at our club when ALL our players are not signing new contracts and are happy to move on or let the contracts run down. They cant ALL be greedy or have been given bad advice by their agents.
It was interesting to read today that Carlton Cole took a 50% wage cut when the hammers were relegated and was on £14K a week in the championship. Now in my book Ross had a much better season than Cole, who can best be described as hit and miss, so this figure of £15K that is getting laughed out of town by the bearded one is not far off the mark for good Championship players. I know if i saw someone in my area of work getting paid more than me, despite me doing a better job, but my boss was not paying me the going rate, i would jump ship if an offer came in. OK they get paid obscene amounts of money but that is the market rate for what they do and they probably dont like seeing players with less ability getting paid much more than them.
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Clio and Euterpe (Various)
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Giving is receiving
A family find the true meaning of Christmas by helping the elderly
Mark Cerney never possessed material wealth or fame, but he had what mattered most: a wife and three bright, beautiful children. A comfortable little house in Bellingham, Wash., on five acres bursting with blackberries and wildlife.
They were strong and healthy and free.
But time and again, Cerney's thoughts kept turning to the people around him who had less. So many deserving people were subsiding on a fraction of the riches his family feasted on. How best to share? Who with? Where to begin? And how to pass that value system on to his children?
Then, one winter about ten years ago, he decided to change the family's Christmas ritual. Instead of tearing into gifts first thing in the morning, he asked them to make greeting cards and bring them to a local nursing home.
The presents could wait; but those people being cared for by shifts of strangers, those people with distant or departed families, those forgetful or forgotten souls — they, of all people, should not wait.
Now the Cerney family spends every Christmas Morning and Christmas Eve with seniors, offering handmade cards and warm holiday greetings. When they moved to San Diego in 2010, they brought their tradition with them. This year, they'll visit people in El Cajon and Chula Vista.
Cerney said he chose seniors in nursing homes because as people age, their needs can be overlooked.
"It's the generation that brought us here today, and I would assume that they're most neglected," Cerney said. "When you end up in a senior facility, you lose communication with the outside world. You lose your independence. It was opportunity I saw for my kids to really embrace that community."
Cerney, a former Marine, is better known for creating the Next of Kin Registry, which lets first responders and emergency workers access contact information for people in crisis.
For the Cerney children, who are 14, 18 and 21, the experience has been mostly exhilarating, with a touch of sobering heartbreak.
"We understand that you need to give before you can receive," said Celeste Cerney, 18, the middle daughter.
Their parents reminded them that the residents might have no other visitors, and that it might be a senior's last Christmas.
They have also learned firsthand that time on Earth is limited. "It was hard, not seeing them the next year," Celeste said, of the people she saw one year, then never again.
Mostly, though, being generous turned out to be an unspeakable rush.
"Some of them would even start crying. They would hug you. It was a really good feeling, just, overwhelming emotions" Celeste said.
Celeste is a freshman at Southwestern College, studying nursing.
"I just love to help people," she said. "It brings me joy to be able to do that."
Two years ago, their tradition took a cuddly twist.
Handmade cards were not enough anymore, Cerney felt, so he put up an ad on Craigslist asking for donations of clean and new or lightly used stuffed animals.
Lee Shannon, a Santee general contractor and animal lover, was surfing the Internet last year when she saw the ad.
She had just found some stuffed animals at a thrift shop that were in excellent shape.
They were destined for her cats, Smokey and Callie, and her bunny, Dustmop. Instead, she gave them to the Cerneys.
Since then, she's become a skilled stuffed animal hunter. "This whole year, every time I would see one or two or 10 and they were in excellent shape, I would take them and I would bag them and I would keep them up in my attic," she said. At last count, by Friday afternoon, she has gathered close to 200.
Shannon washes and disinfects them, and then she puts bows on every one. She also envelops them with her best wishes.
"Honestly, I pray over every one of these things. Whoever gets that one gets blessed. That's what's this season is all about. It's about giving."
She recited an old proverb: "Happiness is wanting what you have."


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Newly-released videos show the US private contractor in Iraq, formerly known as Blackwater, running over a woman with a car, smashing into Iraqi cars to move them out of the way and firing a rifle into traffic in 2006.
The videos were released by Harper's Magazine.
The videos are included in a piece by Charles Glass titled "The Warrior Class" that looks at the rise of private security contractors. Glass had been shown the videos by a former Blackwater employee.
Glass described one of the videos dated April 2006 that shows a woman being hit by a Blackwater vehicle.
"A woman in a black full-length burqa began to cross the street. The vehicle struck the woman and knocked her unconscious body into the gutter," Glass wrote.
"The cars slowed for a moment, but did not stop, nor did they even determine whether the victim was dead or alive. A voice in the car taking the video said, 'Oh, my God!' Yet no one was heard on the radio requesting help for her. Most sickeningly, the sequence had been set to an AC/DC song, whose pounding, metallic chorus declared: 'You've been… thunderstruck!'" he added.
Glass also said that the tape he was shown ended with the inscription, "In support of security, peace, freedom and democracy everywhere."
The incidents in the videos added more fuel to evidence that the company "encouraged and rewarded the destruction of Iraqi life."
