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This is a story of a beer bean counter with a passion for grape juice (the fermented kind). |
I’m Jen and I have a confession to make … I am a bonafide wine-o who works at a brewery. Thankfully there are many parallels between my passion and the industry I work in that can explain such a confused state of being. Please allow me a few historical references and personal experiences to make sense of my dilemma and explain my passion. |
My part in this story starts in the late ’90s with a boyfriend who worked for Robert Mondavi. Arguably America’s greatest wine ambassador ever, Mondavi’s lessons focused on how wine was part of the gracious way of living and not about the snooty Sommelier at the fancy restaurant. I learned that wine, in its simplest form, was a naturally occurring gift from nature. It wasn’t about the feasts of kings and queens but more about a mealtime beverage for the common man that signified the importance of family, conversation, and the land from which it came. |
Both wine and beer are both truly a reflection of the land from which they came. The French have a neat word to describe this — terroir — meaning a “sense of place”. Searching for that sense of place has taken me to some far off lands that have been making wine for as long as time has been recorded. The hook was set and off I went into this delicious obsession. |
Being so close to North America’s greatest wine regions was very convenient along the way. But after a few trips to Napa and Sonoma I realized something interesting: most big wineries and fancy tasting rooms had missed the point entirely. These places were not about being gracious or sharing the fruits of their labor but more about exclusiveness and a false sense of privilege. Stand in line, pay your money, taste our wine, buy something from the gift shop, get back on your tour bus and leave. |
It was a trip to Santa Barbara wine country where I first felt the spirit of true wine country hospitality and a willingness to take people on a journey from the dirt where it grew, to the glass that I drank it from. I was refreshed to see and meet people like Bruno D’Alfonso and Ken “Byron” Brown pouring and discussing their wines in a simple tasting room at the winery. Imagine that, the guy who made it is actually here telling his story and why the wine in my glass was special. Now I was inspired (or buzzed?), or maybe both. I had to see more. |
My pilgrimage to the Old World of winemaking came in 2004 and what I found was life changing. While traveling through the great communes of Burgundy, France I happened across a familiar tale of big business buying up small wineries and vineyard owners at a very swift pace. It was one particular family’s response to the promise of riches that made a huge impression on me. Facing economic challenges and a dwindling family presence in their 6th generation vineyards, the offer of 5 million euros to sell was a handsome payday and life changing opportunity for a struggling family of farmers. One of the daughters was off in Paris with a successful veterinary practice when she heard of the offer. She decided to liquidate her practice and move back home to work in the family business instead of letting it be sold. It was a choice to live a life of passion for meager returns that kept a family and a tradition alive. The magic and history of this place was in the air. You could smell the intoxicating aroma of fermentation. It was a way of life for these people. Not the riches of the big city and big money and certainly not the super space age winery. It was real and it was simple. |
How could I take this feeling home with me? How could I remind myself in my daily hustle and grind that life is about more than what you have or drive? For me it is simple, I pull the cork and that pop instantly takes me back. Family, friends, conversation, and laughter with a good meal and a glass wine. The true essence of life and measure of riches. What could possibly be better? |
Post written by Jen Anderson. She’s a Sommelier, a mom, a Bruery cheerleader, and an amazing “bean counter” that keeps us all sane. |
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The final program of our symposium is online! Check it out here. |
The deadline for the abstract submission has passed, but we are looking forward to your registration to join us on August 3rd & 4th. |
We still have a few oral slots to fill, and will have an exciting poster session in which you can participate! Submit an abstract now, and share your most recent work with us in the field of psychophysiology in traffic. |
We are looking forward to seeing you in Leiden on August 3 & 4! |
“In the beginning was the Word…a light shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not over power…the Word was the true light that enlightens all men…” Today is the 2nd Sunday in the octave of Christmas. On this Sunday, we continue to savor the joy of the new born king, we continue to greet the Word made flesh that now dwells among us, and we continue to rejoice because, as the wisdom of God, he dispels our darkness and illumines our lives. Today, the church invites us to reflect on the import of Christ’s coming to us. |
There is a very strong relationship between wisdom and light. In fact, they are synonymous to each other. On the contrary, light or wisdom and darkness are opposites. Light is always contra darkness and dispels it. The Book of Wisdom addresses God as the one who “made all things by your word; God’s eternal, creative, and illuminating power” (Wis 9:1). Proverbs equally writes: “The Lord by wisdom founded the earth” (Pr 3:19). “Light”, “Word” and “Wisdom” are seen as one and the same. This is what they achieve: “For while gentle silence enveloped all thing, your all-powerful Word leaped from heaven, into the midst of the land that was doomed…” (Wis 18, 14-16). |
This is what the birth of Christ did for us this season. As the wisdom of God, Christ came to banish ignorance by revealing things that are hidden for ages. As Wisdom He enlightens the eyes of our mind so that we can appreciate God (Eph 18). As light, he not only clears the obscurities of our mind, but also lights up our way. Hence, the psalmist says: “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a guide for my path…” (Ps 119, 105). |
