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Rackspace Private Cloud Case Study: JC Global Resources de Mexico
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JC Global offers IT management and software solutions to Latin American businesses.
Based in Mexico City, JC Global Resources de Mexico is an IT management company serving medium to enterprise-level businesses in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Many of JC Global's customers are subject to regulations that disallow the storage of data across international borders. JC Global's portfolio is also constantly expanding, so scalability is a must.
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Rackspace Private Cloud provides a secure environment for JC Global's customers and allows them to scale as they grow.
Based in Mexico City, JC Global Resources de Mexico is an IT management company serving medium to enterprise-level businesses in Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. The company offers a broad portfolio of services to its customers, including testing and automation, an open source SaaS offering for medium businesses in need of an affordable ERP, and a forthcoming product that delivers Rackspace Private Cloud with HP management tools for enterprise-level customers.
Because many of JC Global's customers are subject to regulations that disallow the storage of data across international borders, an on-premise cloud was a natural choice. Rackspace Private Cloud has allowed JC Global to harness the power of OpenStack without spending the money or time recruiting the team of private cloud experts such a project would require. They see Rackspace support as the differentiator that will bring wider OpenStack adoption among Latin American enterprises.
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When JC Global decided to build a private cloud in their data center, they looked into several OpenStack distributions. "We tried Ubuntu MAAS and StackOps, but Rackspace Alamo was the best and simplest solution for us," says JC Global owner Juan Manuel Caceres.
"Rackspace Private Cloud has a feature that nobody has right now — it's easy," Caceres says. "MAAS from Ubuntu was too complex for us. For starters, they need eight servers. If I grow a lot, maybe I'll need that, but I prefer to start small. As I grow, I may migrate, but not right now." Rackspace Private Cloud powered by OpenStack means that JC Global is free from vendor lock-in and able to reevaluate their systems as their business evolves.
However, Rackspace's responsiveness may keep JC Global loyal. "Before I came to Rackspace, when I spoke with MAAS, I requested a quote for support," Caceres recalls. "It was more than six days, and no one gave me an answer. When I did the same thing with Rackspace, I had my quote the next day."
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Rackspace Private Cloud has allowed JC Global to reallocate budget that would have otherwise been spent on OpenStack configuration specialists. "Rackspace solves a problem for us," says Caceres. "I don't need to hire an OpenStack expert team, which I'd planned to do in the beginning. I'd planned to have 10 or 15 people with deep knowledge of how to configure OpenStack, but after I started to work with Rackspace, I said, 'I don't need to hire those people.'" Asked whether finding those people would have been easy, Caceres laughs. "No, definitely not!" he says. "It would have taken six, seven months."
On install, Alamo gives you an OpenStack cloud configured according to the recommendations of Rackspace specialists for OpenStack. These recommendations are based on the deep expertise in OpenStack Rackspace has developed as a cofounder of the platform. That means that Caceres can focus on how to best use OpenStack rather than worrying about architecture. Caceres says, "I'm hiring more people for development with Swift," OpenStack's scalable object storage. "Instead of configuration people, I now have developers and people who know how to interact with OpenStack. For our configuration problems, we look to Rackspace."
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JC Global initially used Rackspace Private Cloud to provide its customers with testing and development environments. Seven months ago, they added Spirit Market to their portfolio, an offering where medium businesses access and get support for a variety of open source applications. Caceres explains, "In our Private Cloud, we have images of OpenERP, OrangeHRM, Sugar CRM, Jaspersoft Community Edition and Elgg for social networking. When a medium business needs an ERP, but doesn't have enough money for SAP, they can use Spirit Market for a monthly charge, including support. Private Cloud allows me to bring these applications to customers whose data can't leave the country."
Next, they're launching Spirit Cloud, a service for enterprises that offers HP management tools with Rackspace Private Cloud. For Caceres, the ability to offer Rackspace support on top of OpenStack has been a major differentiator that's piqued his enterprise customers' interest. Caceres says, "We created a product in HTML5 and embedded the Rackspace portal features into HP BSM—a business service monitoring application that gives you a 360 view of all of your applications and your business services. For managed OpenStack, customers won't have to move out of HP BSM, they'll just have an additional tab in which we embedded the Rackspace Private Cloud management portal. You can provide images, you can provide instances, you can work with volume assignation and things like that. When the customers see that they can combine the HP management capabilities they're already using with Private Cloud support from Rackspace, they're very enthusiastic."
Caceres is also enthusiastic. "Rackspace services are working very well for us right now," he says. "The support response time is very good, and we're feeling great right now. We're going to grow, and we're planning to do so with Rackspace."
