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Feeling ill with ulcers10 messages in this subject.
|Hi. I have a large ulcer on the inside of my cheek. It has been there for months and I am suffering from headaches, nausea, fatigue and just feel unwell. I am waiting to see a specialist. I was referred by my dentist not a doctor even though I have been to the doctor several times for this
|Christine McLeod 12 August 18
I have always suffered with mouth ulcers & so have my parents. Resently Ive had one after the other & its dragging me down big time. The pain is horrific & Im feeling poorly with it. Tired, moody, swollen glands in my neck. Find it difficult to talk, eat etc...
Seen my doctor/had bloods done to test for any deficiencies & they were all normal. Doctor gave me a mouth wash & I take pain killers but they dont seem to touch it! 😞
|Sophie 26 January 18
|I have had mouth ulcers for about 3 years. It took me about 2 years to get a diagnosis of Behcet's. My current ulcer is under my tongue in the back almost to my tonsils. It is very painful and totally exhausts me. My body is hurting all over and I am depressed. I try to over come it, but it is hard, when I don't even feel like getting out of bed.
|Brenda 48 21 February 11
|Dom - I found the diagnosis helpful in that the GPs took my symptoms more seriously than before. I use Betnesol mouthwash when the pain from the ulcers gets really bad and have occasionally had steroids for short periods of time. The consultant I saw told me to rest when the joint pains and fatigue are bad and this helps them ease more quickly whereas before I just used to try and keep going as I felt like no one really believed how lousy I felt and the more I did the worse it got. When there are few outward signs I used to think other people would think I was just malingering and tried to keep going regardless. Now I get less episodes of the joint pains and fatigue as I pace myself better. I always have ulcers but, as I said above, watching my diet does help and generally the ulcers are not as bad as they used to be most of the time. The other thing I avoid that I forgot to mention is mint in any shape or form, that really aggravates the ulcers. I use a mint free toothpaste and I think that has made quite a difference too. Hope something here is of use to someone.
|Linda 6 September 10
|When I was at boarding school I suffered terribly wih mouth ulcers that always lasted quite a long while, and my infirmarian nun at the school made me eat a block of live yeast every day, which made me feel quite sick. the block was about 2" by 1" sqare, but I have to say that it evenutually cured my mouth ulcers for good and I have not ever had one since.
|NIcola Devlin 31 August 10
|I have been diagnosed with Systemic Lupus but sometimes think what I have sounds more like Behcets. I have a recurring ulcer at the side of my tongue and going undernearth. It is a huge crator and can last over two weeks. Utter misery. I also get other very deep ulcers on other parts of my tongue and the roof is sore too. My mouth is so very dry all the time - has anyone got any ideas to help my dry mouth. I have to keep chewing gum in my mouth even during the night. I am going to try some of the ulcer suggestions on this website.
|Eneri 31 August 10
|Linda - recurrent ulcers can indeed be indicative of an auto-immune disorder and are frequently found with Behcet's, Crohn's, Lupus, Sjogren's... etc. It seems to be a matter of luck whether or not your doctor knows about these things. For you, how helpful has it been receiving a diagnosis of Behcet's in terms of managing it?
|Dom Walton 31 August 10
|In all the articles about mouth ulcers they never mention Behcets Syndrome. I had severe mouth ulcers from about the age of 7 and also felt achey, tired and generally unwell. It wasn't until I was 37 and moved to a new GP that I was diagnosed with Behcets. It is quite rare and I don't think a lot of doctors even know about it but I was lucky with the GP who recognised it straight away. Do have a look at the Behcets Syndrome Society website and see if any of the other symptoms fit. It can't be cured but symptoms can be treated and just having a diagnosis after so many years can be helpful. I have also found that diet can help, for me avoiding fruit, tea and spices helps to reduce the amount of ulcers (I can have up to 20 at a time) and the length of time they last (at least 3 weeks usually).
|Linda 31 August 10
|For me it depends on the location and cause of the ulcer- but you are not alone. Ulcers on my cheek or tongue caused by biting do not usually cause too much problems except for being an annoying pain. However ulcers that appear on my gums or inside my lips cause a lot of extra symptoms, and i end up feeling as though i have mild case of the flu. I get headaches, painful swolen glands in my neck and face, sore throat and i generally ache and feel tired and sick of a couple of days. Also, they can be so painful that i just can't eat, drink or talk for a day or two, despite taking strong painkillers like codeine. Basically, we are feeling our immune systems responding and going into overdrive in response to the infection in our mouths. I am currently on a very strong painkiller called OxyContin (extended release oxycodone) for an un-realted condition, and even that is barely taking the edge off the pain in my mouth and face from an ulcer that appeared yesterday.
|Aza 31 August 10
I suffer from a single ulcer located at the rear of my throat on the left side just before the tonsil every so months, and apart from the pain it causes, I also feel extremely unwell with it. I get headaches, fatigue, feeling sick and just generally feeling absolutely rubbish and it lasts for the time I have the ulcer.
Does anyone else experience these additional symptoms when they get an ulcer?
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Though the indoor winter track season is in full swing on both sides of the pond, the spring marathon majors in Boston and London have already begun to loom on the horizon. Even with the monster storm tracking toward New England and scheduled to dump as much as two feet of snow on the area tomorrow through Saturday, the mud and scuttling clouds of April – conditions well recognized in both Boston and London – still beckon off in the soon-to-be whited out distance.
While training for the marathons continues in deep sequestration at camps across the American west and along East Africa's Great Rift Valley, we can begin to see the training sweats being stripped off as schedules get set for the tune up races heralding marathon season. Yesterday, the RAK Half-Marathon field was released. Headed by 2010 champion Geoffrey Mutai, the marathon list leader in both 2011 & 2012, the RAK Half has swiftly become the world's deepest and fastest half marathon. Its list of champions is a true who's who of this running generation, and features several Virgin London Marathon contenders going head up on February 15th.
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With men like 2011 Boston & New York, and 2012 Berlin champ Geoffrey Mutai, 2011 London winner Emmanuel (not related) Mutai, and 2012 Chicago runner-up Feyisa Lelisa of Ethiopia matching up in the UAE before going double the distance in London April 21st, it may seem an odd selection for Makau to go solo at a low-key race in Hawaii. But according to Makau's manager Zane Branson, Makau is more than comfortable with his choice. Continue reading


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Ryu solid in debut, but Dodgers shut out
LOS ANGELES -- Opening Day's heady euphoria for the Dodgers was quickly replaced Tuesday night by the headache of questions Spring Training didn't answer.
