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Posted on 12/06/2005 8:16:34 PM PST by Carling
I hate vanity posts, but I am wondering if anyone in FR land knows anything about the Spy Axe 3.0 virus. It has set up shop in my toolbar and has hijacked my home page.
eTrust isn't touching it. Help?!?!
Things have gone downhill from there.
Did you Google it for a solution?
This must be an emerging epidemic. There is another thread in here about it. Once you get clean, stop going to porn sites!
See the Post, Ugly SpyAxe Virus Alert, below.
There was another thread posted about this same thing this evening. You can find it at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535370/posts
Never! Viruses be d*mned! =)
If you can do a system restore back to a previous restore point (I think it's possible in ME and XP), do that. Seems to be the easiest way to fix the problem.
Oops...that post was to Carling..:)
I notice you posted the porn comment in another thread.
I also notice you are a FR newbie.
Get this program called counter spy. make sure it is updated to the latest version and it should ease your ills...
Then I might as well throw out the computer ... without porn sites, what good is it?
Like at this site:
Anyone joining after 2000 is a newbie. :)
HKEd over at www.suggestafix.com has a fix for it.
Just register (free) and go to the 'Malicious Code: Viruses, Trojans, Spyware and Browser HiJacking' forum.
He'll walk you through it step by step. It's a son of a gun to get rid of. Ed's not only the best there is, he also writes codes to get rid of these parasites.
Looks like a vicious little sucker.
Your post alone makes this thread worthy to be bookmarked.
Thumb's up!
Glad to see someone knows the best there is. I'd give up food before I gave up my 'Counter-Spy'.
Anyone with a sign up after Nov 28, 1997 is a newbie!
I'm finding more of these that are not detected by Spybot or Ad-aware. McAffee found one of them, but unlike viruses, it did not block it at the tiee of install (and I have Zonealarm running and don't give websites permission to do things when ZA asks unless I REALLY know the site).
When I google the names of these programs, I get hits for sites selling the same software that the hijackers offer to sell to clean my system.
This crap should have been criminalized years ago. It is simply holding your computer for randsom. They never should have been able to install crap software without your permission in the first place. And these programs have some pieces that will attempt to reinstall if you don't delete EVERYTHING. C;early the designers know that you don't want it there in that case.
I call them virsues because that is what they are. Lobbyists appear to have conviced congress otherwise.
nope just you
While Counterspy is quite good and one of my favorites, ALL of them miss stuff. I have scanned really clotted-up PCs with CS, cleaned it, then immediately found stuff with a Spybot S&D scan. Removed it there and ran Adaware- it found yet more.
It depends how bad the infestation is. If it's really bad- a blended counterattack with several utilities is the best bet. And, like with pulling weeds, there still may be something left.
Um, didn't Microsoft reclassify Gator's spyware program once they acquited the company?
The moral thing would have been to shut them down (put the programmers on other software) but instead they did what Bill Clinton did in reclassifying the KLA so they were not "terrorists".
Gator was one of the horrible programs I referred to that would reinstall if you didn't remove all of it.
Um, didn't Microsoft reclassify Gator's spyware program once they acquiRed the company?
Good luck with that.
Following HKEd and Angoid's recommendation's I haven't had any spyware or a virus since I bought my computer almost 4 years ago and I've never seen the BSD. They both took me under their wings and taught me everything I know about getting rid of 'nasties' and I spent over two years helping others clean their machines but my love of politics took over and drew me too FR.
Of course. But it applies especially for those joining up three days ago. :-)
My wife and I were just having this same discussion regarding the thoughts you just conveyed. It seems like entrapment or unlawful entry. My CPU seems to be running OK, but I'm certainly not going to be running any credit card purchases or visiting my bank on-line until this is gone.
I was just FReemailed a solid fix and should be A-OK now.
Don't know. I haven't seen Gator in ages. I used to see it on PC's at work but not it is mostly Cool Web Search that is haunting us. That one almost takes a nuke to get rid of.
Actually, that fell through - rumor is that it was the result of an internal battle at MS, where the good guys won. So Claria/Gator is *not* part of MS. Anyway, the MS Antispyware still finds Claria's stuff, but it does not mark it for deletion by default - you have to tell Antispyware to remove it.
I wonder about those joining up for the 37th time?
I agree that hitting it with multiple packages is the best solution.
Ad=Aware and Spybot are better than they once were. There used to be some virus programs that they could detect but not remove.
Perhaps that is why some of them won't catch some problems these days? Too proud to admit that they can't fix some problems.
And with the Microsoft exclusion of some genuine problems (because of partial ownership), the only way around it is to use competing programs.
Figure too that some programmers made have developed workarounds to being detected by Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc. I seem to have had periods where I had to reinstall to get them to find any real problems.
Count on there being something added to your computer anytime you enter a bad URL and wind up at some squatter's search engine. Some will be nice enough to ask you if you want them to become your homepage. Others don't care and do it anyway.
I don't know how you guys end up with all this spyware.
I've just never had any of it. Well... almost never, I got Gator 4 years or more ago, but I made the mistake of saying yes to install it.
I use Windows XP, Trend's PC-Cillan for virus protection and MS AntiSpyware. I know you think I probably have all kinds of it and just don't know. I don't. I actually think people who have a lot of adware and spyware get it because they install all kinds of freebie 'scareware' supposedly designed to get rid of it. :~D
Franken aint it past your bed time
I appreciate the update and correction. I still have to wonder if the same practice may have been okay for other buyouts.
I don't get spyware. I get paid to remove it.
Yes, we wonder about you, too...
Todd, is that you? :-)
It's a good post. Cruising questionable sites is a darn plausible explanation for where people get this stuff!
I had one that I could not remove (and nothing would detect).
However it could not hijack Netscape nor Firefox so I used those browsers until my harddrive died.
Unfortunately there are websites that DO NOT work with Netscape and even more that don't work with Firefox.