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When it comes to our 13-year-old son, I sometimes joke that I didn't have much to do with bringing him in this world.
No, I'm not implying my wife had a fling with the mailman. It's just that he takes after her family so completely, it's as if she just split him off like an amoeba.
Lately, though, he's been showing signs that he might actually carry some of my DNA.
A month or two ago, he asked me if it was weird that he wanted to watch the British sci-fi series "Doctor Who." Not the totally cheesy "Doctor Who" of my youth, of course, but the good Doctor's latest, "gussied up but true to its cheesy roots," reincarnation.
"It'd be weird if you didn't!" I replied.
I'm not quite sure how my son came by his curiosity in "Doctor Who." I had all but forgotten about the Doctor in my efforts to interest him in the geeky stuff I grew up with. I've pushed hobbits, wookies and tribbles on him but eventually gave up in the face of his mother's overwhelming influence.
I love my wife but she (a) thinks "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was horribly boring, (b) says she suffered (if you can believe it!) through "Star Wars" when she was a kid and (c) doesn't know a phaser from a light saber (however, she humors me once a year when I break out my collection of "Star Trek" inspired Christmas tree ornaments.)
These days, though, the force appears to be swinging to my side. And, it doesn't stop at "Doctor Who." It now extends to the world's greatest consulting detective and I actually had a small, if unwitting, hand in inspiring him.
It happened after a friend of mine called and suggested we take our boys to see the latest, big screen version of Sherlock Holmes. I almost passed, mainly because I had trouble buying Robert Downey, Jr's English accent in his first go round as Holmes. Or, maybe it was because I used to stay up late at night to watch a taller Basil Rathbone play Holmes in the old black and white movies and later Jeremy Brett on PBS. Downey's shorter stature just didn't ring true.
Apparently, though, my son carried no such baggage. I was oblivious to it when the lights came back up, but the movie sparked something that previously lay dormant in his genetic makeup.
I discovered his newfound interest a few nights ago when I stopped by my son's room to take his mouse away from him (if I don't, he's up all night surfing the internet). To my surprise, he wasn't playing some video game I know nothing about. He was streaming the latest TV show based on the Conan Doyle characters.
This BBC production is a smart and witty update, bringing Holmes and Watson into 21st century London. My wife and I watched the first three episodes on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery last year and are looking forward to three more this spring.
As you would expect, Holmes is depicted as hyper-observant. But in a nod to modern technology and attitudes, he prefers to text and paper himself with nicotine patches to help him think problems through because "it's impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days."
Clearly, it makes references to what serious devotees call "The Canon." So, I suggested to my son that he start reading the original Holmes stories.
And, now he is. Just this week, he brought "The Canon" home from his school library.
My son's discovery of Sherlock Holmes may not have been by design and I may have had even less to do with his interest in "Doctor Who," but I can't complain. He's becoming a fanboy, just like me.
Now, if I can only get him to embrace "Star Trek" my work will be done.
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Sonic Lost World for 3DSOn: 3DS, PC, Wii U
A brand new action-adventure heading exclusively to Nintendo platforms.
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'Special' Sonic The Hedgehog reveal planned for next week
25th anniversary announcement coming at SXSW.
Sonic Lost World demo comes to Wii U and 3DS this week
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes demo also hits the Wii U on Thursday.
UK Video Game Chart: GTA 5 and FIFA 14 prove too strong for Skylanders
Giants sold 35% more units than Swap Force.
Sonic: Lost Cause?
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Sonic Lost World gameplay trailer debuts; looks a lot like Sonic meets Mario Galaxy
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Although still early in the season, Mobile has had its share of late-game drama.
Sunday's series finale against Birmingham was no different, as Taylor Harbin scored on a chopper by Jake Wald with one out in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the BayBears a 5-4 win at Hank Aaron Stadium.
"Jake chopped one and I just took off," Harbin said. "It was awesome to get that read in that situation.
"This win is huge. This game, down the road, could be one of those games to get us in the playoffs. Every game is huge."
Harbin doubled to lead off the inning and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Elmore.
It was the type of win -- that also put Mobile (6-4) into a tie for first in the South Division -- that manager Rico Brogna has come to expect.
"We knew as a staff they have heart and character, so that was never in doubt," said Brogna, who was celebrating his 40th birthday. "They just stayed focused. What can you say? Both teams deserve a lot of credit, but I'm happy we came out with the win."
It was the second longest game in BayBear history behind a 19-inning affair in 2005 against Huntsville.