The offense did a disappearing act a la 2012 in a 3-0 loss to the Giants, limited to a pair of two-out doubles over eight innings by Madison Bumgarner. With the injured Hanley Ramirez joined on the bench by Carl Crawford for a scheduled day off, the Dodgers showed no ability to manufacture runs as the top five spots in the batting order went 0-for-17.
Korean starter Hyun-Jin Ryu, in his Major League debut, showed the competitor he's known to be. He was ambushed early in the count as the Giants pushed him around for 10 hits in 6 1/3 innings, but showed a Fernando Valenzuela knack for pitching out of jams.
And management's shortstop flip-flop turned sour for a night as Justin Sellers, called up from the Minor Leagues last weekend to be Ramirez's surprise replacement, committed a pair of throwing errors that led to two unearned runs in the seventh inning.
Manager Don Mattingly -- who decided last week to promote Sellers after his demotion to the Minor Leagues and move Luis Cruz from shortstop to third base -- said the decision stands.
"Nothing happened that inning to change anything," he said.
For the Dodgers, there were no Clayton Kershaw heroics, and the blanking followed an opener in which the Dodgers offense was shut out for the first seven innings before Kershaw's home run triggered a four-run rally.
The Dodgers would like to believe Tuesday night's offensive no-show was the result of the opposing pitcher, who struck out five without a walk and is 6-2 lifetime against the Dodgers. In his only start against the Dodgers last year, Bumgarner also pitched eight scoreless innings.
"Madison tonight was kind of exceptional with his control," said Mattingly. "I've never seen him throw quite that many strikes. He's a guy we've had trouble with in the past and tonight in the present also. We're going to have to do a little bit better job with him and make some adjustments."
By contrast, Ryu showed a little more velocity on his fastball (92 mph) than he did in the spring, but his breaking ball is still erratic and he relied on the changeup for the bulk of his five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. His infield, and particularly Cruz at third base, turned three double plays behind him and a fourth later, plus left fielder Jerry Hairston threw out Angel Pagan trying to stretch a hit into a double in the fourth inning.
"He kept his poise and made pitches to induce those ground balls to get the double plays," said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. "He's got good stuff and good secondary pitches."
"To me, the greatest thing about Ryu is nothing overwhelms him," said catcher A.J. Ellis. "He's pitched in WBCs [World Baseball Classics] and in the Olympics before. He never seems like he's stressed. One thing I have to keep reminding myself and other guys, this guy was the greatest player in his entire country. That's something that nobody over here can say outside of maybe the guy who pitched yesterday for us. He's really special and he's going to have a great Major League career, and I'm just happy to say I was at the start of it."
Ryu apologized for barely jogging out of the box on a sixth-inning groundout ("It was embarrassing"), which drew boos, and admitted he had some jitters.
"It would be a lie if I told you I wasn't anxious or nervous," he said. "I felt that. It was the first time I felt that in a long time. But considering it was my first outing, I'm satisfied with the way things turned out."
As for Sellers, neither of his errors came on routine plays. Joaquin Arias led off the seventh inning with a slow roller that the shortstop charged to glove, but a quick off-balance throw pulled first baseman Adrian Gonzalez off the bag.
Then with one out, runners on first and second and the infield in, Bumgarner greeted reliever Ronald Belisario with a chopper over the mound. Sellers gloved the ball and rushed his throw home wide of Ellis to the backstop as Arias scored. Andres Torres followed him home when Belisario wasn't covering the plate.
"I know where he's at because he feels like it's do or die," Mattingly said in defense of Sellers. "For me, he just forced it. We'll just take the out at first base there. Belisario did his job. He comes in and gets a ground ball, which is a little bit of a high bouncer and takes Sellers into the middle of the field where he didn't have any momentum towards the plate.
"We haven't scored to that point and that's what happens when you're out there. You're thinking you can't give up any more runs. But there I want him to have enough confidence in our offense that we're going to be able to score some runs. Let's take the out right there instead of getting ourselves in trouble and giving up the extra run."
Said Sellers: "Donnie told me not to change. I'm going to make mistakes. Unfortunately, this one cost us a couple of runs. But you live and learn."


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Good-bye Clearwater
Time to play ball for real. Spring training is in the books.
Time to reflect on another Clearwater spring:
Best Sign: "The King and His Court" was a hand-made sign on a third-level office door at Bright House Field. Three desks with one computer and one phone served as the working area for Pat Gillick, Dallas Green and Charley Kerfeld. Fortunately, there were no fights over the use of the computer.
Best Rookie: The Zo Zone.blog on phillies.com by Todd Zolecki.
Best Uniformed Rookie: Actually, two stood out, OF John Mayberry Jr. and INF Jason Donald. Both have bright futures.
Most Impressive Newcomer: Raul Ibanez, hands down. The man can play. He's also a huge asset in the clubhouse. All the reports we heard are true.
Toughest Jobs: Staff in the minor league camp that had to deliver news to some 40 players that they were no longer part of the Phillies organization.
Best Weather: Without a doubt, the best weather I've seen since I first set foot in this city in 1963. Sunny, warm (75-83) every day but two.
Biggest Disappointment: We can't take the weather with us on the team charter.
Favorite Ballpark: Other than Bright House Field, I don't know. Didn't make any road trips!
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I made several road trips…saw the Yankees in Tampa, the Jays in Dunedin and Pirates in Bradenton; happy to report Bright House field outshined them all! The Memorial area outside the Yanks field was very nice, but inside, the Phils have the better park.


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Turkmen MPs OK agreement on transport corridor
Turkmen MPs OK agreement on transport corridor
KABUL (Pajhwok): Turkmenistan's parliament has ratified an agreement on transit and transport cooperation (Lapis Lazuli) among regional countries, a media report says.
The accord had been inked on the margins of the 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VII) in Ashgabat in mid-November.
Rail tracks and motorways are likely to connect the Torghundi town of Herat with Ashgabat and Caspian port of Turkmenbashi, Trend news agency reported.
It added the corridor will stretch to Baku before reaching Ankara through Tbilisi. It will include branches to Poti, Batumi, Ankara and Istanbul.
Designed to boost regional trade and economic integration, the project will cost about $2 billion.
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An ongoing chance to learn
It's a privilege to serve as a Washington County commissioner. The citizens of Washington County gave me this opportunity and it has been three years since I started on Jan. 1, 2011.
Being a commissioner is certainly an ongoing learning experience. My wife Jane, along with other family members and friends, have been fully supportive and encouraging. Former and current officeholders along with the county staff have also been very helpful. I would like to share some observations as a commissioner.
County government is the local arm of state government. Counties cannot make any laws. There are 14 elected officials in county government each charged with specific duties and the operation of their respective office. Each runs their department and is accountable to the voters, not another county officeholder.