So much for industry standards.
Well, goody for you. :-)
HA! So it's in your interest for people to think it's everywhere! :~D
If you are having problems removing it from your computer, I have found this site VERY helpful...
Go to the security section of the forum...they will help, and if you feel like it after they help you out, you can make a donation to help them keep the assistance free.
Check it out....there seems to be a lot of 'SPYAXE' going around...
Except that this poster is probably a retread. :-)
Besides my Anti-Virus program and Firewall I have 9 anti-spyware programs installed but 'Counter-Spy' is still my favorite.
Problem I've found is people d/l programs but don't install, update or run them till it's too late.
We have 5 computers in the house and they're all as clean as a whistle.
Except for the 9 spyware programs ;~D
It's the most likely source of infection - of course, as the revenue numbers indicate, very few people visit such sites.
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In Edmunds testing, the QX accelerated from a standstill to 60 mph in a quick 6.8 seconds. Not surprisingly, the 5,500-pound QX's fuel economy is less impressive. EPA estimates for either rear- or four-wheel-drive models are 14 mpg city/20 mpg highway and 16 mpg combined, a figure that's better than average for this class of vehicle.
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With 400 hp on tap, the 2013 Infiniti QX unleashes sufficient acceleration to satisfy even the most lead-footed driver. Though there's a limit to how well a vehicle this size can handle, the sophisticated Hydraulic Body Motion Control system -- part of the Deluxe Touring option package -- does a good job of limiting body roll in corners, making the QX feel more confident than you might expect.
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I absolutely love my brand new 2013 QX56 BUT it did not come equipped with Infiniti Connection.
The website shows that it is standard equipment but it did not come on my vehicle.
I contacted consumer affairs, for a week we went back and forth with them, they kept saying it was on the vehicle, I was not pushing the right buttons.
Then, they finally said that it was added later in the year.
My only problem is that when you look at the main website and it shows STANDARD then it should be on every 2013 QX56.
I would love to know how many other people this has happened to.
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An embedded processor is a type of microprocessor that consists of a variety of discrete chips embedded in one system to perform multiple functions. Embedded processors include dedicated computing cores, memory, and programmable input/output peripherals. They consume less power and are cost effective and compact in size. They are integrated into devices to handle multiple processes in real time for applications in consumer electronics, medical equipment, industrial machines, household appliances, and automobiles.
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PART 04: Introduction
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Global MCU market
Global embedded MPU market
Global embedded DSP market
PART 07: Geographical segmentation
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Global embedded processor market in APAC
Global embedded processor market in EMEA
Global embedded processor market in the Americas
PART 08: Market drivers
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PART 10: Market challenges
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Exhibit 03: Global embedded processor market contributions 2014-2015
Exhibit 04: Global embedded processor market 2014-2019 ($ billions)
Exhibit 05: Five forces analysis
Exhibit 06: Global embedded processor market by type 2014-2019
Exhibit 07: Global MCU market ($ billions)
Exhibit 08: Global MCU market by size 2014-2019
Exhibit 09: Global embedded MPU market ($ billions)
Exhibit 10: Global embedded MPU market by application 2014-2019
Exhibit 11: Global embedded DSP market ($ billions)
Exhibit 12: Global embedded processor market by region 2014-2019
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Exhibit 16: Intel business segment by revenue 2013 and 2014 ($ billions)
Exhibit 17: Texas Instruments by revenue 2013 and 2014
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Other prominent vendors in the market are: Analog Devices, Applied Micro Circuits, Atmel, Broadcom, Infineon Technologies, LSI, Microchip Technology, NVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors, Renesas Electronics and STMicroelectronics
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Strangely, about 1895 through 1905, these statements began to change. The Great American Desert became "a great meadow or pastoral domain." Another said "a garden in the grassland." The area known once as uninhabitable became "the great pasture of the Panhandle."
It could be said with the Indian and buffalo removed the area was safer. With better and more accurate reports available suddenly, the land looked habitable. Maybe with public lands fast disappearing, more was needed to take care of the tide of settlers.
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Man-o-man! If only they could see the Panhandle and South Plains today.
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For 'Deer Safari' coming up in the reserve fisher forest area of Lion Safari in Etawah, different species of deer from Kanpur zoo would be transferred there. Sambhar, Chital and Black Bucks would be transferred to Deer Safari for which the preparations have already started at Kanpur zoo. Leopards would also be sent to the Safari for leopard Safari.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The fisher folk community in coastal districts of Kerala who bore the brunt in the rain havoc and sea erosion are trying to survive since long in relief shelters without basic amenities. Now, they repose faith in the new Local Democratic Front (LDF) led state government and the Fisheries Minister J Mercikutty Amma who was sworn in today. Records indicate that the total fisher folk population in Kerala is estimated at more than 11 lakh including 8.55 lakh in the marine sector and 2.55 lakh in the inland sector. More than 1200 families mostly from the fisher folk community eke a livelihood through fisheries around the Kerala coast. Be it heavy rains or high sea waves surging along the coast from eight to ten feet in coastal districts, leading to severe sea erosion, thousands of fisher folk families are at the receiving end. In Valiathura area alone, about 116 families are in relief camps following rain havoc and sea erosion. In Veli and Poonthura area, about 316 families had faced the wrath and many are in relief camps. Reports indicate that around 200 families in Alappuzha have been shifted to relief camps after the rain havoc and coastal erosion. Many families in Kozhikode too had been inundated in the sea wave surge. "Though disaster relief grants worth crores of rupees are set aside, it hardly reaches the affected families. Instead a major chunk goes to the revenue department. Lop-sided development such as dredging activities as part of Vizhinjam sea port project has displaced many fisher folk families and rendered thousands homeless. Then government had assured a relief package of Rs 50 crore as part of Vizhinjam project, even that has not reached the people," Kerala Independent Fish workers Forum (KIFWF) president T Peter said. While, the families caught up in temporary relief camps which are mostly in government schools find it hard to survive without basic amenities, security and proper ration. Some of the families are in school based relief camps for more than three years now and during school reopening they are left on the streets, said a resident at Valiathura. "About 30 families are staying at relief camps of lower primary school and 60 families at upper primary schools at Valiathura. About 30 families are at St Andrews church school. These camps have no proper toilets – all dilapidated without latches and unhygienic with mosquito menace. It is also highly insecure for children, mostly girls as the elderly men folk get addicted to spurious liquor and drugs," said Jeremy Roy, a member of KIFWF. A resident at Valiathura, she is equally anxious of sea erosion that inundates her place. Though the previous government had assured to provide houses in six months, even after five years it was not ensured, said a resident at Valiathura. Responding to the woes of the fisher folk, Fisheries Minister J Mercikutty Amma told TOI that all efforts will be on to address the problems faced by the displaced families due to Sea erosion mostly the fisher folk in coastal areas of the state. "A high level emergency meeting of the officials concerned will be convened on Wednesday to take stock of the situation and to initiate steps to address the issues," she said.