Today, wisdom is personified in our first reading. He is none other than Jesus Christ, the fullness of God’s wisdom. One important point to note from this reading is the fact that wisdom proceeds from God. Thus, Wisdom speaks: “From eternity, in the beginning, he created me…” In other words, he was part and parcel of the nature of God. The good news of this season is that after ages, he is now with us as human in order to help us work and walk in the light. Who are these privileged people? My dear, we are! Therefore the cause of our unending joy this season is that we are highly favored by God. However, it is important that we open ourselves so that He can make use of us adequately. If we do, we shall become wise and enlightened because iron sharpens iron, and fire begets fire. |
In our second reading today, Paul continues to thank and bless God, “who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.” This spiritual blessing is Jesus Christ himself, the Wisdom of God who is with us to dispel all ignorance and to illumine our dark spots. Also, Paul reminds us that we are those chosen and favored by God. This is not only for the purpose of being holy and spotless, but also, for adoption as fellow brethrens of Christ. |
So, as we continue to rejoice this season, let us know that Christ’s birth sealed our own adoption and opened a door for all of us into God’s heart. Therefore as Paul prayed, “May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ… give you the spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed…” let us welcome Wisdom into our lives as our guide. This is because without Wisdom we cannot appreciate what wonders God has worked for us this season. Without the eyes of our mind being opened by the “Ancient of Days” himself, we will remain in perpetual ignorance and our minds always clogged with wickedness. |
Today as was on Christmas day, our gospel kicks off with a description of God’s “Logos” or Word. John reminds us of the following that: “Through his Word the heavens were made.” John describes Jesus as God’s creative, life and light giving Word that has come to us in human form. Truly, Jesus is the Wisdom and Power of God which created and sustains the world. Therefore, in order to save us, He assumed our nature. Jesus became truly man while remaining truly God. |
What he was (Divine), he remained, and what he was not (human nature), he has assumed for the sake of our salvation. Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God, he is truly the wisdom and light that dispels the darkness of our life and world. Without losing his divinity he became a man and our brother. He is the one with whom now we shear the same paternity as adopted children of God. His acceptance to be born like us gained us this exalted position and illumines our world. |
Finally, for allowing the light of his face shine upon us this season through his Word, Light and Wisdom, let us, like David the Psalmist continue to say: “O Lord, you are my light and my salvation…(Ps 127, 1). |
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About a week ago, our oldest son (a new 2nd Lieutenant) was preparing one of his wool berets for use. This preparation involves shaving a massive amount of fuzz from the outside of the beret. Then you dampen it and weigh it down. Then after this, he put it on his head for further shaping. I went upstairs, he was sitting at a desk with his beret on his head. I couldn’t help but notice a tag peeking out from under the back. It said “Made in Vietnam”. |
As a further aside, the large telephone books that he used to weigh down the beret stayed on the kitchen counter for close to a week before I put them up. As Glenn likes to say “the country’s in the very best of hands”. |
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Comfort and elegance make this dress with polka dots in delicate tones such a versatile piece! |
Loved the colour and cut but the pleat at the front was just too big. |
Lovely dress. It fitted perfectly! |
It’s an okay dress. Pretty fabric, very comfortable. Nice and light. Good length sitting just on knee (I’m 170cm). I didn’t like the metal clasp bit around the waist, not needed. It’s worth trying this dress but for me it didn’t set the world on fire but was ok. I’m 45 and find it hard to find dresses that are modern but don’t make me feel ‘mumsy ‘ and this one made me feel a bit of the later! My issue, not the dresses! |
As a big travel weekend approaches, many drivers are planning when they should hit the road to best avoid seeing a sea of red brake lights. Here's what you should know. |
WASHINGTON — If you are planning to hit the road for the Memorial Day weekend, be forewarned: Friday is no longer the busiest day for your road trip. |
“Thursday is the new Friday, and Thursday is every bit as bad as Friday on holiday weekends,” said Bob Immler in the WTOP Traffic Center. |
Transportation planner Ben Hampton, with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, analyzed five years of travel speed information collected from GPS software to help drivers avoid a sea of red. |
Hampton adds that the following year, there was less traffic on Thursday. |
“Every year, people try to time-shift to avoid what they encountered the last year,” said Dave Dildine in the WTOP Traffic Center. |
If you’re leaving on Thursday, you should leave before noon. Otherwise, leave on Saturday or after midnight, Dildine said. |
Weather will likely not be a factor, which should help drivers headed toward the beaches on U.S. 50. |
“It’s probably not going to rain. That means eastbounders get three total lanes to work with. There will be delays and it’ll be congested, but it wont be as bad as if it were a soggy start to the Memorial Day weekend,” Dildine said. |
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• During the removal of a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, a young man underwent partial sectioning of the splenium of the corpus callosum. Postoperative testing showed no deficit of interhemispheric visual or auditory transfer. To understand the extent of the splenial section, we cut ten normal brains in the sagittal plane and analyzed the shape of the splenium. It may be markedly curved or bulbous. Our findings lead us to conclude that a small band of ventral splenial fibers may be adequate to allow a patient to perform normally on tachistoscopic testing. Unless there is postmortem proof of complete splenial section, it may not be justified to invoke nonsplenial mechanisms to explain preservation of interhemispheric visual transfer in human surgical cases. |