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Rotterdam: the draw
Roger will take part in 39th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam this week. It is the first time for our champ to return to the Dutch tournament since winning the title in 2005 against Ivan Ljubicic.
Roger, the No. 1 seed, will play his first match on Wednesday (7.30 pm) against France's Nicolas Mahut (ATP 83). Roger won both previous encounters - 2008 in Indian Wells and 2006 in Wimbledon.
In the following round, a meeting with the winner of the match between Mikhail Youzhny (ATP 31) and Igor Kunitsyn (ATP 79) is possible. In the quarterfinals, Roger could meet Alexandr Dolgopolov (ATP 19), who he defeated last year in Basel. The Spaniard Feliciano Lopez (ATP 15) could then be waiting in the semifinals.
On the other half of the draw Tomas Berdych (ATP 7) and Juan Martin Del Potro (ATP 10), seeded as No. 2 and 3, are entering the tournament.
Good luck in Rotterdam and in your first match against Mahut.
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A Short History of the Tea Party Movement
The tea party is celebrating its fifth anniversary today, with a celebration near the Capitol featuring Sens. Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Ted Cruz of Texas. As the tea party prepares to test its clout in upcoming Republican primaries, Washington Wire looks back on the events that led the tea party to where it is today.
FEBRUARY 19, 2009: Cheers on the Trading Floor
CNBC reporter Rick Santelli delivers a rant against the Obama administration on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, speaking on "Squawk Box." "How many people want to pay for your neighbor's mortgages that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills? Raise their hand!" Mr. Santelli declared. "President Obama, are you listening?" Amid whistles and cheers from the crowd, he suggested he might organize a Chicago Tea Party later that year, in which capitalists would dump "some derivative securities" into Lake Michigan.
His rant—which he called a "match in a dried tinder box" in a CNBC interview earlier this week—went viral on YouTube, and is widely credited with sparking the tea party movement.
FEBRUARY 27, 2009: Protests Erupt
Five years ago today, the first nationwide tea party protest takes place, with rallies in dozens of cities across the country in which protesters dumped tea—or in some cases, tea substitutes—into local bodies of water to urge Congress to repeal the stimulus package. (Here a video posted on YouTube from an Oklahoma City protests)
Media outlets seem largely nonplussed. The "movement may not go anywhere—but it sure gives overtaxed, tapped-out folks a place to let off a little steam," the New York Post reported. The Christian Science Monitor cited critics calling the protests "a predictably partisan, ill-informed and unhelpful development in the midst of a deep-sink US recession." The Associated Press dedicated just a few sentences to the movement.
APRIL 15, 2009: Tax Day
Hundreds of protests are held across the country, including one in front of the White House that gets broken up after a protester throws a box of tea over the fence. The rallies target big government, taxes, and the national debt, and protest government bailouts for Wall Street firms.
The protests continued throughout the year, spurring momentum for tea-party candidates to vie against incumbents in several states.
JANUARY 2010: Massachusetts Upset
Republican Scott Brown defeats Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the former seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Democrat. His victory spurs the tea party's momentum and broadens its targets in the upcoming midterms.
JULY 2010: Tea Party Caucus Formed
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) convenes a Tea Party Caucus, which 28 Republicans quickly join.
NOVEMBER 2010: Election Success
Republicans regain control of the House, and more than 30 tea-party-supported candidates are elected, including Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Mike Lee of Utah, and Marco Rubio of Florida. The broad set of victories gave the tea party movement new legitimacy and much wider control within the Republican Party.
2012-PRESENT: Regrouping
Since then, tea-party members have roiled the Republican establishment and have steadfastly opposed President Obama's health care law, a movement that was largely responsible for last October's government shutdown. But this success came with a price. Tea party candidates fared far worse in the 2012 election, and were blamed in particular for Republicans not faring better in Senate contests. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bachmann plans to leave the House after this term, following a weak showing in the 2012 GOP presidential race, and Mr. Brown lost his re-election effort in liberal Massachusetts — but is now believed to be eyeing a run in New Hampshire.


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From the very beginning, it was a community built to give back.
WYMT's Dara Rees visited a small settlement in the Frakes Community, where volunteering is their way of life.
The Henderson Settlement started in 1925 by a local pastor reaching out to this small community.
Now that small community reaches out to those around them.
Giving back is what this community does best, with a food pantry, youth ministries, a young mother's program, and a friendly face.
"Practically all of those items that we give to folks into the community are donated from good-hearted Christ loving folks from all across the country," Jerry Lambdin, Mission Outreach Director said.
A major part of the settlement's work is Community Home Repair, using volunteers to fix homes in Kentucky and Tennessee.
"We've built 25 complete homes in the community over the past 16 years," Lambdin said.
With volunteers that keep coming back.
"We volunteer for many different places, but this is our favorite place," Dennis Wells said.
"We want to give back. The people down here have become like family to us. The locals and the staff people," Sue Wells said.
The Henderson settlement sees about 3,000 volunteers each year from around the globe, some stay for a weekend, others stay for years.
"They've just found something here. Something that has moved them, something that they really like. The make up of the community and the kindness of the folks here, they just want to be a part of that," Lambdin said.
What started here as one hundred acre donation, now spans more than 16 hundred acres, and there's plenty of people coming out here to check out the fall colors.