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More than a few of us men owe an apology to our mothers, who tried to pass on so many worthy habits in our formative years that we now choose to ignore or forget.
That list is a long one, but here's another that's come storming to the front:
We don't wash our hands after bathroom use.
Sad, but true. First, global warming. Now, this.
The American Society for Microbiology last week announced that one out of three men - or 33 percent - fail to wash up in a public restroom after taking care of business. And just use your imagination as to what the percentage might be in the privacy of the home.
Thirty-three years ago, President Ford called Watergate our national nightmare. But this No-Watergate controversy is the 21st century nightmare, and apparently it's getting worse.
Two years ago, the same survey showed that 25 percent of men didn't at least go through the motions at the sink afterward. Now it's significantly higher. At least women are stepping up to the sink. Only 12 percent were among the great unwashed.
Maybe the bigger questions are who would do a survey like this and where was it? It was done in four busy public facilities in four major cities: Atlanta's Turner Field, New York's Penn and Grand Central train stations, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, and San Francisco's Ferry Terminal Farmers Market.
Some employees had to know they were at the bottom of the research firm totem pole when the boss pointed a finger in their direction: "Smithers, come here a minute. I have an exciting project for you.''
Sorta scary thinking what a researcher would uncover surveying a public restrooms for several hours - "is that Larry Craig?'' - but nevertheless, 6,000 were observed, and that's a pretty large sampling. I have no doubt to its accuracy.
I've got to - ahem - come clean on this. I'm a little bit of a disappointment in this area myself. Sadly, I was raised to know that the bathroom issue is a two-prong approach: commode and sink.
"Did you wash your hands?''
"Well, I ... you know, I meant to...''
"Get back in there - and use soap.''
That just recently came from my wife, which was first uttered decades ago by my mother. Early on, it just seemed like a tedious waste of time. Then I got smart, and just turned on the water when I went in hoping she'd hear the "sssshhh" and call it good.
But at some point, I realized that hygiene is probably a good thing, and bacteria and germs aren't. Others have come to that same conclusion as well. That's why most men change underwear a couple of times a week.
If I bared my bathroom soul, and took a real honest, brutally frank introspection of my hygiene habits, I'd say it's 70-30, wash to not wash. I mean, if it's a - what's the description? - routine procedure, or if I'm in a hurry, or if I'm alone, what the heck. I'll throw caution to the wind. Sue me.
But the majority of the time, I at least make it look good. I'll never be confused with a heart surgeon scrubbing up before a five-bypass operation, but if I leave my hands under flowing water for five seconds, that ought to count. Never mind the soap.
And I don't think we should be penalized for not washing up in some public facilities like gas stations and fast food restaurants where the sink looks only slightly cleaner than the commode or urinal. (For the record, that's the first time in my life I've typed the word "urinal.'')
It's literally a sign of the times that a sign is now necessary in a restaurant men's room - "EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK.''
You'd think they'd know that anyway before handling my hamburger buns, but maybe not.
I am a little worried, too, when 33 percent of men fail to wash up at decent public facilities like the ones surveyed. I thought we all bowed to peer pressure in places like that. Who wants to be branded like Poppy from "Seinfeld?'' Who wants to be the one that heads straight for the door when five others are thinking, "Hey, that doofus didn't wash up!''
So most of us stand there, do the hands-under-the-water thing for five seconds, and then spend nearly a minute drying them under those ridiculous hot air blowers. So if a third don't even bother to do that, it makes a reasonable person wonder how many ever wash up.
I tell you, it's a jungle out there.
But there is some good news. The same survey found out that nearly 75 percent of Americans say they always wash up after changing a diaper.
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How Daft Punk Sold Soooooooooo Many Albums In One Week
Random Access Memories is, against all odds, the biggest album of their career. But will the polarizing record continue to sell?
Daft Punk's fourth album, Random Access Memories, outperformed even the most optimistic industry estimates for sales in its first week, selling 339,000 copies since last Tuesday. This is a huge achievement, mainly because Daft Punk have never attained anything close to this level of chart success in their nearly two-decade career. This is their first No. 1 album, and "Get Lucky," the record's lead single, is their first Top 10 hit. (It is right now parked at No. 10, but is poised to climb higher, as it's a frontrunner for "song of the summer" status.) Prior to this, the French duo's biggest U.S. hits, 1997's "Around the World" and 2001's "One More Time," both peaked at No. 61.
To get a perspective on the success of Random Access Memories relative to Daft Punk's previous albums, consider this: RAM, in just one week, sold two and a half times as many copies as their previous album, 2005's Human After All, has sold in total. Their breakthrough albums, Homework and Discovery, have both been certified gold, meaning that 500,000 copies have shipped. (RIAA certifications are based on shipped copies, not sold copies. It's weird.) Daft Punk managed to not only drastically increase the size of the audience willing to pay for their music in the eight years since Human After All, but also put themselves on track to outsell albums that came out during boom years for record sales.