County government provides many crucial services. Almost all of these are mandated by Ohio law. A partial lists includes the courts, law enforcement, child protection, roads and bridges, elections, and veteran services. County employees come to work every day and strive to provide excellent service. I would like to thank them for their dedication and commitment to you, our customers.
As a commissioner, I am invited to many events, dinners and fund raisers. I never realized how many organizations, groups and individuals in Washington County give of their own time, energy and other resources to provide assistance for those in need. As one example, there are 17 volunteer fire departments serving our county. The list if very long and serves a vital role in our communities.
As with any position or job, some parts are more enjoyable than others. There are issues or problems that can't be resolved to everyone's satisfaction. You make your best decision with the information available at the time the roll is called.
My term as a commissioner ends on Dec. 31 this year. After careful thought and consideration I have decided not to be a candidate for a second term. Thank you for allowing me to serve as commissioner.
Tim Irvine
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Dodge has completely redesigned and re-engineered its Ram for the 2002 model year. This all-new pickup boasts levels of refinement and comfort that match those of the best trucks from General Motors and Ford. New designs from GM and Ford had put them ahead on this score, but that's all changed with the 2002 Dodge Ram. The new Ram offers a much smoother ride and a bigger, more comfortable, and more convenient cab.
Refinement doesn't mean the Dodge Ram has gone soft, however. This year's Ram offers improved towing and hauling capability, and more powerful, more efficient engines. This complete overhaul puts the Dodge back on solid ground with the half-ton pickups from Ford and GM.
Dodge Ram is available with two cab configurations, Regular Cab and Quad Cab. Ordering the four-door, six-passenger Quad Cab adds $4100-$5200 to the bottom line. Quad Cab models ride on a wheelbase that's 20 -inches longer than comparable regular cab models.
Two bed lengths are available, a 6-foot, 3-inch standard bed and an 8-foot long bed. Ordering the long bed only adds about $300 to the price. Long-bed models ride on a wheelbase that's 20 inches longer than comparable short-bed models. Eight-foot long beds also get a bigger fuel tank, 35 gallons in place of the standard 26-gallon tank.
Three engines are offered: Most popular will be the 4.7-liter V8, a new overhead cam design. A new 3.7-liter V6 is available that's similar in design to the 4.7-liter V8 is available. And, for towing, there's a big 5.9-liter engine using the older overhead-valve design.
A five-speed manual transmission is standard with the 3.7- and 4.7-liter engines; a four-speed automatic ($975) is optional. The 5.7-liter V8 comes standard with a heavy-duty automatic.
Four-wheel drive and two-wheel drive are available. Four-wheel drive adds approximately $3250-$4250.
Trim levels and trim packages include basic ST, SLT, SLT Plus, and Sport. ST comes standard with air conditioning, but is equipped with vinyl upholstery, wind-up windows, and manual door locks. SLT adds roughly $1700-$1800 and includes cloth upholstery, nicer interior trim, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a host of luxury and convenience, and wider tires. SLT Plus is the luxury package, which costs in the neighborhood of $6255-$6535 and brings leather seating surfaces, dual-zone air conditioning, a premium stereo, cast aluminum wheels, and a long, long list of luxury and convenience features. Sport trim is available for about $470; add another $1100 or so if you want the aggressive street-rodder 20-inch wheels and tires.
Dodge says prices have actually dropped slightly over last year. Base price for a Ram 4x2 Regular Cab ST 1500 is $17,670 ($715 destination charge included). Ram Quad Cab 4x4 models start at $26,065.
Heavy-duty versions of the Ram will not be introduced until next year, as 2003 models. Until then, shoppers for heavy-duty Ram models will be looking at the previous-generation of trucks.
The Ram's radical big-rig styling turned the pickup world upside down when it was introduced in 1994. It was a highly successful design, one that gave the Dodge pickups a look of power and capability. The bold styling also helped boost sales exponentially. So Dodge had no intention of turning away from the big horse-collar grille and Freightliner fenders when it redesigned the Ram, and the look established eight years ago has been maintained.
Though evolutionary in design, the sheet metal is indeed all new. Park a 2002 Ram next to a 2001 Ram and the differences are striking. The design has been extensively re-sculpted for reduced wind noise and better rainwater management. The new Ram looks sleek and refined compared with the previous model. The old one looks mashed down compared with the new one.
Few grilles are as instantly recognizable as the massive horse collar grille of the Ram. Even more massive this year, the grille distinguishes among trim levels: The horse collar is all chrome on the SLT model, with a gray honeycomb center. SLT+ features a body-color grille surround and chrome cross hairs. Sport trim includes a body-color surround and cross hairs with unique chrome billets in the center.
Moving rearward, the new Ram presents a more robust appearance than before with a broad, sloping hood and a pronounced crown that falls to the bold front fenders. A faster, raked-back windshield improves aerodynamics and water management, and gives the new Ram a more modern appearance. The leading edge of the front door overlaps the A-pillar, creating a smoother transition from the front of the cab to the side. Everything is smoother and more integrated. The big side mirrors, great for visibility, are now mounted on platforms to reduce wind noise, and a channel has been specially designed to keeps water off of the mirrors. An integrated air dam improves engine cooling and air conditioner performance.
Standard bed length is 6 feet, 3 inches, but an 8-foot bed is now available for both cab styles. That makes the Ram Quad Cab the only half-ton crew-cab pickup with an 8-foot bed. (By comparison, the Ford F-150 SuperCrew only comes with a 5.5-foot bed while the new Chevy Silverado 1500HD only comes with a 6.5-foot bed.) The 160.5-inch wheelbase for a Dodge Ram Quad Cab with an eight-foot bed is 20 inches longer than short-bed Quad Cab or long-bed regular cab models, which increases the turning diameter by 6 feet; but it's just 3 inches longer than Ford and Chevy long-bed extended-cab models. Regardless, Ram beds are fitted with boat cleats designed to handle 1,000 pounds each.
Rams sit pretty high off the ground, particularly the four-wheel-drive models. Tailgate load height is 35 inches on four-wheel-drive models, 33.6 inches on two-wheel-drive Rams. That's a bit much when trying to heave heavy gear aboard.
Ram interiors are completely redesigned for 2002. In fact, one of the biggest improvements offered by the new Ram is in the area of comfort.
That comfort starts with roominess. To increase roominess, Dodge stole 3 inches out of the bed and added more than 3 inches to the cab. So you sacrifice a little bed space for a lot more wiggle room.
Two cab styles are available: a regular cab and the four-door, six-passenger Quad Cab. (Club Cab extended-cab models are history; people stopped buying them when Dodge introduced its first Quad Cab in 1998.) Regular cab and Quad Cab offer identical roominess in the front seats. Dodge claims its regular cab offers the largest interior of any full-size regular cab pickup.