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With, for, or in one eye: he had only monocular vision
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Russell Henley's head was on a swivel Monday at Augusta National, scanning the gallery for friends, family or anyone else yelling "Go Dawgs."
The former Georgia Bulldog and Peach State native is playing in his first Masters. He is carrying the hopes of fans cheering for their first home-state champion since Larry Mize won the green jacket in 1987. Henley said he hadn't ever felt as nervous as he did Monday -- and that was just practice.
The 23-year-old attended the tournament while growing up in Macon. He played the course while at Georgia and won his way into the field with a victory at the Sony Open in January. He hopes that enjoying the moments early in the week will lead to focused golf when the tournament starts Thursday.
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FALL RIVER — A district court judge refused to dismiss a stolen property case against a former Westport highway official, whose attorney argued there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
Testimony got underway Wednesday in the trial of former Westport Highway Surveyor Harold "Jack" Sisson Jr., who is accused of mishandling town property.
Sisson, 59, is charged with receiving stolen goods, larceny and conspiracy.
Authorities allege that in October 2012, Sisson conspired with former Westport Highway Department mechanic John Kennedy to trade in a Cub Cadet riding mower, without proper documentation, to 146 Supply Center. The Milbury equipment supply company later transferred the mower to Kennedy at Sisson's request, according to a criminal complaint.
In moving for the case to be dismissed, Sisson's attorney argued in court documents that the government's case had "insufficient evidence" to establish probable cause and that Sisson never stole anything or recovered any stolen property.
In April 2013, Westport residents voted 665-611 to change the highway surveyor's job from an elected to an appointed position.
Sisson came under fire in the summer of 2011 when the state Inspector General's Office released a scathing report that alleged he gave away town materials, failed to follow state bidding laws and exercised poor judgment in authorizing town employees to remove boulders from a former selectman's private property.
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In the time it takes to grab a glass of water, Pandora is able to hunt down images by spidering a URL or performing a keyword-based search. A clear and intuitive interface guarantees you are underway in no time, and extensive preferences allow power users to flex their muscles. It can multitask, and after a rapid search based on the given criteria, Pandora prepares a slideshow, providing you with a quick and comprehensive glance at the discovered images.
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- Dr. Abdel Bachri, along with a UALR astronomer Dr. Marc Seigar secured funding from NASA for a Collaborative Research Grant. The goal of the proposed research is to use the density profiles of certain galaxies dark matter halos to constrain the nature of the dark matter particles. Dark Matter accounts for about 25% of the energy density of the Universe, and it therefore will have a strong effect on its evolution. The proposed project is aligned with NASA's strategic goal to "Discover the origin, structure, evolution and destiny of the Universe."
- Dr. Brittney Schrick's dissertation work entitled "Never Let Them See You Sweat: Silencing and Striving to Appear Perfect among U.S. College Women" was accepted for publication in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Dr. Schrick is an Assistant Professor of Psychology. Her co-authors were Dr. Elizabeth Sharp of Texas Tech University, Dr. Anisa Zvonkovic of Virginia Tech, and Dr. Alan Reifman, also of Texas Tech University.
- On April 21, Deborah Wilson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, successfully defended her dissertation research and her Ph.D with Walden University was conferred. Wilson's dissertation titled "An Evaluative Case Study of Response to Intervention on the Disproportional Placement of African Americans in Special Education" has been nominated for one of two Walden doctoral study awards. In May, Wilson attended the conference for The Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues in Ann Arbor, Mich. where she presented an individual talk on the dissertation findings.
- Dr. Deborah Wilson and Kasi Townes, LMSW presented at the 40th Annual Behavioral Health Institute for the Mental Health Council of Arkansas held in Hot Springs in August. The presentation titled "Relationship Violence: Infancy through Adolescence" focused on increased awareness and understanding of types of violence experienced during the earlier developmental years, recognizing red flags/warning signs of physical and sexual abuse, and ethical responding of mandated reporting. Wilson and Townes also serve as board members of the Women's Crisis Center of South Arkansas.
- Jeramy Meacham, Lisa Toms, Ken Green, and Vikram Bhadauria from the SAU College of Business recently had their manuscript "Impact of Information Sharing and Green Information Systems" accepted for publication in the Management Research Review journal. The authors surveyed 159 manufacturing managers and found that the ability to share information with suppliers and customers through established enterprise resource planning systems is a necessary precursor to developing green information system capabilities and improving environmental performance.
- Scotland Stout, Associate Professor of Art is taking art to the area Head Start programs to teach young children. As an artist teaching in the Department of Art and Design at SAU, Stout is happy to be of help in the community.
"Part of the excitement for me is seeing the faces of kids light up as they begin to understand what they are doing," he said.
Working with Gwen Wyrick in McNeil and Linda Jackson at Emerson, among others, Stout said there are plans to work with more programs in the area.
Head Start is a nationwide, federally funded program designed to foster healthy development of young children from low-income families. The Arkansas Head Start Association promotes a comprehensive child development program for economically deprived children up to 5 years of age.
- Dr. James Ulmer, Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages, will be reading from his recently released collection of ghost stories on Thursday, October 25 from 7-9 p.m. in Wilson 334 on the SAU campus. Stories from the collection, entitled "The Secret Life," have appeared in The North American Review, New Texas, Carpe Articulum Literary Review, and elsewhere. The book will be available for sale at the reading. It is also available from the publisher Halcyon Press or as an e-book from Kindle Books at Amazon.com. Dr. Ulmer will be happy to sign copies at the reading.