Daft Punk's late career surge may seem baffling if you look only at sales figures and radio airplay, but it makes perfect sense when you consider how well they've branded themselves since debuting their now legendary "pyramid show" at Coachella in 2006. The duo's 2007 tour built on the ecstatic word-of-mouth hype generated by that performance and went a long way toward proving EDM as an arena-filling genre in the United States. Their robot costumes, elaborate light show, and extremely joyful live set was an unforgettable experience for nearly everyone who saw them on that tour. Everyone lucky enough to have seen one of those gigs raved about it, and everyone who didn't see it desperately wanted to experience a Daft Punk show for themselves. And Daft Punk? They stayed off the road and built up anticipation for something, anything, for six years.
Random Access Memories is perfectly timed. Electronic dance music is firmly established as a mainstream genre, Daft Punk have willed themselves into legit stardom, and they've released a great single and an event album at a time when nearly every A-list star is off cycle. It's a great achievement, for sure, but it will be interesting to see if they can keep this success going through the rest of the summer. Though no full sales breakdown is available, it's reasonable to assume that a good chunk of the album's numbers come from advance sales before the record leaked in full. The response to Random Access Memories among fans has been mixed — though it's been the subject of rave reviews and "Get Lucky" is widely beloved, the album's emphasis on '70s-style soft rock over dance tunes has turned off a portion the duo's audience. There's also a question of whether or not the duo can score another major chart hit, even with this amazing momentum — aside from "Lose Yourself to Dance," their other collaboration with singer Pharrell and guitarist Nile Rodgers, but aside from that, there's not much on the record that would fit in with anything on the radio right now. One thing is certain, though: Whenever Daft Punk announces a new tour, it's going to be a very, very hot ticket.
- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred over ISIS, race in the US, and his unreleased taxes during the first debate 📢
- Parents of the suspected Washington mall gunman who killed five people said he "had mental issues."
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Google rolls out Play Store update and app data sync
Google's I/O event might not start until tomorrow, but a few goodies have already made their way to the surface tonight, including an updated Google Play Store that is rolling out to users now. With the update comes a handful of changes that were both needed and a long time coming, and that aside there are a bunch of features added to the Google Play Services framework. We've got a rundown after the jump, as well as download links.


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Dr Thomas Pegram
Deputy Director of the Global Governance Institute and Senior Lecturer in Global Governance
- Name: Dr Thomas Pegram
- Position: Deputy Director of GGI and Senior Lecturer in Global Governance
- Room: 4.02, 31 Tavistock Sq.
- Telephone:020 3108 9291
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- On sabbatical leave for Term 2, 2016/2017.
Dr Tom Pegram is Senior Lecturer in Global Governance and the Deputy Director of the Global Governance Institute (GGI). Prior to joining UCL in September 2013, he was Assistant Professor in Political Science (International Relations) at Trinity College Dublin and the Director of the Policy Institute. Tom has held research fellowships at New York University and Harvard University Law Schools and holds a DPhil in Politics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Tom's research interests include global governance, international organisations, human rights and the transgovernmental politics of domestic compliance.
He has particular expertise in the study of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and is the co-editor with Ryan Goodman of the book 'Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change: Assessing National Human Rights Institutions' published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.
Together with colleagues across UCL and beyond, Tom contributes to the UCL Global Governance Institute's research agenda on global governance which seeks to integrate insights across an theoretically and empirically-rich second generation of scholarship to ground a powerful third generation of global governance scholarship, distinguished by a concern for the complexity and dynamism of global public policy-making and delivery in the 21st century.
Tom's research has featured in the journals European Journal of International Relations, Governance, Millennium, Oxford Development Studies, Human Rights Quarterly and the Journal of Latin American Studies and he currently serves on the editorial board of Global Governance.
Tom also has extensive practical experience working policy-makers and practitioners at the local and international level, including the UN OHCHR, Amnesty International and other governmental and non-governmental agencies.
He is the author of various book chapters, policy intervention reports, and his articles have appeared in The Guardian and The Irish Times.
Updates on all things global governance and human
rights can be found on the UCL GGI website. and his personal website.
- Ryan Goodman & Thomas Pegram (eds.) Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change: Assessing National Human Rights Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
Peer-reviewed articles
- David Coen and Tom Pegram, 'Wanted: A Third Generation of Global Governance Research,' Governance, published online: August 2015.
- Tom Pegram, 'Global Human Rights Governance and Orchestration: National Human Rights Institutions as Intermediaries,' European Journal of International Relations, vol. 21, no. 3, August 2015, pp. 1-26.
- Jeff Waage, Christopher Yap, Sarah Bell, Caren Levy, Georgina Mace, Tom Pegram et al., 'Governing the UN Sustainable Development Goals: interactions, infrastructures, and institutions,' The Lancet Global Health, vol. 3, no. 5, April 2015, pp. 251-252.
- Tom Pegram, 'Governing Relationships: The New Architecture in Global Human Rights Governance,' Millennium, vol. 43, no. 2, January 2015, pp. 618-639.
- Michele Acuto and Tom Pegram, 'Introduction: Global Governance and the Theoretical Interregnum,' Millennium, vol. 43, no. 2, January 2015, pp. 584-597.
- Thomas Pegram, 'Weak institutions, rights claims and pathways to compliance: the transformative role of the Peruvian Human Rights Ombudsman,' Oxford Development Studies, vol. 39, No. 2, June 2011, 229-250.
- Thomas Pegram, 'Diffusion across political systems: the global spread of national human rights institutions,' Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 32, No. 3, August 2010, pp. 729-760.
- Thomas Pegram, 'Accountability in hostile times: the case of the Peruvian Human Rights Ombudsman 1996-2001,' Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, February 2008, pp. 51-82.