The cloth 40/20/40 split bench front seat in the Sport model is quite supportive, better than some of the seats we've seen recently in other brands. The optional leather seats are also comfortable and supportive during long drives. Three-point shoulder belts are used at all locations, including the rear center seat. Optional power adjustable pedals ($120) let shorter drivers adjust their seating position better so they aren't sitting so close to the airbag; it's a great, affordable option for two-driver families that offers significant comfort and safety benefits.
Pedals are adjustable so shorter drivers in the family can get comfortable without worrying about being too close to the airbag. (Side-curtain airbags are a $395 option.) Nice big mirrors make it easier to see what's behind. A big fold-down center armrest/console comes with adjustable dividers and a power outlet. White-faced instruments with turquoise numbers look sporty and trendy, but don't offer the legibility of traditional white-on-black designs, particularly at dusk. At night, the instruments are nicely illuminated in green.
The design of the audio system could be improved for ease of use. Sometimes you have to search for the right button to press. Setting a button for a station, for example, requires pressing a separate Set button, rather than just holding the button down. Sliding bass and treble controls are harder to adjust than knobs when bouncing around in a pickup truck. Optional steering wheel audio controls ($75) solve this with brilliantly designed buttons behind the steering wheel that are much easier to use than the awkward steering wheel controls found on GM's full-size trucks. Likewise, cruise controls on the steering wheel are easy to operate.
Otherwise, the center dash is a paradigm of convenience. Large heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) buttons can be operated while wearing gloves. A textured fabric is used for trim around the audio and HVAC controls, somewhat similar to what's found in Volkswagens, gives the center dash a nice look and feel. Just below the HVAC controls is a slot lined with a rubber mat that's perfect for a wallet or other small items. A big panel below that folds down with adjustable cup holders. Overhead is a console with an effective pair of map lights, a trip computer, a compartment for sunglasses, and a compass, which every self-respecting truck should have.
Regular cab models come fitted with a tray behind the seats big enough to hold a large bucket. Dodge even supplies the bucket, a tray designed to carry tools and such. Big hooks behind the seats are handy for hanging dry cleaning or plastic shopping bags so your groceries don't roll all over the place. There's even a hook just to the right of the center dash that's useful for hanging onto a couple of grocery bags; the Brits call these curry hooks.
The new Quad Cab is quite nice. About 80 percent of all Ram buyers will opt for the Quad Cab. It's easy to see why. The rear seat is roomy, with enough rake to the seatback to make it comfortable for two adults. Its size also makes the rear bench seat suitable for child safety seats. All three rear seating positions can accommodate child safety seats and are fitted with tether anchors.
With one hand you can flip the Quad Cab's rear seat down. An optional metal frame then folds into place to create a rigid platform designed to support 500 pounds; it should be great for carrying dogs or cargo not suitable for the bed. The rear doors open 85 degrees, making it easy to get in or load gear, and the rear windows roll all the way down. Overall, the Quad Cab is a friendly, practical design for hauling people and gear.
A pleasant ride quality and a responsive engine characterize the driving experience. The 2002 Dodge Ram rides much more smoothly than last year's model.
A rigid new chassis has reduced vibration dramatically. Dodge used an increasingly popular manufacturing process called hydroforming to fashion the frame. Instead of having to weld a bunch of straight pieces together, Dodge uses ultra-high water pressure to form the frame in any shape needed. This highly rigid frame is arguably the most important aspect of this new pickup. It allowed Dodge engineers to redesign the Ram suspension and to tune it precisely, without having to work around a lot of chassis flex.
A new rack-and-pinion steering setup sharpens handling, and 17-inch wheels are standard. The result is better handling, a better ride, and a truck that feels much tighter. Handling and maneuverability were key goals of the Ram design team, according to Dodge, in an effort to help drivers avoid crashes. All Rams come standard with big four-wheel disc brakes that are smooth and easy to modulate. Dodge claims they are the largest brakes in the segment.
Pickup trucks don't seem to be getting any smaller. One of the first sensations of driving the Ram is awareness of its immense proportions. This truck feels big and tall, and its fenders seem to fill small country roads. The ride height of the Ram adds to this sensation. It's sometimes difficult to be sure exactly where your fenders are, so it's not the best truck for the timid. In this regard, the Ram is the opposite of the Toyota Tundra, which feels smaller and nimbler by comparison. The big Ram reminds us a bit of driving an off-road race truck. It handles reasonably well and powers through or over just about anything, but the tires aren't always precisely where you wanted them.
Most Ram buyers will get the new 4.7-liter V8, and it's the best choice unless you have good, specific reasons to order the 3.7-liter or 5.9-liter engine. The first thing I noticed about driving a Ram pickup with the 4.7-liter was its responsiveness. This truck feels very eager around town and on winding roads. It accelerates quickly onto freeways and has no trouble powering up grades. It's a smooth, sophisticated engine that always feels ready to go.
The 4.7-liter V8 and 3.7-liter V6 are overhead-cam designs, smaller and more efficient than the overhead-valve engines they replace. The 4.7-liter V8, for example, offers a 1 mpg improvement (13/17 mpg City/Highway for a 4WD automatic) over the 5.2-liter V8 engine it replaces; it revs higher and produces 240 horsepower, 10 more than the 5.2-liter, but torque has dropped by 5 foot-pounds to 295. In practical terms, this is splitting hairs. What you will notice is that the 4.7-liter engine feels smoother and more refined, emitting a pleasant American burble while underway. I really liked it. Likewise the transmission feels smooth and does a good job of keeping the engine in the power band.
The new 3.7-liter V6 is smooth and works just fine with the manual five-speed gearbox. It might be a good choice for someone who lives in the flatlands at relatively low altitudes and neither pulls trailers nor hauls heavy loads.
The 5.9-liter engine uses the older overhead-valve design; the 5.9-liter engine and transmission feel crude in comparison to the new 4.7-liter. The 5.9 will do a good job of towing, but on the road it doesn't feel noticeably more powerful than the 4.7.
Trailer towing capacities range from just 3150 pounds for a 3.7-liter V6 with 2WD manual transmission to 8650 for a 5.9-liter V8 with 2WD automatic and 3.92 rear axle ratio. A 4WD Ram with the 4.7-liter is rated to pull a 7,550-pound trailer with the 3.92 rear axle ratio. Those who need to pull trailers up to 8500 pounds will want to opt for the 5.9-liter engine. It delivers 245 horsepower and 335 pounds-feet of torque. The available 20-inch wheels reduce towing capacity by 1000 pounds.