It also marked the first win for Elmore, regularly a second baseman, in quite a long time. Elmore was the second position player to pitch on Sunday after outfielder Chris Rahl threw two innings.
"I decided not to actually try and pitch," Elmore said. "I just wanted to hit corners. It was fun being out there.
"Both teams play that long, somebody's got to win, so you might as well take home the 'W.'"
Harbin said while the game-winning hit and run get plenty of attention, the eight pitchers that took the mound should not be overlooked.
"Our pitchers kept us in the game all night, even the position players threw great," he said. "That is something that gets put on backburner, but they did a great job."
Birmingham got on the board in the top of the first on an RBI single from Jim Gallagher, but Mobile answered with a pair of runs. Rahl, who joined the team on Friday from Triple-A Reno, had an RBI double and then scored on an RBI single by Bryan Byrne.
Evan Frey added an RBI triple and Bryne had a sacrifice fly to give Mobile a 4-1 lead after five innings before the Barons rallied.
Tyler Kuhn knocked in two with a single in the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-3, and Gallagher scored in the eighth on a wild pitch by Leyson Septimo to send the game into extra innings.
The BayBears hit the road today to face the Mississippi Braves in a five-game series. Wes Roemer (1-0) will pitch the opener, which begins at 7:05 p.m., against the Braves' Mike Minor (0-1). Minor is rated by Baseball America as one of the top 10 prospects in the Braves' system.
Mississippi (5-5) is coming off a series with West Tenn, where it won four of the five games. Leadoff batter Eric Duncan, an infielder, is leading the team with a .407 average and has driven in seven runs, while Donell Linares has three home runs and seven RBIs. Outfielder Cody Johnson is rated by Baseball America as one of the best prospects and is hitting .219 with a home run and nine RBIs.


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Irish Betting Site Paddy Power Refunds Pacquiao Bets
After last night's boxing insanity, some bettors can find a silver lining in an otherwise bleak horizon. In case you've been under a rock for the last 24 hours, Manny Pacquiao and Tim Bradley fought last night. What's that you say? You know Manny won handily, but didn't stick around to hear the decision, so what's the fuss about? If you, like 99% of the world watched that fight, you probably had it at about ten rounds to two in Manny's favor. If you were being incredibly generous, you might have had it seven rounds to five, still in Pacman's favor.
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Imagine the shock when that decision was read, and they judged it a split in Tim Bradley's favor. The outrage was like nothing I've seen before, but that's probably because Twitter makes the world seem so much smaller and more connected. In any event, the decision was tragic, at best.
But, I digress. There is some small measure of comfort and justice to be found in this ugly mess, and it's in the form of Irish online sports betting site, Paddy Power. In one of their "Justice Payouts", Paddy is refunding bettors that bet on Manny to win either outright or on points. Here's the statement released by their blog:
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A snapshot in time?
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If by chance monsoon rains had fallen on Friday and the carpark of Leinster House was under several metres of water, it would not have deterred Eamon Gilmore. He would have waded through it (or maybe walked on it!) without breaking a stride in order to get to the scrum of reporters waiting on the plinth (a raised platform outside the front of Leinster House where most media interviews take place)
To say Gilmore was buoyant is as obvious as saying Brian Cody likes hurling. The only thing he didn't deliver was a little leap into the air to clicfk his heels.
It's amazing the feast or famine attitude that politicians adapt to opinion polls. If it's good, well you're talking revolution. And if it's bad, it's just a snapshot in time.
Eamon Gilmore himself accepted as much, referring to that very human response to good and bad news.
"You get a good opinion poll, you cheer. You get a bad opinion poll, you talk about the real opinion poll will be the election. I know all those answers. I have done them all!
"But what is happening here [is] a bit more fundamental than party political allegiance."
But is it? One opinion poll does not a revolution make.
But then. All the other certainties of our lives are evaporating before our eyes. Maybe too, people are now looking at the historical (and now seemingly) arbitrary divisions of Irish politics and saying, no more.
How short term is Fianna Fail's decline. Is it medical cards? Is it he pension levy? Or is a realisation that all those years of plenty and all that low tax codology was just our version of a Mephistopolean deal: prosper now and pay with your soul later.


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At Lynda Raino's studio in Victoria, B.C., three barefoot dancers turn, stretch and glide across the wooden floor to blues music. Their moves are by the book, but their figures, in the dance world, are anything but: Each member of the Big Dance troupe weighs between 220 and 300 lbs. "Artistry does not belong just to thin bodies," says Raino, 53, a choreographer and performer who put the group together in 1993. "If you want to dance, you find a way."