Book chapters
- Niheer Dasandi, David Hudson and Tom Pegram, 'Post-2015 Development Agenda Setting in Focus: Governance and Institutions,' In J. Waage and C. Yap, Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development (London: Ubiquity Press, 2015).
- Thomas Pegram, 'National human rights institutions and their potential role in prevention and response to mass atrocities in Latin America,' in Monica Serrano (ed.), Responsibility to Protect in Latin America (Routledge Press, in press forthcoming 2015)
- Thomas Pegram, 'The Bolivian Human Rights Ombudsman and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,' in Eva Brems et al. (eds.) The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic and Social Rights (Intersentia, in press forthcoming 2015)
- Thomas Pegram, 'National human rights institutions in Latin America: Politics and institutionalization,' in Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram (eds.), Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change: Assessing National Human Rights Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2012)
- Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram, 'Introduction: National human rights institutions, State Conformity, and Social Change,' in Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram (eds.), Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
- Thomas Pegram, 'La Defensoría de los Habitantes de Costa Rica: ¿un puente entre el estado y la sociedad?' Revista Perfiles Latinoamericanos-FLACSO (Mexico: FLACO, 2012)
- Thomas Pegram, 'Bridging the Gap: The Defensoría, Informal Institutions and the 'Accountability Gap' in Peruvian Politics,' in John Crabtree (ed.), Peruvian Democracy: Old Problems, New Challenges (Institute for the Study of the Americas, May 2011).
Selected works in progress
- Tom Pegram, 'Principled Agents: Human Rights and Regulatory Politics in Latin America.' manuscript under review
- Katerina Linos and Tom Pegram, 'The Language of Compromise in International Agreements,' conditional acceptance (July 2015)
- Katerina Linos and Tom Pegram, 'Architects of Their Own Making: National Human Rights Institutions and the United Nations,' conditional acceptance (August 2015)
- Katerina Linos and Tom Pegram, 'Interrogating Form and Function: Designing Effective National Human Rights Institutions,' in preparation for submission
- Par Engstrom & Thomas Pegram, 'Bridging the Gap: National Human Rights Institutions and Torture Prevention in Latin America,' in preparation for submission
- Claire Methven O'Brien and Tom Pegram, 'The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in securing remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses,' in preparation for submission.
Selected policy contributions
- Thomas Pegram and Sarah Hawkes, 'Lifestyle diseases make global health promotion more difficult than ever,' The Conversation, 18 June 2014
- Thomas Pegram and Rory Sullivan, 'Why the moral case for the living wage is not enough,' The Guardian, Tuesday 29 April 2014
- Thomas Pegram, 'Concern grows over human rights policing vacuum as merger crawls to conclusion,' The Irish Times, Monday 8 April 2013
- Thomas Pegram, 'The equality commission deserves our support,' The Guardian, Thursday 6 October 2011
- Does Torture Prevention Work? Case Studies on Chile and Peru, Commissioned and supported by the Association for the Prevention of Torture (March 2014) (with Dr. Par Engstrom, UCL)
- How must the global health and AIDS architecture be modernised to achieve sustainable global health? Consultation report for UNAIDS and Lancet Commission third Working Group on Defeating AIDS (with Dr. Sarah Hawkes, UCL), 2 December 2013
- Report commissioned on the merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and Equality Authority as part of a pan-European study coordinated by University College London, funded by the Nuffield Foundation (February 2013)
- National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Torture Prevention in Latin America, British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Human Rights and Democracy Programme Fund (October 2011) (with Dr. Par Engstrom, UCL)
- The Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain: Challenges and Opportunities, research project supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and Human Rights Consortium, University of London (June 2011)
Teaching and supervision
Tom teaches the core module Global Governance on the MSc in Global Governance and Ethics (PUBLG114). He also co-teaches with Dr Tom Dabbenbaum on the module International Human Rights Standards and Institutions (PUBLG063).
He welcomes applications to supervise PhD students in any area of his research expertise. Any prospective research student is welcome to email him with a short research proposal and a CV.
He currently supervises one doctoral student as second supervisor:
- Guillermo Jimenez (commenced Oct 2013) – Guillermo is examining non-judicial institutions of administrative justice with particular interest in the Latin American democratization context.


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Mimsy Were the BorogovesShared publicly -
Back in 2009, I wrote about how the press was getting more and more convoluted (http://www.hoboes.com/Mimsy/Editorial/it-widely-believed-news-media-clueless/) in its drive to smear conservative candidates. It looks like Ann Romney is getting the treatment now.
One of President Barack Obama's top donors, which also provided his administration several key staffers, has been caught in a sex-trafficking scandal in New York and other east coast cities.
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The F-35 Lightning
II is one of the most ambitious and most expensive aircraft platforms that has
ever entered development by the U.S. military. To help offset some of the costs
to develop and build the F-35, the U.S. entered into agreements with partner
nations that would allow the nations to buy the aircraft and share some of the
costs of the program.
There have been some significant issues with the program that have put the F-35
behind schedule in some instances and run costs up. However, Lockheed Martin
has announced that the aircraft has hit a milestone this month with the first
flight of a production F-35 taking place on February 25. The production
aircraft is an F-35A, which is the conventional take off and landing version of
the fighter.
"The aircraft was rock-solid from takeoff to landing, and successfully
completed all the tests we put it through during the flight," said Lockheed
Martin Test Pilot Bill Gigliotti. "The Air Force is getting a great jet that
represents a huge leap in capability, and we're looking forward to getting it
into the hands of the service pilots in just a few more weeks."
Test pilot Bill Gigliotti's test flight lasted about an hour (the aircraft took
off from the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base at 3:05pm and
landed at 4:05pm). Lockheed Martin notes that the jet will continue testing in
Fort Worth for another month before the Air Force accepts the aircraft.