- Dr. C. Shane Warrick received a PhD in Accounting from Jackson State University in May 2012. Dr. Warrick has been at the University since 2002. He teaches Accounting Principles, Managerial Accounting, Fraud Examination, and Accounting Information Systems. Warrick has coordinated several CPE trainings and served as a speaker for the SAU College of Business CPE Days and for the Arkansas Society of CPAs. He has published in the Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics; Journal of Business Administration Online; Review of Business Information Systems; Research in Higher Education Journal; and the College Teaching Methods and Styles Journal.


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Mary-Kate Olsen single again
The pair was reported to be getting serious with rumours claiming a 2010 wedding may be in the pipeline, the Daily Star reported. But a spokesperson for the star dismissed the speculation, saying the two were no longer together. The spokesperson told Us Weekly magazine: "No, they are not (together any more). It's been a while."


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That is completely normal.. I cried because I got glue on my jeans at 5 weeks! I cried because I couldnt be bothered to go out (for a night out) and get ready because people didnt want me there anyway!
I think I generally just felt sorry for myself... My partner was great and just gave me big hugs! But when he asked my I was crying I never knew!! lol
Its completely normal so chin up!! after 12 weeks I started feeling fantastic! so happy about everything..
Now Im 21 weeks and still feel great.
Hope this makes you feel better.
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god yea. i know exactly what you mean ladies. Im only 10 weeks pregnant and for the past few weeks iv had no energy and im so emotional. I sat and cried the other day just cos i wanted a pork pie and we didnt have any. ha ha i just seem so miserable at the mo, but i am actually really happy to be pregnant.lol. its sooooo confusing xx


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Thread: Pennsylvania Tint Law
Pennsylvania Tint Law
I've been seeing alot of cars with tinted windows in PA around where I work and live. I've been researching allowable tint and alot of officers I know tell me they cite anyone with any tint because they believe its totally illegal, and judges are standing behind them, but when I search google for the exact term pennsylvania tint law and click the first link I come up with a page that explains the confusion. Apparently this is about the most poorly written tint law in the country, it points to all different references, and in the end the law being enforced isn't on the law books but its some table in a legal newsletter. I don't understand how they can write people for tint on this loophole that isn't even a law. What are you thoughts? Anyone familiar with it? I'd really like to tint my cars but I'm not sure how to go about it, and apparently they are enforcing anything lower than 70% is illegal(but not by law?) and really why bother, you can't even tell there is tint on a window @70%.
The LEOs I'm related to/friends with, tell me just to do the back doors/windows and not worry about it, but not all leo's think the same, so I wanted some other opinions.
Don't forget that there can be county and municipal (city) ordinances involving tint laws.
With that said, I found a website implying that the PA laws involving tint contradict themselves. The first statement being,
The applicable PA Law or Statute is TITLE 75 of PA STATUTES - 4524 (e)(1) - This is the LAW passed by our legislators and it does NOT prohibit tint unless it "does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the windshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle."
The second statement:
The Statute is clarrified in PA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 67 - CHAPTER 175.67 (d)(4) where some tint is prohibited, but NOT tinting "otherwise permitted by FMVSS No. 205".
Whoever is the owner of this particular website is basically stating that, although PA statute says it is illegal to tint a vehicle where a person cannot view the inside, the law also states that tinting can be permitted as long as it complies with the federal motor vehicle standard (FMVSS).
Here's my opinion (although I'm not a PA officer):
Laws/rules are open to interpretation and are not always going to be in black and white. If the common action taken by officers in PA is to cite someone who has any tint or tint that is too dark to see in the vehicle, and it is a common citation that is upheld by the courts, then that is what I would go by when deciding to tint (or not tint) my vehicle. Feel free to challenge it through the appeals process if the tint law is not clearly defined, but spending hundreds to thousands of dollars (in legal fees) to keep a vehicle tinted is their own perrogative.I'm 10-8 like a shark in a sea of crime..
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I say good for the officers. If you ask me, tint on the driver and passenger door should be illegal and it should be allowed on the rear area only in a high %. It is an officer safety issue and frankly a driver/passenger safety issue. How many times have people been shot in a car by the police because the officer thought there was a gun or weapon but it ended up not being one. To my knowledge, most of these incidents occur because of dark tint and the officer not being able to clearly see in to the car. And don't say the officer should have waited to make sure it was a weapon before shooting because I am sure that 99% of officers are going to shoot first, ask questions later IF they truly feel their life is in danger. The saying is well worn but still hold true, "Better to be judge by 12 then carried by 6".
WV the tint can not be darker than 35% which is still pretty darn dark IMO and at night it is almost impossible to see into until you are right up on the vehicle and by then it is too late if something is to happen.
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11-18-2007, 05:37 PM #5Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
--Winston Churchill--
"Si vis pacem, para bellum"
Personally I think a car looks better with the windows tinted. I think most of you guys would agree, officer safety issues aside. I understand that in our society you have all this nut jobs that would love to harm an officer on a traffic stop so they pretty much ruin it for everyone, I'm glad you guys are giving me some feedback on this, because you'd be much more like any random officer that might pull me over than the ones I know, I see its much more of an issue to you than what I thought.