Big Dance's members—Ph.D. student Terryl Atkins, 46, salesclerk Neely Carbone, 27, and social worker Trudy Norman, 47—found their way as students at the 90-minute, twice-weekly modern dance classes Raino started in 1992, when she realized plus-size women were too embarrassed to join her regular classes. "I had always wanted to dance, but not with a bunch of skinny young people," says writer Bev Cooke, 46, one of the first students to enroll.
Indeed, not being surrounded by thinner bodies gives the Big Dancers the confidence to follow the demanding Raino, herself a pear-shaped 5'3". "It is so hard to find peace and solace in who you are," says Carbone. "But now I have a safe place."
When the troupe performs—it first appeared in Canada in 1993 and earned a standing ovation at its U.S. debut in Oakland last May—audiences get to see the women in a new light too. "These dancers have a gracefulness that may surprise" folks who assume large people are ungainly, says Deirdre Kelly, arts reviewer for Canada's Globe and Mail, "and many in our society do."
Raino has tried shattering stereotypes before. Growing up in Vancouver with four siblings, the five-sport athlete always wanted to be a ballerina. But her parents—musician Dominic, who died in 1965, and part-time nurse Elizabeth, who died in 1995—couldn't afford lessons, so she didn't set foot in a dance studio until she was able to pay her own way at age 18. Though she soared in modern dance, she fell to earth after receiving a scholarship to study classical ballet with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1970. Her untraditional physique just didn't fit in with the swanlike ballerinas around her. "I felt like a hippo," she says. She returned to modern dance and toured abroad as a soloist from 1983 to 1993.
Her success in modern dance, which embraces a wider range of body types, restored her confidence—something she strives to instill in her pupils. "They come here oppressed and ashamed," says Raino, who is single and lives with her cat Lala in a two-bedroom bungalow in Victoria. (She has two sons, student Paolo Raino-Tsui, 26, and stockbroker Sorell Raino-Tsui, 22, from a five-year relationship that ended in 1979.) "But gradually," she adds, "they allow themselves to move and take up space in a grand way."
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Family month begins in Northshore
Both Woodinville and Bothell have declared October "Family Month," emphasizing plans for fun family activities throughout both communities and recognizing the many faces of the community involved.
Cedar County signatures may go over the top
Cedar County proponents presented 11,231 signatures for the establishment of Cedar County to the Secretary of State on Sept. 16.
Post office celebrates 100 years
The Woodinville Post Office invites the community to help them celebrate 100 years of Rural Free Delivery Oct. 10.
Cityhood for Maltby?
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The final taps for James H. O'Rorke, 79, Altoona, were called Thursday evening after an extended illness. He was surrounded by his loving family, both physically and in thought.
He was born in Altoona, the youngest son of the late James Sr. and Grace (Holland) O'Rorke. He married Bonnie Borger on June 6, 1981.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Maureen Sherbine; a son, Kevin (Wendy); two stepchildren: Summer Keen (David) and Matthew Murray (Sandra); four grandchildren: Evan Sherbine (Anne), Brian Sherbine and Christopher and Ryan O'Rorke; four stepgrandchildren: Kelsie Murray, David and Daniel Keen and Harry Harr (Mallory); and a stepgreat-grandchild, Drake. He is also survived by his former wife, Mary (Belin).
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He was preceded in death by a sister, Joan; a brother, Daniel; and twin sons, Dennis and Michael. He can now meet up with them and share "the rest of his life."
Jim was a 1951 graduate of Altoona Catholic High School. He retired from Bell Telephone after 26 years of service.
His proudest accomplishment was serving in the U.S. Army. He was drafted in 1953 and served in the tank corps in Germany during the Korean conflict. In 1955, he joined the Reserve, serving in the 338th Medical Group, which later became the 99th Field Hospital and then the 341st Medical Clearing Group. He attained the rank of first sergeant. He then moved to the Los Angeles, Calif., area, serving in three units there and attaining the rank of sergeant major before retiring in 1993 with 37 years of service and many commendations. He loved the military.
Friends will be received from 10 a.m. until the noon funeral service Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at The Stevens Mortuary Inc., 1421 Eighth Ave., Altoona, Father Christopher Panagoplos, T.O.R., officiating. A private military service will be held at Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Central Pennsylvania Humane Society, 1837 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, PA 16602; or the Hollidaysburg Veterans Home Welfare Fund, P.O. Box 319, Hollidaysburg, PA 16648.