The most trouble prone of the F-35 variants is the F-35B STOVL aircraft. In
January of 2011, the F-35B
completed five vertical landings bringing the aircraft closer to its
goal of being delivered to the Marine Corps this year. The carrier version of
the F-35, dubbed the F-35C, is should be delivered to the Navy starting in
quote: that debated the decision.
quote: Considering the single engine F35 produces more thrust than pretty much any dual engine aircraft in production, I really don't see the issue.
quote: There's no substitute for real eyeballs on the sky.
quote: Considering the single engine F35 produces more thrust than pretty much any dual engine aircraft in production, I really don't see the issue. Lower costs, lower maintenance, and makes it far better suited for multi use purposes. If safety is a concern, well then the F16 (single engine) still has a slightly better track record than the F18 (dual engine) according to the US Government.
quote: It really comes down to this: would you rather have 3 upgraded F-16's, or a single JSF?


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Information-Based Models For Finance And Insurance
In financial markets, the information that traders have about an asset is reflected in its price. The arrival of new information then leads to price changes. The 'Information-based framework' of Brody, Hughston and Macrina (BHM) isolates the emergence of information, and examines its role as a driver of price dynamics. This approach has led to the development of new models that capture a broad range of price behaviour. This paper extends the work of BHM by introducing a wider class of processes for the generation of the market filtration. In the BHM framework, each asset is associated with a collection of random cash flows.
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https://twitter.com/thisislotuskane ...I was born an raised in Co.Antrim ,as a child music wasnt played in our house unless my Father was there,he was a fan of Buddy Holly ,Diana Ross an all the old blues singers hence my love of music began an at the age of 7 i wrote my 1st song..at the age of 10 my best friend Joe introduced me to rock,grunge &punk hence i became very much influenced by those styles,,,at 21 I recorded my 1st song
an went on to gig an got airplay all over Ireland an played live on radio too...i then decided to go back into the studio an recoded my 1st ep.(Drama) I released it in 2007 ,got a band together an organized a gig at The Pavilion in Belfast it was so successful that from that I was inundated with offers to gig an once again I was back on the Radio too ....then I discovered I was expecting so I took a break for a while ..but I found it hard to juggle family an music so it became a longer break than I had expected ...in the summer of 2011 my Father took ill an sadly lost his battle with cancer on the 5th of November 2011,during his illness he told me never to give up the music ,so here I am !!!my 1st song is called Medicine,it's the 1st song of my new aI which is still a working progress..


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Album Rating: 1.5The beginning of On Fire is pretty rad... but holy shit this thing is bad.
"Stupid Hoe" does indeed rule and is one of Nicki's best "fuck you and your 'real rap'" singles.
738 thousand dislikes lmaooooooo
Album Rating: 1.0"this is the same man who declared that, if he was President, he would "make prostitution legal in about five more states [and] put cocaine back in Coca-Cola,"
Lmao i couldn't stop laughing at this line...
I'm honestly surprised how good Knockout is compared to rest of this album though... cause the rest was horrendous..
Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Offlisten to drop the world and forget the rest
I listened to this album and I died a little. 0.5 please!!
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Michael Phelps will return to the pool later this month
The 22-time Olympic medalist will return to the pool later this month in Mesa, Ariz.
There were hints from Michael Phelps' long-time coach Bob Bowman that the most decorated Olympian in history was mulling a return to the pool. Well, according to a USA Swimming release, Phelps will do just that later this month.
According to the multiple outlets, Phelps is expected to compete in the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, Ariz., which runs from April 24-26.
Bowman, however, was careful to keep expectations low.
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Very pleasant hotel
If you know in advance what to expect from this hotel by reading reviews on different website as we did, you won't be disapointed.
The hotel has superb gardens and the pool is great.The hotel is on the best section of Diani's beach .
Standard Rooms are quite large, clean and with some character but very basic, particularly the bathroom.I don't think they should be agreed 2 stars in europe .
The food is good but there is not very much choice but it's kenya isn't it?
The staff is very kind and efficient the atmosphere is very quiet and relaxing.
Should recommend for couples but not for families plus family rooms are on the bad side of the hotel.
A bad point anyway some activities advertised, even in the hotel directory as free, like snorkelling, are not.
Avoid the glass boat anyway the lagoon is totally dead except a few bunches of coral just facing tne hotel.
Tired and run down ,lovely beach
We stayed a week at this hotel following our safari. We were in a beachfront room, the rooms need allot of work they are quite run down with mould growing on the wall and ceiling especially the bathroom.
The gardens and pool area are lovely, sun lounges were always available, the beach and ocean are lovely, all the water sports were at a cost: snorkelling you had to pay for the boat to take you out to the reef, there was very little to see allot of dead coral and hundreds of large sea urchins, I would advice reef shoes, wind surfing was available however you had to pay for tuition.
The food and drinks at this hotel were very poor, breakfast and lunch very repetitive and the evening meals where not really worth having, cheap cuts of meat, and not a lot of it. And the only thing I can recommend would be the bread rolls, which I ate for most meals. The drinks were very limited, coke, sprite, orange juice, water and beer. There was also local spirits, and awful cheap wine.
The only redeeming feature for this hotel is the lovely staff that tried to be friendly and helpful as long as the boss was not around. Otherwise she would be harassing them with her "busy busy chop chop"! How many stars would I give this hotel? Two at most, three and a half stars is laughable.
Kenyan magic - thanks to this website
My boyfriend and I have just got back from a brilliant trip to Kenya. We checked everything out on this website before we went and we weren't disappointed.
Papillon Lagoon Reef Hotel - Diani Beach
This is a really nice resort - clean, friendly, and the best pool I have ever seen. The swim-up bar is the best bit! It's not too busy here, the pool is always almost empty - apart from 3.30pm every day when the 'animation team' lead a group into water polo! I lazed happily on one of the many sun loungers reading my book, but my boyfriend played every day and loved it. We also met loads of people - something I wasn't sure would happen as we were travelling as a couple.