Payloads range from a mere 1320 pounds for a 4WD Quad Cab long bed with the 5.9-liter V8 to 1850 pounds for a 2WD regular cab with the 3.7-liter V6.
Four-wheel-drive models come with an all-new torsion-bar independent front suspension. Four-wheel-drive models use a part-time system that can be shifted from two-wheel drive on the fly. Shifting into four-wheel-drive high locks the center differential. A low-range set of gears provides superior traction in extreme conditions. A limited-slip "anti-spin" rear differential is available and recommended for serious off-road use. A Protection Group ($415) includes skid plates for the front suspension and transfer case. Rear axles are available in a standard 3.55 ratio or a higher numerical 3.92 ratio, which is better for towing and off-road driving.
Dodge has done it again. Eight years after breaking the rules for pickups, Dodge has redesigned its Ram and reasserted itself as a top contender among full-size trucks. The 2002 Dodge Ram is stylish and highly capable. It's also comfortable.
Quad Cab models offer a brilliant combination of comfort and utility. And regular cab versions are far roomier than they used to be and are thoughtfully set up to accommodate gear behind the seat.


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PADUCAH, Ky. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act for one half million dollars and significant remedial relief in a case against Fire Mountain Restaurants LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse (Ryan's).
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, filed in September 2008 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Paducah Division (Civil Action No. 5:08-cv-00160-TBR), Ryan's subjected black and female employees to a sex-based and race-based hostile work environment, as well as adverse terms and conditions of employment. In some instances, black workers were terminated because of their race. The EEOC charged that white employees were also harassed because of their association with black coworkers and family members. The mistreatment included being referred to as "n----r lovers" and "race traitors" by white managers.
The EEOC also asserted that female workers were harassed because of their gender, and all complainants suffered retaliation for reporting the discrimination. The sex-based hostile work environment included male managers physically intimidating women, making sexual advances, and calling them gender-related epithets such as "b-----s."
"Any company – whether large, mid-sized or small – should know better than to allow discrimination and harassment to run rampant," said EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. "No one should ever have to endure a hostile workplace in order to make a living. Employers that continue to violate federal anti-discrimination laws risk enforcement action by the EEOC."
EEOC Regional Attorney Laurie Young of the Indianapolis District Office, which has jurisdiction for Kentucky, said, "We are pleased with the monetary relief obtained for the seven class members in this case, particularly in light of the company's bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings. Further, the remedial relief contained in the consent decree, which is binding on any successor, will help create a discrimination-free workplace going forward."
Buffets Holdings, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries, including Fire Mountain Restaurants, LLC, filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on January 22, 2008, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Buffets Holdings, Inc., et al., Case No. 08-10141-MFW). On March 11, 2009, the debtors filed their Third Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization and the Plan was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on April 17, 2009.
The parties settled the case pursuant to an EEOC consent decree. Under the consent decree, and as compensation for pre-petition harm, three claimants will each receive $25,000 as allowed unsecured non-priority claims, while three others will each receive $50,000 as allowed unsecured non-priority claims – all to be paid pursuant to the confirmed Plan. A seventh claimant will receive two separate allowed unsecured non-priority claims, one for $25,000 and one for $200,000, both to be paid pursuant to the confirmed Plan. As compensation for post-petition harm, four of the claimants will also receive a portion of a $50,000 cash settlement fund for compensatory and punitive damages.
Along with the monetary relief, the two-year consent decree provides for substantial remedial relief. The Paducah restaurant is enjoined from engaging in harassment on the basis of race and sex and from retaliating against employees who complain about it. The employer also agreed to monitoring by the EEOC, training its managers on anti-discrimination laws, and posting a notice stating its commitment to maintaining an environment free of racial and sexual harassment and retaliation. The consent decree is binding on any successors and assigns in interest.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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by Wesley Ratko
The president of a newly formed nonprofit group called the Friends of J.S. Jenks [Elementary School] appeared before the Chestnut Hill Community Association's board June 28 to introduce her group and talk about its vision for making the school better.
Haviva Goldman, mother of a Jenks 3rd grader, told the board that her group is made up of parents, teachers, and community members with an appreciation for quality public schools, an interest in raising the level of public dialogue about the value of public education, and the motivation to do something about it.
"We recognize that quality public schools are the foundation of building and sustaining communities," she told the board. "A strong public school benefits everyone."
She said the need for the group, which is a separate association organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, came out of an inability for the Home and School Association to do "substantial fundraising" to provide the Jenks school with the resources it needs.
Goldman said that her group was inspired by a book called "How to Walk to School: A Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance," about a group of parents that turned around a neighborhood school in Chicago.
"We're bringing together the financial and creative resources of educators, parents, students, alumni, and the greater community," she said.
Friends of Jenks is hoping to ensure long-term financial flexibility for the school through new partnerships between the cultural, business and academic institutions of Chestnut Hill.
Goldman said Friends of Jenks is gaining both momentum and membership, as more Chestnut Hill residents and business owners sign on to help the group. An early June kickoff fundraiser with a two-fold goal of raising money and publicizing the organization raised more than $8,000 and received an overwhelmingly positive response up and down the Avenue.
In its first year, Friends of Jenks hopes to raise $36,000 earmarked for the protection of the Jenks Arts and Music Program (JAM). Created three years ago by Principal Mary Lynskey, the program provides students with additional music and visual arts instruction and has been a huge success, especially with the middle school.
Money raised by Friends of Jenks will be used to bring in visiting artists to supplement art class instruction and compensate for the loss of the school's full-time art teacher.
The J.S. Jenks School at 8301 Germantown Avenue has a student body of 475, drawn mostly from the 19118 ZIP code.
Board member Mike Chomentowski invited her back and encouraged a dialogue
"We'd like to hear your ideas about how we can help you," he said.
She, in turn, said the group would welcome a representative from the CHCA at its board meetings.
The board took no formal action, but thanked Goldman for her presentation.
More information about the group is available on the web at friendsofjsjenks.org.
Magarity site update
The board approved a recommendation by the Land Use Planning and Zoning technical review subcommittee to make minor adjustments to the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions document agreed to by members of the CHCA negotiating committee and Bowman Properties.
The technical review committee, headed up by Joyce Lenhardt, recommended approval of the changes, but Lenhardt was present at the meeting to answer questions
Board president Brien Tilley told the board that the requested changes were "fairly immaterial" and involved changes to the boundary around the building of one or two feet.
Board member Richard Snowden, who is president of Bowman Properties, abstained from voting on the change. He explained that "little tweaks" around the building were anticipated early on in the process, saying that these changes and adjustments occur as a result of the ongoing give-and-take between Bowman's design team and the technical review committee.