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The U.S. Forest Service has adopted new rules governing the objection process to proposed projects on the national forests. In the past all environmental reviews would be completed, public comment accepted and the final decision made before anyone had a chance to file an objection. According to Stevensville District Ranger Dan Ritter, the new rules call for a final draft to be issued prior to the actual decision being made. The public will then have an opportunity to file objections to the project before the decision is actually made.
"It sort of moves the objection process up to the front end of the process rather than have it come when the whole thing's all over," said Ritter. He said it made sense to deal with the objections before making any final decision on a project.
"For the public, it should not change things that much," said Ritter. He said they will still get a chance to review the final draft.
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Martin Behrman Charter Academy for Creative Arts and Sciences in Algiers Point is closed this morning due to a power outage, the Algiers Charter Schools Association stated in a news release. Parents are asked to pick up their children from the school this morning.
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SANTA CLARITA - Those wno knew him say Valencia business owner Roger Rodas was the kind of person you wanted to be friends with.
"He was a total down-to-earth guy, a guy you just wanted to hang out with," said David Guenther, owner of J. David's Custom Clothiers in Valencia.
Guenther said he had known Rodas, who died in a car crash in Valencia Saturday, for about six or seven years.
"For three days I've been hardly able to function," Guenther said Monday. "I just considered him a truly fabulous person."
"It feels like I've lost a family member," he added.
Rodas was the driver of a red Porsche Carrera GT when it crashed Saturday afternoon in the Rye Canyon Business Park in Valencia. The crash left the car as a mangled mass of metal and both Rodas and passenger Paul Walker, an actor best known for his roles in the "Fast and Furious" film franchise, dead.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, according to law enforcement officials.
Stephen Callister, who works at the Glendale law firm Callister & Broberg, said he had been Rodas' lawyer and known him for about 15 years.
"He was just a very good person," Callister said Monday. "He had a lot of friends and a lot of people who admired him."
Former "Happy Days" star Scott Baio took to Twitter to express his sadness over Rodas' death.
"Roger Rodas was my dear friend and a good human being," reads a post on Baio's verified Twitter account. "I will miss him."
Rodas and Walker were friends and business associates, with Rodas serving as Walker's Merrill Lynch financial adviser, according to an article on the Merrill Lynch website.
Rodas and Walker met at a California race club and "the two struck up a conversation when Walker noticed Rodas driving a Porsche GT3 he had previously owned," the article says.
The pair also collaborated in philanthropic efforts, with Rodas' company, Valencia-based high-performance vehicle shop Always Evolving, partnering with Walker's nonprofit organization Reach Out Worldwide to collect toys to send to typhoon-ravaged areas of the Philippines.
No one from Rodas' family could be reached for comment Monday.
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Meyer told the Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday that the federal government could take on the case but generally does not prosecute offenses such as sexual assault.
"And the Canadian government has little interest in pursuing this because it is a state-owned ferry and an Alaskan victim," Meyer said.
He said the case has set a precedent that others who have committed crimes on ferries are using to avoid prosecution.
In December an intoxicated passenger on a state ferry traveling in Canadian waters from Prince Rupert, B.C., to Ketchikan attacked two crew members with a vodka bottle, causing minor injuries, Meyer said.
The passenger filed a motion to dismiss the case based on the dismissal of the sexual assault case, Meyer said.
Sen. Jerry Ward, an Anchorage Republican, asked if passing a law to extend the state's jurisdiction would strengthen Jack's argument that there is no legal grounds for prosecution.
Assistant Attorney General Annie Carpeneti said passing the law would make it explicitly known that the state does have jurisdiction in case of such attacks.
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Though passing a bill would essentially prove the state had no prior jurisdiction, Schally said briefings have already been submitted to the state Court of Appeals.
"I don't know that Mr. Jack's appellate attorney could make that argument," Schally said. "The briefing has already been done and the argument has already been made."
If the state Court of Appeals agrees with the Superior Court ruling, the case could then go to the state Supreme Court, Schally said. Also, a U.S. attorney in Anchorage is considering arguing the case at a federal level, he said.
Schally said court opinions might not be the only obstacle to prosecuting the case.
Jacks was recently extradited to Idaho on a different felony offense, Schally said.
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Carpeneti said most of the state's aircraft operate within the state. Meyer noted the federal government is more likely to get involved in a case where an assault occurred on an airplane.
The bill, which passed unanimously last month in the House, was approved by the Transportation Committee.
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Not sure I agree that it's the worst lie, but it's definitely well up there.