The hotel is right on the beach, and though the beach boys are annoying, there really aren't many of them, and the beach is BIG so you can walk alone quite happily. Just ignore them and they get the message. Any hint of friendliness and they won't leave you alone.
The beach itself is gorgeous - the soft white sand is like velvet and the water is clear and warm. ALTHOUGH there are jellyfish, and my partner and I both got stung. It's not life threatening though.
The food is good, fresh fish, rice and vegetables every day, as well as the usual pizza, pasta etc. The free drinks aren't great - really beer is the only decent thing, the tonic in the gin and tonics is flat and unsurprisingly the wine isn't that great, but we weren't that bothered. If you walk 2 minutes down the beach there's a great little bar that serves big cocktails.
We chose Papillon after reading reviews on this site so thanks everyone!
We went with D M Tours, after so many people on this site said how good they were. I'm SO glad we did our research, as everyone else we passed on safari were in big old minibuses, whereas we were in a group of 4 only, in a 4x4 with 2 roof hatches. Our guide 'Kenya' was also fantastic.
The 2 lodges we stayed at whilst on safari were also great (and - you guessed it, we picked them after reading reviews here!) Galdessa is stunning. From the minute you arrive, dusty and parched from a long drive and they give you a cold drink and fragrant wet towel, we knew we'd like it. Then we saw our hut. A sumptuous cabin with four poster bed that looks out over the river, which a family of elephants frequent. Oh and a hippo. I barely slept for excitement, listening to the hippo splashing around that night. The food's delicious too.
The other 'luxury tent' lodge was Severin camp. I didn't like this one as much, though it was fine, but my partner actually preferred it. It is populated with friendly squirrels, and there's a floodlit watering hole and campfire to sit around at night, listening to the masai tell tales.
All in all, thank you TripAdvisor!
A Great Holiday!
My wife and I travelled to Kenya to celebrate our first wedding anniversary and I can say that we were not disapointed. We stayed for 10 nights, 7 at the Beach and 3 on Safari.
I'll start at the beginning and try to be as short and sweet as possible...
Before travelling I'd read mixed reviews of Kenya Airways but I can say that the flight was as comfortable as any other 7 hour flight I've ever had. Plenty of drinks and food, service good, and good selection of in flight entertainment to pass the hours. We connected in Nairobi to catch internal flight to Mombasa, a reasonable experience so long as you are booked to go straight through to Mombasa and can head for the transit lounge, if not you have to clear immigration, pick up your cases, then go to another nearby terminal to catch the domestic flight. This didn't take long but I'd suggest you try to book a connecting flight that is soon after the arrival of the main flight, that way you'll avoid the hassle.
Arrival and transfer was smooth apart from a brief breakdown of our bus when we dropped off another couple, apparently this is not unusual, and not suprised given condition of the roads! H & J along with at least Virgin and Manos use Rhino Safari's as the local tour operators. They met us at the Airport and transferred us via Safari Bus to our hotel. Takes about an hour to Diani Beach so long as you catch the Ferry right. (You have to catch a public ferry to get to the South coast which is an experience itself, it's no holds barred to get a place but thankfully your driver is always well versed in this crossing)
First impressions of Papillon were good, check in prompt, staff helpful and informative, and plenty of porters to carry your bags even if you don't want them to!
We had booked a Beach Front room which had an excellent view of the Beach. Room complete with Four Poster Bed + Mosquito Net, stocked Fridge (contents included if you are A.I.), Television, and Safe. Rooms comfortable and well maintained throughout the stay, gladly left the room boy a 500 Ksh tip at the end of the holiday.
Food at hotel is good. Not excellent, but good. Reasonable choice at every meal, certainly enough for 3 courses at every sitting! Dinner requires long trousers as it's held in a different resturant to Breakfast and Lunch. Generally Dinner dress code is casual so long as you have those full length trousers. Drink is plentiful and measures good. Local beer and spirts all good too, tastes just as good as any UK branded alternative.
Hotel Gardens are lovely, well maintained and plenty of space for beds, room in the sun for sun worship and room in the shade for the more pasty among us. Beach towels provided by staff situated next to the pool, one per person per day at no cost. Pool is great, swim up bar very handy if you can manage to fight your way through the resident Germans! Animation Staff are friendly and put on a good program every day in and out of the pool. They get plenty of participation in most things, young and old join in which is a testament to the team.
Our Rep Juma was helpful but as I said he works for Rhino and looks after several UK holiday operators clients so he does get busy. Be patient is best advice I can give.
Beach is beautiful, just a shame it can't be enjoyed without hassle from beach boys and traders. Whilst it is possible to ignore them, they are pretty persistent so be prepared. Tip if you want to buy anything from them is start your bids very low as they tend to start very high! They thrive on the negotiation, and it can be fun if you are in the right frame of mind.
We pre-booked our Amboseli Safari so had to check out of the hotel during this. This is no problem and hotel look after your luggage whilst you are off site. Safari was great for animal and non-animal lovers, a real experience. Be prepared for early starts and dusty days. Generally this pales into insignificance when you settle for a beer watching over the waterholes in the evening. We stopped at three lodges, Kilaguni Serena, Amboseli Serena, and Ngutini, all were excellent but preferred Kilaguni and Ngutini as they overlooked Waterholes ans so had lots of animal visitors thoughout the day and night. Food at lodges is equally as good as at Hotel but choice is probably wider.
In summary I'd say that this hotel and Safari combination was good value and I'd reccomend it to most.
Our wedding at the Lagoon Reef
We stayed at the then Lagoon Reef back in September 1992 with my parents and friends. We were married at Fort Jesus, and celebrated our wedding day at the hotel, with a lobster meal in the beachside restaurant in the evening. It was a fantastic holiday. Everything about it, from the beautiful meandering gardens down to the pool, to the monkeys that frequented our balconies every day. We loved the hotel and staff, especially the entertainment team who got us all involved in volleyball, keep fit and anything else they could think of in the pool each day. I cant believe it is 16 years since I was there. We swear we will get back there when we are 25 years married with our children. It looks just as beautiful inthe photos now as it was back then. Thoroughly recommended. (PS is Rasta Bob still the resident taxi driver? long dreadlocks, about 35 years of age?)