PA tintlaw is still a mess, and I forgot to mention, SUVs are allowed to have tint on the back windows, I just picked up a black lincoln mkx in august and the tint on the back is really dark, no way are you seeing inside of that thing at night, and theres alot more room in there to have weapons in it than in my mustang, if it was all about office safety, I don't see how that one slipped through. Also why are limos and taxi's allowed to have the back blacked out? Those lincoln town cars and crown vics are cars, and can carry all sorts of people in the back, isn't that a safety issue as well?
Then you go 5 minutes away from where I live and you're in NJ, where its legal to tint the back windows all you want but not the fronts(afaik). There are a LOT of cars from NJ in the area that I live because I'm so close, and the same officers that protect my neighborhood and would probably pull me over for tint don't pull over these NJ cars.
I did have a mazda3 5door with tint only on the back, it was purchased as 35% but I don't have a tint meter to verify, but here you can see (pics during the day)
http://www.jbeez.net/miscdump/carpics/DSCN0252.JPG back of the car
http://www.jbeez.net/miscdump/carpics/DSCN0254.JPG front of the car
being a reasonable person, I would think this is a safe setup, so thats what I went with, I do think I would get pulled over just for tint in my bright red mustang though, so thats why I'm doing research this time around
Thanks for your input, I appreciate it, even constructive criticism, I don't take any points personally, I hope you don't either, I'm here to learn.
That's a nice link, but it doesn't cite which law or regulation he gets the 70% from besides the bottom bullet mark states something about the FMVSS and the front windows, but not the back.
Do you think he would respond to me if I wrote him? Or are these AG's pretty busy and don't bother with little stuff like this?
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Thats the loop hole. Most tint laws only cover the windows of the driver and passenger doors, not the rear doors/windows and back glass which IMO should not be allowed to be tinted darker than the law allows the front windows to be tinted. So you are correct, the back half of a vehicle can be tinted much darker or even as dark as you want as long as the front complies with the law.
I do agree that most vehicles do look good with a dark tint, but I would like to hear your opinion on the subject the first time you have to walk up on a car during the night that is tinted out and you have no idea what or who is inside nor their intentions.
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Our law for example, applies to any motor vehicle operated on a highway.
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According to Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code Section 4524(e)(1) related to Sunscreening and other materials prohibited it states that No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sun screening device or other material which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the winshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle. Subsection(2) this subsection does not apply to: (1) A vehicle which is equipped with tinted windows of the type and specification that were installed by the manufacturer of the vehicle or to any hearse,ambulance,government vehicle or any other vehicle for which a current valid certificate of exemption has been issued in accordance with regulations adopted by the department.
If I were you I would just avoid the whole idea of getting my windows tinted. Why pay money to modify your car and then risk being cited?In God we trust all others we run through NCIC
If your state allows window tinting on the windshield or front doors you can be cited if you drive that vehicle in California with said tinted windows.Today's Quote:
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§ 175.263. Sun screening location.
(a) Windshields, side windows and side wings. A person may not operate, on a highway, a motor vehicle with a front windshield, side window or side wing that has been equipped with a sun screening device or other material which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle. This subchapter does not prohibit the use of products or materials along the top edge of the windshield if the products or materials are transparent and do not encroach upon the AS-1 portion of the windshield as provided by FMVSS No. 205 and if the devices or materials are not more than 3 inches from the top of the windshield.
(b) Rear window. The rear window on a motor vehicle may be treated by the vehicle owner with a sun screening device or other material. If the rear window is treated with a sun screening device or other material, the vehicle shall comply with § 175.264 (relating to mirrors). See Table X for specific requirements for vehicles subject to this subchapter.
(c) Louvered materials. Louvered materials may not reduce the area of driver visibility below 50% as measured on a horizontal plane.
Cross References
This section cited in 67 Pa. Code § 175.264 (relating to mirrors); and 67 Pa. Code § 175.265 (relating to exemption provisions).
All light transmittance levels listed below assume a 3% accuracy (±3%).
Front Side Rear Side
Vehicle Type Windshield Windows/Wings Windows/Wings Rear Window
Pre-1998 Passenger Cars 70% 70% 70% VESC-20*
1998 & Newer Passenger Cars 70% 70% 70% 70%
Trucks & Multi-Purpose
Passenger Vehicles 70% 70% No Requirement No Requirement
Medium/Heavy Trucks & Buses 70% 70% No Requirement No Requirement
All Other Vehicles 70% 70% No Requirement No Requirement
*A label, permanently installed between the sun screening device or other material and the glazing to which it is applied, shall contain the name of the device or material manufacturer or a registration number and the statement, ''Complies with VESC-20.''
The provisions of this Table X issued under the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § § 4103, 4521, 4524 and 6103.
The provisions of this Table X adopted September 27, 1996, effective September 28, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 4640.