One board member, Mike Chomentowski, voted against the measure, saying he was reluctant to approve the changes without Lenhardt on hand to explain their significance. Board member Elizabeth Bales disagreed.
"Things have to be done and can't be delayed just because a board member isn't here," she said.
Both she and Snowden suggested that the board depend on the experts they've put in place to handle these matters and trust their judgment.
LUPZ committee member Larry McEwen spoke for Lenhardt in her absence.
"I don't think she'd be worried," McEwen said. "My take is if things could move along that would be her wish."
The board approved the recommendation with one dissenting vote.
AVI property tax
With only a few minutes left in a heavily scheduled meeting, board president Brien Tilley briefly raised the issue of how the CHCA should best address the Nutter administration's so-called "Actual Value Initiative" property tax proposal. Now deferred for a year, Tilley told the board it was his intention in the coming weeks and months to get a sense of how board members and Chestnut Hill residents felt about the measure.
"We have a year to reach out to comment and make our thoughts known," he said. "We need to get our neighbors to tell the CHCA what it is they want."


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Mothers are very important people. They give us hugs and kisses; they put Band-Aids on our wounds; they hide special notes in our lunch boxes. They're so special and important that they even get their own day. Today, my two brothers — Matthew and Jacob — and I will celebrate our mothers for Mother's Day. We'll plot how to surprise our moms and talk about what we should make for a special breakfast, then go do something fun with them.
But this Mother's Day will be even more special than all of the others because we'll plan all our surprises knowing that soon after, on May 18 (one week before their 30th anniversary), our two moms will be getting married.
Since the people of Maryland voted to give gay and lesbian couples the right to marry last November, my parents and I have been busily preparing for their wedding. I helped paint the decorations, pick out dresses, choose some cool music, learn their dance moves, and pick out the cake design and flavor. (That was one of my favorite parts!) Most kids don't get the opportunity to be a part of their parents' wedding, but I'm glad I am able to.
Marriage isn't just about being with the one you love, although that's a big part of it. Marriage has a lot of important protections that my parents couldn't receive before Maryland passed Question 6. These include legal protections affecting us financially, medically, employment-wise, and so on. My parents need the protections that come with marriage so they can take better care of my siblings and me, especially if something happens to one of them. When our moms have those legal protections, my brothers and I will be safer and more secure, and our family will be given the same respect and dignity that other families have.
Some say that two is better than one, and that is exactly the case in my family. I can't imagine living my life without one of my moms, or trading one of them for a mother and father like many other children have. Besides, my family of two moms and two brothers is just like anyone else's. We go out to eat, hang out with our friends, play games, and love each other just like any other family would. And I'm just like any other 12-year-old. I go to school, stay up on the phone, and play video games. I'm happy I have the family I do, and I wouldn't do or give anything to change it.
Ever since I was about 4, I've wanted to be the flower girl at my parents' wedding. The problem then was that the law, and many people in this country, did not support us. It's great that people's minds are changing and that we don't have to wait any longer. Now that my moms' wedding is finally happening, I'm a little bit too old to be a flower girl, so I'm the ring bearer — and the maid of honor! My brothers, who will be home from college, will be giving the official toast. After the ceremony, I'm looking forward to watching my parents' first dance. They've been practicing. I'm also excited about the cake. (Have I already mentioned that?)
The point is, if you fall in love with someone, whether you're a man, woman, gay, straight, or bisexual, you should be able to get married no matter what. This is true for everyone, but I'm truly happy that after all these years, I finally get to celebrate such a special day with my two moms. I can't imagine a better Mother's Day gift.
Bena Williams, 12, lives in Cheverly.


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Elections and Electives - Politics for Teens
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Article in Themes category.
This is a list of books about politics, politicans, and elections - both local and national. See also our list of books about activism for teens who want to make a difference: http://jmrl.org/wiki/Do_Something_-_Books_about_Making_a_Difference_for_Young_Adults
School Elections
- First Boy, by Gary Schmidt
- Nothing but the Truth, by Avi
- The Misfits, by James Howe
Local Political Fiction
- Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer
Presidential Fiction
- Vote for Larry, by Janet Tashjian
- Long Live the Queen, by Ellen E. White - and its sequel Long May She Reign
- As if Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, by Donna Gephart
- I, Q., by Roland Smith
- First Daughter, by Mitali Perkins


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Elizabeth Berkley is now the proud mother of a little bundle of joy!
The former "Saved by the Bell" star and her artist husband, Greg Lauren, have welcomed son Sky Cole Lauren into the world.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar weds Catriona McGinn
"I am moved to share the birth of our new baby boy Sky Cole Lauren," Berkley tweeted on Monday. "Thank u for your beautiful wishes and blessings. We r grateful!"
The 40-year-old actress announced back in March that she and Lauren were expecting their first child together.
Word of Sky's arrival follows on the footsteps of another Saved by the Bell alum also making a bit of news.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar just married Catriona McGinn on Saturday.
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The first wine made by Esporão in 1985. Made from estate grown grapes, shows the consistency and the rich, ripe fruit characters which are typical of the best Alentejo red wines.
We defied the plastic artist Rui Sanches to illustrate this year's label.
2011, Essência do Vinho – 17 points
2012, Concour Mondial Bruxelles – 82,03 points
2012, Revista de Vinhos – 16 points
2012, Wine spectator – 89 points
Integrated Production (certified)
An extremely dry year, with rainfall concentrated between December and February. The period from March to August was hotter than average, resulting in an early vintage. With these higher temperatures during the growing season, most grapes were picked in very ripe conditions resulting in rich wines with body and depth.
Clay loam soils with granite and schist mother rock.
15 years
Each variety hand picked and vinified separately, fermented in open tanks with robotic plunging and temperature control (22ºc – 25ºC), membrane pressed, malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks following inoculation.
12 months ageing in French (30%) and American (70%) oak barrels. 1 year of bottle ageing prior to market release.
The first wine to be produced by Esporão in 1985. A classic wine made exclusively with grapes from Herdade do Esporão, it offers the consistency and personality typical of the unique terroir from whence it comes.
The viticulture employed involves integrated production methods which are based on rationalising natural resources and the use of natural regulation, thus contributing to sustainable agriculture that provides better-quality produce.
The grapes for this wine are hand-picked. For the red, they are vinified in small, temperature-controlled vats and, after being pressed, the wines age in American and French oak for 12 months. In the case of the white, the grapes are picked in the early, cooler hours of the morning, vinified separately and partially aged for 6 months on the lees in French and American oak barrels.
This is a wine for special occasions that combines the universal culture of wine and art, via the reproduction of original works of art on its labels.
David Baverstock and Luís Patrão
Clear, deep red.