In general as a society we are too used to giving up control, and blaming someone else for our own mistakes and misfortunes, blaming "big food" for poor choices and laziness is just another in a long list of these things. Taking responsibility for ourselves in everything we do, whether it's choosing a pizza or a burger instead of that salad, (or driving too fast, or running with scissors) should be something we do instead of looking for a societal scapegoat.
Geez, I guess I found my soap box there. Thanks for the article, gets you thinking!
I don't necessarily agree. There are plenty of 'convenience foods' that once upon a time were perfectly healthful for you. Case in point: Campbell's Tomato Soup. I'm pretty darned sure that when Campbell's was founded in 1869, this soup didn't contain high fructose corn syrup. Today, it does.
High Fructose corn syrup is dangerous. Dangerous because we don't get enough information about which one is in our food. There are over 20 different versions, all with different levels of fructose. Fructose is processed by your body 60 times faster than glucose, which, over time, can wreak havoc on your endocrine system with all it's ups and downs. Sugar crash like woah. Over and over again.
Sure, high fructose corn syrup is safe in moderation. But when it's in the soup you've made for lunch, the Saltines you've crushed on top of it, the yogurt you thought was a healthy dessert.. it's no longer moderation.
And that, my friend, is evil. There's been a bait and switch of the foods we got into the habit of eating 60 years ago. What started out as a little bit more convenient, but just as good, has been filled with cheaper substitutes for food. Things that aren't actually 'food'.
Sure, I pay more for organic. Not because I think it tastes better, but because I can be guaranteed there's no HFCS in that food. Food with the "All Natural" label can't say the same, because the FDA basically says if it ever started as a plant, it's "natural". HFCS was at one time corn, and therefore, "natural".
I do vote with my money. But not everyone can afford to. We're trapped in a cycle of cheap bad food, and many people don't have the means to break out of that. I mean, if you had $5 to feed your family, which would you do: buy 5 $1 hamburgers from MCD's, or buy two organic apples?
I almost agree with you, in theory (although your rhetorical style is a little condescending). But the theory is pretty far from most people's lives. There are issues of access and education that make the sort of empowerment you speak of very difficult, and big business knows it.
I think to call it laziness, or apathy is too easy and the problem (and solution) is a lot more complex than you are making it here. Being reductive about it and complaining that "we" are whining and emasculated (?!) doesn't really inspire anyone to feel empowered.
I think you're absolutely right, and thank you for saying so. "Blame the one with the deep pockets" is an all-too-common refrain these days. If you don't want to eat something that's in a packaged food, don't eat it. If you can't/won't/don't want to consume sugar or the calories in a piece of pizza, don't eat things requiring sugar or pizza. A lot of the chemicalization of our food supply comes from people wanting substitutes for things. Take responsibility for your needs and wants and flat out avoid things you can't/won't eat. And if you do want that bag of Oreos? Own it, and don't blame Nabisco for your health woes.
Ummm.....not sure about this. I agree in principle, and dislike the simplistic maneuver of declaring any particular thing "evil." - but your argument assumes choice. Many rural areas have limited selections available at markets, unless you want to grow your own food. And let's not even talk about institutional food like school cafeterias. Do you think kids have an option to say, "no Sysko for me thank you very much."?
So - good piece. It makes you think. But I'm not sure an individual consumer has that much power. The only way I have seen this implemented effectively is to ADD an additional product for a small segment of the population (5 ice cream?), not to change much or anything core for the vast majority of purchasers.
@Diane - The choice *is* there. I live in a small rural town, with a small neighborhood market. If we don't want to travel 30 miles to a larger chain grocery (or Walmart, *shudder*) we shop there. There are plenty of basic food ingredients available if one wants to avoid additives and processing. And if parents want their kids to avoid processed foods in school cafeterias, make them a lunch. If older kids make up their own minds about avoiding school lunches, they can make and take too. There are always choices. The right choice - for an individual, not saying that one is *right* for all - is often not the easy choice, but it is still a choice. Saying there is no choice when there is only one easy choice is a cop-out.
Dan! You're right: food companies are not inherently evil. Still, we have to keep in mind that they're not benevolent, either. Food corporations - all corporations, for that matter - exist to make a profit. If we go into supermarkets with that in the back of our minds, I think it will make us more critical shoppers, and less susceptible to advertising.
Thought-provoking post, man.
Amber has hit the nail on the head. The big food companies have crammed cheaper and cheaper ingredients into things in the name of cost control, without ever taking account of whether or not it is actually good for you. HFCS is the reason why I started making my own jams, jellies, conserves and pickles, and led to my buying a hot water bath and pressure canner - its ubiquity in everything is worrying, as are the severe long term health problems of eating so much of the darn stuff.