The one place to re-visit!
well what can i say about the papillion?
apart from the fact its paradise, i loved it so much ive now been about 5 times!
its not just the sun and the sea that will make you return to kenya, but the people and the atmosphere are so unbeleivable you will never want to leave.
i personally think the papillion lagoon reef hotel is by far the best hotel on diani beach the service is fantastic the people and staff are so friendly the food is out of this world it certainly is a once in a life time experience!
so when you write your list of things to do before you die make sure a visit to kenya is somewere on that list!
Papillon Lagoon Reef, Diani Beach October 2005
It was a nice clean hotel, but seemed to be the last on every collection and drop off. Great pool, gardens, sun bathing area and pool bar and the lads who organise the pool sports are excellent, worth getting into if you are getting bored.
The Hibiscus cottages are stuck right out the back of the complex, whilst they are fine it would definitely be worth getting a room that overlooks the pool or beach. Beach Hawkers are a real pain, but you can swap pens, socks and polo shirts for goods if you want.
Ali Ba Ba Caves restaurant was a really nice meal out, they will pick you up and drop you off, don't walk the road is a bit iffy at night. There is a local cabby in a silver car who waits in the hotel, he is great and will take you to the best shops (no hassle) and wait/advise why you buy stuff. Snorkelling trips from the hotel are good value and you see loads.
We liked it-I'm sure you will too
Much has been written about the hotel, complaints about the staff; the large number of German guests and the food.
Well, we found the staff to be fine, helpful and polite. If I had to criticise it would be that they pour too large measures of alcohol which is generous but tends to spoil the taste.
There were during our visit roughly equal proportions of English, French and Germans who all seemed to mix well and play nicely together, it certainly wasn't a problem except everyone speaking in pigeon.
The pool is beautiful and very clean; the food very good and varied; the rooms fine although a little dated and not overlarge; the entertainment varied and good; the gardens again are lovely.
The beach is beautiful and whilst the boys can be a pain they are not that bad, certainly not keeping most visitors off the beach. You can really walk for miles without problem.
One unusual item I noticed was that sleeved shirts and trousers were required for dinner. Nearly all complied with this and I thought it was a nice touch, some guests dressing very well.
All in all a wonderful location for a holiday-we would certainly go back. Last time we did Club Sun and Sand which was fine but the beach is not nearly as nice and the boys there were really a pain, keeping us off the beach.
The Great Papillon Lagoon Reef (Kenya)
Am really lost for words. Papillon Lagoon Reef hotel is way cheap and has the best services ever.
I have been to other- even better and expensive hotels in Mombasa-Kenya but the saying that cheap is dear does not apply anywhere near this hotel. Their standard of cleaniless is excellent.
Am planning on a visit again there sometime in June this year.
If you havent tried this hotel, please make sure you do the next time you visit Africa and the Carribean as well.
Invasion of the German Kind again!
The hotel Is very nice and I found the food excellent , the staff wonderful But the biggest problem is that this hotel is manly used by the Germans and it is true about the laying of towels on the loungers. I caught them in a photo at 6.15am before we went on a trip
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OSHA News Release – Region 1
U.S. Department of Labor
Region 1 BOS 2003-086
May 5, 2003
Contact: Ted Fitzgerald
Phone: (617) 565-2074
Cave-in, and Other Safety Hazards at Shirley, Mass. Jobsite
METHUEN, Mass. -- Failure to protect workers at a Shirley, Mass., construction site against falls, cave-ins and other potentially fatal safety hazards has resulted in $126,300 in fines against three contractors.
The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited S&R Construction of Johnston, R.I., Stanley Roofing Company, Inc. of Ipswich, Mass. and Bostonian Masonry Corp., of East Walpole, Mass., for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act identified during an inspection of the New Shirley Middle School Construction Project.
"These violations encompass four of the leading hazards in construction: falls, cave-ins, being struck by vehicles and electrical hazards," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "It's imperative that employers ensure effective safeguards against these all too common and deadly hazards." S&R Construction faces a total of $68,300 in fines for one willful citation for failing to supply cave-in protection for employees working in an unguarded seven-foot deep trench; a repeat citation for failing to place excavated material two feet or more from the trench's edge, thus exposing employees to being struck or crushed by material falling or rolling into the trench; and four serious citations for obstructed vision for an excavator; no seatbelt on a loader; backing up a large loader without a reverse signal alarm or a spotter to prevent workers from being struck; damaged or misused ladders and failure to train workers in proper ladder use.
Stanley Roofing was issued a willful citation, with a $42,000 fine, for failing to supply fall protection for employees constructing a roof deck, thus exposing them to falls of 30 feet to the ground below.
Bostonian Masonry was issued five serious citations, with $16,000 in fines, for fall hazards from the absence of a fall protection program, missing guardrails and employees climbing a scaffold's diagonal bracing to reach a work area; electrocution hazard from placement of an electrical conductor across the scaffold; tripping hazards from debris strewn through the work area; and failing to supply toeboards on overhead work platforms to prevent materials from falling onto workers at lower levels.
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The OSHA Area Office in Methuen conducted the inspection. The telephone number is (617) 565-8110. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is dedicated to saving lives, preventing injuries and illnesses, and protecting America's workers. Safety and health add value to business, the workplace and life. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
|Fact Sheet
|OSHA Citations and Proposed Penalties
|New Shirley Middle School Construction Project
|Shirley, Mass.
|S & R Construction, Johnston, RI
|Total proposed penalties: $68,300
|Stanley Roofing Ipswich, Mass.
|Total proposed penalties: $42,000
|Bostonian Masonry East Walpole, Mass.
|Total proposed penalties: $16,000
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