Intense spicy aroma of ripe red berry fruits with soft, new oak integration.
Rich and full bodied, well balanced with robust tannins, good bottle ageing potential.
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- direct link: rebirth.cryptostorm.org
Never Stand Still
"Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side. "
~ Jim Jarmusch (paraphrasing the Hagakure)
tl;dr version: we're making some major changes to our billing procedures, we're entirely cutting connection with the com/net/org TLDs, and we're adjusting team member disclosures - all designed to harden the company further against emerging threat vectors, and thereby protect customer privacy from all known and foreseeable threats. This isn't Privacy Seppuku, but certain low-probability scenarios might lead to a full wipe of our network & clean restart, if that's what's required to ensure customer protection. Prospective customers: please do not sign up with Cryptocloud until these changes are complete - once they're done, we'll give the green-light (both here and via twitter) that things are tested & ready for production use!
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Providing network security service that can stand up against the kind of heavy surveillance pressure we now all know threatens the global internet is not for the faint of heart. There's certainly easier ways to make money in the technology world (for those so motivated), and the omnipresent threat of extra-legal harassment against those individuals providing & teaching core OpSec fundamentals cannot be ignored. Very few teams have the technical experience, practical competence, personal durability, and stubborn dedication to customer protection that are all required to successfully manage serious privacy services.
Cryptocloud has always been one of those teams, since we came together in 2007. We're taking steps now to ensure that we remain at the forefront of best practices in the future. Some of those steps we are announcing today - mostly procedural and staffing related - and others will be coming out publicly in short order. Some will be easy and smooth to implement; a couple are going to be a bit rough. We'll do our best to mitigate these difficulties, and to ensure the end result is a stronger, tighter, more durable service for all of our customers.
Throughout Cryptocloud's history, we've not hesitated to stand up to arbitrary power, on behalf of our customers and our loyalty to them. Our feeling as a team is that, in recent weeks, we've reached a level of visibility different from previous years. This doesn't come from any specific warnings; we've not received any FISA court demands and we don't have anything we're being gagged from discussing. However, as Silent Circle said in recent moves they've made, we're proactively modelling the evolving threat landscape and taking steps to avoid risks to our customers' security before they manifest realtime. Have there been some rumblings? Yes. We have a sense - call it a gut feeling, if you will - that pressure brought to bear via financial transaction processing infrastructure is going to be a serious issue in the near future, for many network privacy providers. We are acting to ensure our customers are as heavily protected against that as possible, whether they pay with credit cards, PayPal, cash, or cryptocurrency. We prefer not to provide more detail than that, to protect certain non-public sources of advance information.
Cryptocloud is not based in the United States. We do lease servers in the US, but they do not contain our customer data. Of course, we don't keep logs so those records are stored nowhere. However, certain payment gateway technology that forms part of our merchant processing interconnection, currently, has ties to the U.S. - and presents a tempting attack surface for a well-funded, well-resourced, highly motivated opponent (read: NSA). This weak link must be strengthened; see below for our decision on how to do so.
Today, we make three specific announcements:
- First, we're cutting all connection with the top-level-domains (TLDs) in the com/net/or registries. This has been hotly debated amoungst our team; words have been said that are hard to take back. This is a big issue for us. Originally, our company was located at cryptocloud.net. Later, it was shifted to cryptocloud.com in order to make Google happy. And, of course, presently cryptocloud.org is the main pointer to our discussion forum.
This is all changing, effective Friday this week (16 August).
Our main home for web visitors will henceforth be cryptocloud.ca. Why Canada? No TLD - and no registry - is perfect. However, we feel that the CIRA is run fairly, transparently, and with a strong commitment to free expression. The .ca TLD has a strong, proven track record when it comes to protection against hijacking and/or seizure by shady entities associated with the U.S. government - not perfect, but there is no perfect TLD currently. CIRA is also stable, well-run, reliable, and supported comprehensively worldwide.
The domain name cryptocloud.ca is already active and currently redirects to cryptocloud.com; on Friday, that will reverse and cryptocloud.ca will be the main TLD with the others redirected onto it. Shortly thereafter, we will redirect cryptocloud.com & cryptocloud.net to pages explaining our decision to discontinue use of these TLDs: U.S. governmental meddling in domains contained within these TLDs has reached a threshold where any content hosted on them cannot be trusted to be authentic. Simply put, it's far too easy for rogue state entities to gain control of these TLDs and point them at replicated sites masquerading as genuine - think of this as the ultimate form of man-in-the-middle attack, or DNS poisoning: visitors think they're getting the "real" Cryptocloud website, but instead it's an imposter. This is the threat vector we seek to protect against
This forum, currently housed at cryptocloud.org, will migrate to a new domain name outside the "poisoned three" of com/net/org. Architecturally, the forum and its underlying infrastructure are all housed in Iceland; it's only the domain name that is at risk of meddling. That would translate simply into a denial of service (DoS) attack, or a redirect of the domain to some other underlying server. Rather than have that open risk hanging out there, we have decided to migrate to a new TLD - and a new domain name - for this forum. That will be announced, here and in our twitter feed, before the end of the day Friday. We hope to have a transitional period, in which cryptocloud.org continues to direct here. That may not be the case, in the event an attack materializes faster than models suggest is likely.
Second, we're engaging in an immediate and radical overhaul of our payment processing backend. Right now, it relies on WHMCS as an interface between our web presentation and the underlying merchant processing networks. It does the job... but it's far from perfect. It's had security issues in the past - which we cannot control, as we don't have de-obfuscated source code with which to test and improve security. It's also clunky and often frustrates our customers with needless complexity.
There are also some deeper issues here, which we are ethnically obligated to avoid discussing in detail - for now. Certain disclosures by Snowden have brought to the surface the risks that non-open code introduce when state-level attackers are involved. The only genuine protection against this class of risks is a complete removal of closed code from infrastructure environments, period. We offer our thanks to certain well-informed, discrete colleagues out there who were kind enough to give us a hint that did wonders in motivating our prioritization of these concerns; we hope to offer those thanks, publicly, someday in the future.
This process of aggressive migration away from our entire current billing framework is likely to be rocky. We won't sugarcoat that. The benefit - dramatically improved systemic security for all customers - is worth the difficulty and risk. That is the conclusion of the Cryptocloud team. We will do our best to minimize the transition drama. We cannot promise it will be nontrivial, however. In part, that's because we are moving fast and moving immediately - based on what we know, this is the best decision, by far, for our customer security. Perhaps in the future we'll be at liberty to disclose why this was necessary, or perhaps it'll end up being disclosed elsewhere in due course. Irrespective, we must act on what we know and in the interests of our customers... even if it is inconvenient for you, and for us... as well as being substantially less than elegant.