What it comes down to is a phrase in computer networking (my day job!).
"Cheap. Fast. Good. Choose any two."
Too simple.
Shall we forget the changes to lobbying rules for corporations? No harm there?
Advertising/deception eg tobacco?
Resistance to nutrition info at fast food, though consumers asking?
Scrutiny is required.
Nice current example is GMO. Without getting into the GMO debate, let's assume food companies will produce nonGMO if consumers desire it. OK, let's label all GMO so we can choose. Not too much interest in that from food companies. There's a reason for that, deferral/avoidance of negative sales impact. So nonGMO labeling will be the push.
Why does personal responsibility/empowerment come with this gag order? Not for me, thanks.
I think you're right, Dan. Food companies are just that - companies. I see it as basic supply and demand. There is a demand for what they offer, so it is supplied. Sure, advertising and whatnot has an impact, but advertising doesn't force me to buy anything.
You've blogged here what I have been saying to my computer screen ever since I first came across the 'big food is evil' notion. Right on.
I couldnt agree more. The problem here extends well beyond food companies. The Walmart argument is the same. In the end, though, these entities are merely a reflection of society. To me,the 'Big Lie' is that something is being perpetrated on us, when we are perpetrating it upon ourselves!
Increasingly, we settle further and further into a state of adolesence as a society, expecting someone to take care of us. Thus we expect corporations to be "benevolent" and take care of our kids and watch out for us. The government, in a further extension of that reflection, begins to speak of corporations in the same language.
But if we dont want ammonia-filled cheeseburgers, or double-sized dicount boxes of Count Chocula, we can accmplish this tomorrow by simply choosing something else. We the people hold ALL the power.
I wonder though if the government would then start a TARP program for failing fast food companies.... ;-)
Dan, I for one agree with you 100%. We make our own choices every day, and if we don't like the results, we are free to choose again, to make a different choice. By our choices we create the reality of our lives and our world, both individually and as a society. It's time to stop whining and take personal responsibility for our choices if we wish for things to be different. As the comic strip character Pogo says, "We have met the enemy, and they is us."
PS: The soft drink and fast food industries would have gone out of business 15 years ago, or at least radically changed their product offerings if they had to depend on my business.
Dan, interesting post and I agree with you. We as a society do tend to put the blame elsewhere for the bad things that "happen to us" - of course, not so often for the good things, which are entirely our doing :-).
This is reflected on a smaller scale in our daily lives where we tend to find excuses for almost everything - late because of the train, not because I didn't leave on time; in debt because my landlord raised my rent, not because I had to have that new car. By realizing like Steve said that every moment is a choice, we can stop placing blame and finding excuses, and then move forward with our lives in so many ways.
By the way, where you said "emasculating", I'm sure you meant "disempowering". Not sure many women (or even this gay man) necessarily worry about being "emasculated".
I'm afraid I have to chime in with Amber and Tim here. But I understand where you're coming from--we ALL do this (yes! I mean that. ALL of us do it!)--assume our personal experience is universal truth. It's not. Nor is any complex situation simply a matter of black and white. Big Ag created a market--they didn't respond to one (a la the cultivation of desire). We continue to support it, much to our detriment. Simplistic answers are fabulous, but they often relieve us of a greater responsibility to our communities.
You may have the education, intelligence and ability to think critically when it comes to these complex issues and boil it down to a matter of choice. Not everyone has those skills. I have seen people with masters degrees give dying diabetic family members burgers & fries while in the hospital because "it's not sugary, so it's fine."
There has been a massive amount of intentional misinformation out there to confuse consumers. One day, eggs will kill you. The next day, eggs will heal you. Blah, blah, blah.
Genetically modified foods have been introduced into our grocery aisles without sufficient, long term testing (the first GMO food was introduced after 14 days. I read the study. It was far from comprehensive). Consumers have become the greatest lab experiment of all time. Um, that's evil. If vast amounts of information are being withheld, what choice do we actually have? You need information to make good choices. We don't have all the information, and that is due to an intentional, calculated effort by Big Ag. Hello, evil.
Also, we need to stop acting tough and pretending like advertisments don't affect us. Of course they do. Does that make us powerless? Of course not. But if we walk around pretending that being bombarded by sugar awesomeness and playgrounds at McDonalds aren't affecting us and our kids, we're being dishonest.