I know the website you are talking about. Keep in mind, anyone can make up a website, and the guy that made up that one was cited and found guilty of violating the law. He can whine about it all he wants, and give others bogus info, bottom line is, he lost his case. We do enforce the tint laws, and have meters to measure light transmittance. I had a young lady I gave a warning to for tint that was blue/silver (the kind that goes from dark blue on the bottom to silver on the top). I gave her three weeks to remove it. She felt she could ignore that warning. I then gave her another warning and an order to remove it, and told her that, in one month, if it was not removed, I would have her car towed to the nearest inspection station, conduct a full vehicle inspection, and she would be cited for EVERY violation that was observed. (It was one of those "special" cars with all the red and blue windshield washer lights, interior neon type lights, under car lights, and so on...) Well, a full three months after the original warning, she had STILL not removed anything, soooooo, to make a long story short, it cost her over $2,000 to fix everything, remove all the illegal accessories, pay the tow bill, and cost of the inspection. As far as police orders go:
(b) Authority of police officer.--Whenever a police officer is engaged in a systematic program of checking vehicles or drivers or has reasonable suspicion that a violation of this title is occurring or has occurred, he may stop a vehicle, upon request or signal, for the purpose of checking the vehicle's registration, proof of financial responsibility, vehicle identification number or engine number or the driver's license, or to secure such other information as the officer may reasonably believe to be necessary to enforce the provisions of this title.As far as "rights" are concerned; I look at them this way... I don't tell you what church to go to, and you don't tell me what kind of firearm I can own...
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this may shed some light on the entire debate as higher court case law can over-turn a lower court which they set precedence over lower courts regardless they hold more weight same as supreme court has more weight than district courts etc etc etc..following the chain of command the higher courts overturned this case even though the lower courts held it twice as being a violation.. but clearly tinted windows are allowed in the state of PA, just not to the degree where you can not see into the vehicle. education is the answer to ignorance. be informed know the laws protect your rights, be informed, or be ignorant the choice is yours
i can not paste a link but if you do a search for COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Benjamin J. BRUBAKER, Appellant. No. 2012 MDA 2008
read the case law I will post below so you dont have to look it up or doubt me ,,
I am not the apprentice type of paralegal I actually went to school and obtained my degree..
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COM. v. BRUBAKER
5 A.3d 261 (2010)
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Benjamin J. BRUBAKER, Appellant.
No. 2012 MDA 2008Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued October 20, 2009.
Filed June 29, 2010.
Benjamin J. Brubaker , appellant, pro se.
Michele H. Sibert , Asst. Dist. Atty., for Com., appellee.
BEFORE: FORD ELLIOTT, P.J., FREEDBERG and COLVILLE,* JJ.
¶ 1 This is a pro se appeal from a judgment of sentence imposed upon appellant after he was convicted of violating a section of the Vehicle Code pertaining to sun screening of windows. We reverse.
¶ 2 On March 28, 2008, shortly after 4:00 p.m., the vehicle appellant was driving was stopped by Officer Lane Pryor of the Camp Hill Borough Police Department in the vicinity of the Route 15-Route 581 interchange in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Officer Pryor stopped the vehicle believing that the vehicle was being driven in violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4524(e)(1), relating to after-market sun screening or window tinting. After stopping the vehicle, Officer Pryor concluded that appellant was indeed in violation of § 4524(e)(1) and issued a citation to appellant.
¶ 3 Appellant was adjudicated guilty of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4524(e)(1) in a summary hearing in Magisterial District Court on March 28, 2008 and took an appeal to the court of common pleas. After a de novo summary appeal trial held on October 21, 2008, appellant was again convicted of violating 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4524(e)(1). Appellant subsequently filed the present, timely appeal in which he raises three issues for our review:
I. WHETHER THIS HONORABLE COURT SHOULD REVERSE THE ORDER ENTERED BY THE LOWER COURT BECAUSE 67 PA CODE 175.67(d)(4) IS NOT A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION OF 75 Pa.C.S. § 4524(e)(1) AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED BY THE DEFENDANT COMPLIED WITH 75 Pa.C.S. § 4524(e)(1) AND TESTIMONY OFFERED AT THE TRIAL?
II. WHETHER THIS HONORABLE COURT SHOULD REVERSE THE ORDER ENTERED BY THE LOWER COURT BECAUSE 75 Pa.C.S. § 4524(e)(1) CONFLICTS WITH 75 Pa.C.S. § 4527(b) AND PA CODE 175.41(a)?
III. WHETHER THIS HONORABLE COURT SHOULD REVERSE THE ORDER ENTERED BY THE LOWER COURT BECAUSE THE ACT OF STOPPING THE VEHICLE [APPELLANT] WAS DRIVING[ 5 A.3d 263 ]CONSTITUTUED [sic] A VIOLATION OF [APPELLANT'S] CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS?
Appellant's brief at 5.
¶ 4 In Issue I, appellant levels a sufficiency of the evidence challenge.
Prior to addressing this issue, we will recite our standard of review:
The standard we apply when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is whether viewing all the evidence admitted at trial in the light most favorable to the verdict winner, there is sufficient evidence to enable the fact-finder to find every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. In applying the above test, we may not weigh the evidence and substitute our judgment for the fact-finder. In addition, we note that the facts and circumstances established by the Commonwealth need not preclude every possibility of innocence. Any doubts regarding a defendant's guilt may be resolved by the fact-finder unless the evidence is so weak and inconclusive that as a matter of law no probability of fact may be drawn from the combined circumstances. . . . Moreover, in applying the above test, the entire record must be evaluated and all evidence actually received must be considered. Finally, the trier of fact while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence. Furthermore, when reviewing a sufficiency claim, our Court is required to give the prosecution the benefit of all reasonable inferences to be drawn from the evidence.