Third, we are formally adjusting the manner in which we engage in public outreach with the media and other community resources. This, too, has been a subject of intense debate within our team for quite some time. When we are contacted by folks in the media - be they journalists, bloggers, or anything else in the mix - we've not had a standard policy as to who replies. We don't have dedicated "public relations" staff at Cryptocloud, and we never have. Hell, we don't even have dedicated marketing staff here... and we never have! We're a network security company, and that's where we focus our hiring, staffing, investment, attention, and research.
As media inquiries arrive, they more or less get handled by the staffer who seems best qualified - or who isn't elbows-deep in code at the moment. That's fine, but it doesn't scale - as we get more inquiries, things get disorganized on our end. That's not ideal. You've already seen a test-run of our answer to this conundrum, here in the forum: rather than specific staffers posting news or updates, you see them come from "Cryptocloud Team" - just like this post does. That test run has worked well, so far, and we're expanding it.
Additionally, we're acutely aware of the risk of harassment posed by personally identifying specific staffers here at Cryptocloud. We engage with privacy questions at the highest levels, and as such we to find ourselves at odds with some pretty powerful folks (read: NSA, etc.); that's not to say we feel they are our "enemies" - we don't. But, the temptation to lash out at us - bash the middleman, when the end-target isn't publicly visible - is always there. We understand that, and our colleagues at Baneki are somewhat specialists in that subject area. One thing they've learned - and shared with us - is the benefit of "lowering the attack surface" on individuals involved in serious security projects. We've taken those lessons to heart.
What we'll be doing is posting information about current, past, and emeritus team members... in aggregate. Some folks publicly associated with the company in the past may well make comments regarding relevant topics, here or elsewhere, and given their well-earned team status, we stand behind those statements. That said, henceforth we won't be identifying by name current staffers, period. Indeed, we might just push out bits of disinformation to keep recreational d0xers busy with interesting threads for investigation. If asked whether a particular person has, at some point, been part of our team, we'll answer with a clear yes/no... but that's it. If they, personally, decide to disclose more than that it's entirely up to them - we'll neither confirm, nor deny, any such statements they make.
Our internal team structure is quite fluid, non-hierarchical, and more mesh-based than pyramid-based: it's a holarchy, not a hierarchy. So, "titles" end up being rather silly and don't reflect workflow or responsibility clusters very well anyhow. As we staff up to support dramatic increases in customers and network usage, we're loathe to get sucked into conventional, formal, rigid models of "corporate" structure (even though some of our team members are deeply schooled in such models, both academically and via prior professional experience). Instead, we're going to retain our "pack" model of team cohesion: loyalty, integrity, and respect are the core of who we are, and how we operate.
In sum, you won't see anyone identifying themselves as "President" or "Managing Director" or "Jefe" of Cryptocloud, in the future. Such identifications are neither congruent with our social model internally, nor helpful in protecting against targeted attacks from outside. Instead, we're all "Cryptocloud Team," through and through.
Some parts of these changes aren't going to be easy, and probably won't be smooth either. We're rushing them into production for reasons that, albeit not disclosed publicly in detail here, are supremely relevant. They are the decisions we conclude will best protect our customers, maximize the durability of Cryptocloud as a project and as a particular approach to no-compromise network security, and avoid potential "insider threats" against our team-level dedication to customer loyalty (this last one: read closely, as it matters, alot - far more than it's discussed in the "VPN industry" currently... consider it a #protip).
We're going forward with them, and we're going forward with them now. Indeed, these changes are already in the works. By the end of the day Friday, they'll be far more visible on the public side of things. Our hope is that's a fairly smooth process. If it's not, you have our word we'll get through the rough parts as quick as we can. However, we will cut no corners in ensuring protection, throughout. That's beyond negotiation, for us.
Which brings us to the big, hairy, patient gorilla sitting in the corner...
This is not Privacy Seppuku. Not exactly, or not yet... call it Privacy Seppuku lite: the diet Coke of Privacy Seppuku, etc. Let us explain a bit, as best we can.
We aren't wiping our machines - nor our customer database. However, the three steps we outline above are similar in motivation to 'conventional' #privacyseppuku - that being to remove obvious weak links in our organizational model, and thus prevent otherwise-probable attacks from being attempted in the first place.
Further, let us be blunt: if these transforms don't move through implementation smoothly, there is a nonzero chance we will in fact commit formal Privacy Seppuku as an organization. In that case, we'll delete all databases of customer payment, service, and contact information - permanently and fully. We'll re-instantiate the project in a new company, on new hardware, with the most current jurisdictional insulation against all model-congruent possible future political/economic attacks. All folks who were previous customers will be provided ample "trial period" subscriptions in any such new project. You have our word on that.
To some degree, our goal here is to "cycle" the existing Cryptocloud organisation - in the formal sense of the word - and start tabula rasa with something that embodies every gram of current best-practice when it comes to hardening organizational entities against state-level aggressors. This isn't a bug; it's a feature. "Severing the cord" between the past and the future has deep structural benefits, from a security perspective. We leave it to the curious reader to work out those benefits, in detail, based on the game theoretic elements of the current threat landscape. This isn't a surface level transform; in fact, it's exactly the reverse. Deep down, the structure is doing a massive overhaul - and we're doing our best to minimise the surface impact.
To conclude, our colleagues at Baneki Privacy Labs have written recently on the logical underpinnings of the Privacy Seppuku Pledge, and how it relates to organizational existence versus project existence. We quote:
Because, we forget: a company is just people (and not the Soylent Green kind). These teams, they're (mostly) small. Facebook is a behemoth, but let's not kid ourselves: we won't see Facebook on this list. Most of our teams are a handful of folks - people, with names and email address and twitter handles and stuff. When we "shut down" a company, we're still alive! This isn't real seppuku, the kind where you eviscerate yourself (read: slit your stomach with a sharp sword, cut your abdominal muscles, and watch your intestines fall out and splatter across the floor in front of you). These are just damned companies: pieces of paper, words. It's not even the code: the code can go where it wants, particularly if it's opensourced.
This project - this team - is not only surviving, but it's thriving. If you want to trot out a metaphor that stretches things - but not too far - then think of it this way: the old skin (cryptocloud.com/net) is being shed, as it's been outgrown... and the world around us has evolved to require a different kind of camouflage. We're choosing to do that now, and to do it aggressively, so there's no interim period where we're needlessly vulnerable. It might not be pretty, this process, but it's better to dive in and get it done - done right, done now - than to prevaricate, hesitate, procrastinate, or just plain fuck around.
We have taken our seven breaths. Now, we take action - which, in the end, speaks far louder than words ever can.
- ~ Cryptostorm Team
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