I certainly agree with your assertion that we are not powerless and that we need to take the reigns and make better choices and do all we can to make these Big Ag fools die of atrophy. But it's extremely arrogant and presumptuous to ask the woman who is working 2 manual labor jobs for minimum wage to take the bus 20 miles to a decent grocery store so that she can fix healthful meals for her kids who can't play outside because of the drive by shootings (yes, I work in the Los Angeles area). Some choices are tougher than others and how dare we decide what's an appropriate level of difficulty for someone who lives on the margins.
The intelligent, relatively affluent person's answer is frequently "it's about choice." How about, "it's about community?" How about realizing that we don't all have the same deck of cards in this game and we need to help each other out? How about holding government responsible for mismanaging our tax dollars through Farm Bill appropriations? How about addressing complex issues with multi-layered solutions that require more of us than a hyper-individualized outlook?
As I was reading your very interesting post I was thinking 1) yes, of course companies are in business to make money, and yes of course no one puts a gun to my head and forces me to buy cookies, I don't need to be told that, and 2) this is too simple - what about government's role in subsidizing that corn product? what about regulations that favor commodity agriculture over small farms? and 3) an immigrant woman with several kids, two jobs and no car would not be able to relate to this at all, even if she had time to read it, and 4) maybe food bloggers just preach to the choir.
Then, before I could organize my thoughts into a response, "Consciously Frugal" came through and wrote it for me!
But you write about important issues, so I would encourage you to research and write about the history of government food subsidies and regulations, and what might happen economically if those subsidies were reduced and regulations changed. And perhaps a deeper discussion of the food economy and experiences of people at different socioeconomic points would be helpful for those of us who find this post a bit too simplified.
You've already gotten some great comments so I don't have much to add except my vote: you've got a valid point but it isn't quite that simple. I think we're too ready to blame someone in our country but I also think government has historically been to quick to let food companies "self regulate" and leave important information off the table. If I knew McDonalds was serving New Leaf potatoes I certainly would NOT have allowed my family to eat them in our occassional patronage of the golden arches. However, I didn't find out until over a year after they discontinued it. It's that kind of thing that companies should have to answer for.
I'm really happy to see the civil discussion that's developing here. Thanks to everyone for your input and thoughts.
I will say, however, that the bulk of the objections to this post share a minor flaw in logic. This is not to say that those commenters who disagree with me are wrong! After all, this post is supposed to start conversations, not kill them off. :)
I'll explain my thoughts in more detail them in a forthcoming post that will run on Saturday morning (US east coast time). Check back this weekend and share your reactions!
I'm very curious as to what you view to be the "minor flaw in logic." This will be interesting!
This is such a complicated subject, and I am on the fence, but I enjoyed reading your thoughts and other peoples comments. I am interested to see how this all plays out.
I agree with Consciously Frugal and Amber. I've been talking about consumer power for a long time, but I often forget people who can't afford to change their dietary habits and are forced to eat stuff like the soup that now has corn syrup in it. I also will never eat soy again after watching Food Inc, but it's in EVERYTHING from veggie burgers to vitamins. Europe outlawed GMO soy a long time ago.
We have a long way to go before America's food is no longer washed in clorox and drenched in pesticides.
Evil is too strong but they do drive Mom & Pop restaurants out of business.
Great discussion! I will just add a big DITTO to what Amber and Consciously Frugal have already said (and much more eloquently than I could have)....and look forward to future conversations on the subject.
This post is an example of flawed logic. That you have the freedom of choice simply is not true. When MSG is in 80% of food products sold in the United States, what kind of choice is that? And when profits from soda are 90% and profits from vegetables 10%, what kind of choice is that? Using your fellow man to help drive profits at the cost of healthcare, that is the flawed logic. Your post simply plays a devils advocate, but there is no logic coming from you.
Logical, I think you've missed the central point of this post.
If you believe you have no freedom of choice and you insist on finding only examples to prove you have no freedom of choice.... *you will not have freedom of choice.* Do you see? Your "logic" is self-fulfilling.


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"I don't want to spend any more time (dwelling) on last year," the second-year coach said, "but it was a situation where we were 0-16. I'm not a 0-16 kind of guy, to be honest."
The Warriors already have ensured that they will not repeat their winless season, thanks to early victories over St. Martin de Porres of Cleveland and Iroquois.
East athletic director Dan Chojnacki said the wins were the program's first since a 5-3 victory at Fairview in its 2007 season opener.
The Warriors' six-year run of futility ended April 6, when they blanked St. Martin 12-0 in five innings at Ainsworth Field.
East's Zach Pellegrino drove in two runs and scored another during that mercy-rule game, while teammate Tyler Slater scored three times.
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