Commonwealth v. McClendon, 874 A.2d 1223, 1228-1229 (Pa.Super.2005).
¶ 5 Appellant was convicted of violating
§ 4524(e)(1) of the Vehicle Code. That provision commands:
(e) Sun screening and other materials prohibited—
(1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sun screening device or other material which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the windshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4524(e)(1). With respect to the tinting on the windows of the vehicle appellant was driving, Officer Pryor testified:
A. Well, it was obvious looking at the vehicle that there was window tint on it.
You could—this isn't the darkest that I have ever tested. This is about a mid-range window tint, that you could see figures in the vehicle. You could see there was a driver.
Notes of testimony, 9/2/08 at 11. Later, under cross-examination, the following exchange took place:
Q. Is it true that at the District Court hearing you testified that you could see and view inside of the vehicle through the windshield, side windows, and side wings?
A. Yes. Similar to what I did today, meaning 4:20 in the afternoon, daylight conditions. I also indicated that during nighttime conditions the case may not be so, to view the inside of the vehicle . . . . The window tint that you had was of [sic] one of the lighter ones that I do— did come across or have come across. However, during nighttime conditions seeing inside of the vehicle may not have been as advantageous as it was during 4:20 in the afternoon.
Id. at 20-21. Officer Pryor's testimony reveals that he was capable of seeing into appellant's vehicle even though sunscreening
[ 5 A.3d 264 ]material was present on the subject windows. Thus, upon its face, the terms of § 4524(e)(1) were not met.
¶ 6 Despite the above testimony and the express language of the statute, much of the testimony offered against appellant related to a standard imposed by the Department of Transportation ("PennDOT") and purportedly referenced at 67 Pa.Code § 175,67 concerning the transmittance of light through the treated windows. That section of the Pa. Code provides:
A sunscreening device or other material which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle is prohibited, unless otherwise permitted by FMVSS No. 205, or a certificate of exemption has been issued in compliance with § 175.265 (relating to exemption provisions). See Table X for specific requirements for vehicles subject to this subchapter. Passenger car requirements relating to the rear window are delineated by vehicle model year in Table X.
67 Pa.Code § 175.67(d)(4) (emphasis added). According to Officer Pryor and, more importantly, the trial court, "Table X, titled Acceptable Light Transmittance Levels for Vehicle Glazing, requires passenger cars to have a light transmittance level of 70 percent or greater." (Trial court opinion, 2/18/09 at 11.)
¶ 7 With the above backdrop, the trial court's summary of the process by which appellant was charged with violating § 4524 seems rational:To determine if the vehicle did in fact violate the Vehicle Code, Officer Pryor used a window tint and reflectivity meter to measure the percentage of light transmitted through the glass. According to Officer Pryor, the device used was calibrated upon its purchase in 1996, and was tested by him at the time of the traffic stop to ensure that the device was functioning properly. After he determined that the device was reliably measuring the light, Officer Pryor used it on Defendant's vehicle to test the level of light transmitted through the vehicle's tinted windows. He found that only 36.3 percent of light was passing through [appellant's] front passenger side window, which was much less than the 70 percent required by law. Thus, as a result of the low transmittal level of the windows on the vehicle operated by
[appellant], Officer Pryor issued
[appellant] a traffic citation for a violation of section 4524(e)(1) of the Vehicle Code.
Trial court opinion, 2/18/09 at 4-5.
¶ 8 Appellant argues that, as Officer Pryor admitted that he could see into the vehicle, the explicit terms of § 4524(e) (1) were not violated. Appellant also argues that the provisions in the Pa. Code have been incorrectly applied as a safety standard and constitute an unreasonable interpretation of § 4524(e)(1). We believe appellant is correct that the terms of § 4524(e)(1) have not been met and, although our reasoning is not identical to appellant's, we believe appellant is further correct in his general thesis that the terms of 67 Pa.Code § 175.67(d)(4) cannot be utilized to sustain the conviction for § 4524(e) (1).
¶ 9 The express terms of § 4524(e)(1) prohibit a person from driving a motor vehicle which possesses sun screening material "which does not permit a person to see or view the inside of the vehicle through the windshield, side wing or side window of the vehicle." Despite Officer Pryor's and the trial court's focus upon light meter readings, the language of the statute does not prohibit a person from driving a motor vehicle which possesses sun screening material that "reduces the transmittance of light to below 70%." Just as importantly, the statute also does not
[ 5 A.3d 265 ]prohibit a person from driving a motor vehicle which possesses sun screening material that reduces the transmittance of light to below a standard to be determined and published by PennDOT. Such incorporation of a PennDOT regulation or standard by reference is precedented in the Vehicle Code. For instance, in Commonwealth v. Hull, 705 A.2d 911 (Pa.Super.1998), we considered a violation of the motorcycle helmet law, which provided:
(a) Protective headgear.—Except as provided in subsection (d) [relating to three-wheeled motorcycles with an enclosed cab], no person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle (other than a motorized pedalcycle) unless he is wearing protective headgear which complies with standards established by the department.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3525(a) (emphasis added).
¶ 10 Similarly, in Commonwealth v. Bailey, 947 A.2d 808 (Pa.Super.2008), we considered the provision in the Vehicle Code immediately preceding the one at issue here. That provision deals with exhaust systems, mufflers, and noise control and states, in relevant part:
(a) Compliance with established sound levels.—Every motor vehicle operated on a highway shall be constructed, equipped, maintained and operated so as not to exceed the sound level for the vehicle as prescribed in regulations promulgated by the department. The test procedures and instrumentation to be utilized shall also be established by regulation.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4523 (emphasis added). In Hull, with regard to the appellant's argument that PennDOT had failed to promulgate a list of approved helmets, we stated "[t]his provision does not make it a violation to wear a helmet that is not on the approved list promulgated by PennDOT, but rather for wearing a helmet that does not meet the standards established by PennDOT." Hull, 705 A.2d at 913 (emphasis in original). In our opinion, the key to that sentence is that the statutory provision made it a violation to fail to comply with the published PennDOT regulation/standard. No such provision can be found in § 4524(e).¶ 11 Given the lack of reference in § 4524 to 67 Pa.Code § 175.67(d)(4), we cannot see how the provisions set forth in that section of the Pa. Code represent a standard that supplants the express language used in the statute. The trial court seemingly incorporates the language of 67 Pa.Code § 175.67(d)(4) into § 4524 (e)(1) by citing to 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4107 (b)(2). (Trial court opinion, 2/18/09 at 10-11.) That section providesb) Other violations.—It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
* * *
(2) Operate, or cause or permit another person to operate, on any highway in this Commonwealth any vehicle or combination which is not equipped as required under this part or under department regulations or when the driver is in violation of department regulations or the vehicle or combination is otherwise in an unsafe condition or in violation of department regulations.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4107(b)(2). The simple retort to the trial court's thesis that the terms of 67 Pa.Code § 175.67(d)(4) are mandated by 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4107(b)(2) is that appellant was not charged for violating § 4107(b)(2) but, rather, was charged with violating § 4524(e)(1), which does not contain either explicitly or by reference[ 5 A.3d 266 ]the 70% transmittance standard utilized to convict appellant. Cf. Commonwealth v. Noack, 737 A.2d 1236 (Pa.Super.1999) (Driver convicted of § 4107(b)(2) for failing to maintain appropriate log books while driving a commercial motor vehicle. The state regulation violated was found at 67 Pa.Code § 229.343, which incorporates by reference 49 C.F.R. § 395.8.). In accord, Commonwealth v. Gosselin, 861 A.2d 996, 1001 (Pa.Super.2004) ("The citation in this case charges a violation of section 2307 (a), and it is that charge which
Appellant was on notice to defend against. The trial court's incorporation of 58 Pa.Code section 137.1(a) in its order charges a new offense.. . . Therefore, Appellant's conviction also must fail on this basis.").¶ 12 Given our analysis above, and Officer Pryor's testimony that he could see into the vehicle, we conclude that the evidence produced at appellant's trial was indeed insufficient to sustain the conviction for violating 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4524(e)(1). Thus, we reverse appellant's judgment of sentence.1
¶ 13 Judgment of sentence reversed..
Jurisdiction relinquished.
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Around here, our equipment violation codes all start with "No person may operate a motor vehicle that is required to be registered in this State..." meaning that I can't cite someone with out of state tags who are in violation of our tint laws (or whatever equipment violation specific to my state).
It's always interesting to see how things vary across the country.
Edit to add: The responsible thing to do, of course, is to make sure that any aftermarket mod you have is legal where you're going just like CCW.
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ELLIS: of Dartmouth, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Eileen (Lyons), 87. Widow of Bancroft A. "Dinny" Ellis. Arrangements are by the WILSON CHAPEL, 479 County St., New Bedford.
FERNANDO: of New Bedford, Sunday, March 23, 2014, Trindade L., 80. Mother of Rogerio L. Fernandes. Her funeral and burial will be conducted in Portugal. Local arrangements are by the AUBERTINE-LOPES FUNERAL HOME, 129 Allen St., New Bedford.
GENEREUX: of New Bedford, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, Raymond F., 74. Husband of Annette M. (Carlisle) Genereux. Private arrangements are by the SAUNDERS-DWYER HOME FOR FUNERALS, 495 Park St., New Bedford.
OSTRIC: of Germantown, Tenn., formerly of New Bedford, Monday, March 24, 2014, Elizabeth, 55. Daughter of Jane Ostric. Visitation and services will be held today at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Germantown, Ga.
RIHBANY: of New Bedford, Sunday, March 23, 2014, Remisa P., 90. Daughter of the late Peter J. and Jemely (Ayoub) Rihbany. Services are private. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Arrangements are by the WILSON CHAPEL, 479 County St., New Bedford.
WRIGHT: of East Wareham, Tuesday, March 22, 2014, Marie L. (Smith), 51. Daughter of the late Edward A. and Marion L. (Corkum) Smith. Calling hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the CHAPMAN, COLE & GLEASON FUNERAL HOME, 2599 Cranberry Highway (Route 28), Wareham. A funeral Mass and burial will be held at a later date.
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