The average attention span of a human being is 8 seconds, meaning organizations today have 8 seconds to create positive engagement, or run the risk of losing a potential customer. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? The fact of the matter is that many organizations – from digital advertising to news sites to food delivery apps – don’t have a grasp on what it means to deliver a truly “glanceable” digital experience to their customers. |
App performance is critical. A recent study from HP found that after using an app that ran slowly on a regular basis, 48 percent of consumers uninstalled or removed it; 33 percent stopped using it; and 32 percent looked for alternative apps. Amazon found that every 100 milliseconds of latency cost them 1% in sales; while Walmart found that every second of reduced load time raised their customer conversion rates by 2%. Still think good design alone will sell consumers on your business? Well, almost 100% of consumers said app performance is important to them and a deciding factor of the services they use. Now, make sure your app is up to speed. |
Customer experience is the new pinnacle of success. Slow load times, crashing, or inaccessibility all negatively impact the experience of customers using your application. Help Scout found that 86% of consumers quit doing business with a company because of a bad customer experience, and 90% of consumers would pay more to ensure a better customer experience. 78% of consumers discontinued an intended transaction as a result of a poor customer experience, and 59% of U.S. consumers would try a new brand for a better customer experience (CX). CX has become the key differentiator for consumers, in fact, Gartner predicts 89% of brands will compete primarily on customer experience by 2016. |
The mobile takeover is here. It’s no secret that mobile has become the screen of choice for many consumers. They are using their mobile phones for everything in their day to day lives, looking up health information, job listings, real estate opportunities, mobile banking and the like. The mobile ad spend is expected to reach $100 billion worldwide in 2016. It’s been reported that organizations gain an extra 240 hours of work per year from employees due to mobile working. Mobile is an opportunity that organizations can’t afford to miss, but creating a mobile application is often no easy feat. |
This is where APM solutions come in. By ensuring that applications, both Web and mobile, are truly delivering on the functionality that has been promised to the consumer, organizations can ensure they reach their full potential. Delivering a fast, easy experience to consumers is the key to success, and making that experience “glanceable” for today’s consumer attention span is only a challenge if you’re not prepared. |
Celeste has worked with venture backed, pre-IPO, public and private equity funded businesses in high growth markets. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of the Pacific in Business Administration. |
A Small Orange is not among the most well-known web hosts, but it has gained fast growth in the past 13 years since its establishment. DreamHost, however, is a large US-based hosting provider with over one million sites under management. |
There are many differences between the two web hosts’ background information, so are their shared hosting services. Except for the common hosting features included in their plans, such as PHP, MySQL and email accounts, we have found a lot of differences between their shared hosting prices, performance, support, and reliability. |
From the comparison below, you will be able to learn the pros and cons of A Small Orange and DreamHost regarding shared hosting. Before reading the details, be sure to read the following ratings to get some general information about the comparison. |
A Small Orange is gaining some complaints nowadays, but when compared with DreamHost, it still wins in the scalability of plans and control panel. |
A Small Orange has been offering 4 shared hosting plans to make sure that you can host a small blog, an online store, a forum or even larger sites with the sufficient power and appropriate cost. |
The Tiny plan, which is tailored for beginners, is priced at $2.92/mo only, and the other 3 plans suitable for more experienced users are available at $5/mo, $10/mo and $20/mo respectively. Except for Tiny, all other plans include a free .com domain if you sign up for an annual term. |
DreamHost, being different from most modern web hosts, offers one shared hosting plan only to cover the needs of all those who need a shared server. This plan is priced at $10.95/mo regularly, while you can enjoy some small discounts for $9.95/mo and $7.95/mo by choosing the annual or triennial terms. |
Besides, this plan includes a free domain for one year, and free domain privacy which protects your registration information. |
The control panel is a sharp difference between A Small Orange and DreamHost, and it is also the most important advantage of the former web host. |
Currently, A Small Orange offers cPanel, and DreamHost provides a custom web-based control panel. According to our surveys and trials, cPanel wins for the following reasons. |
It is feature rich and easy-to-use. In cPanel, dozens of tools are available for the management of accounts, scripts, databases, files, email accounts and website security, and they are well named and explained, so users can get started easily. DreamHost control panel also includes many features, but some of the features come with quite wired names and are not categorized as well as those in cPanel. |
It is flexible. Hosting providers can integrate third-party tools with cPanel to enhance the functionality. For example, A Small Orange has added Softaculous to cPanel so that you can install and manage over 300 scripts directly in cPanel. |
It is widely used. The benefits of this are that you are able to find numerous tutorials and demos, and the transfers between web hosts are easy. DreamHost doesn’t share the custom control panel with any other hosting provider. |
DreamHost has a much larger customer base than A Small Orange, and it has maintained a higher reputation. The reputation of this company, then, mainly attributes to the good uptime, quality technical support and worry-free refund policies. |
DreamHost is cooperating with a collocation provider for data centers. Although it doesn’t operate any private data center, it has been offering good uptime for shared hosting users. The uptime monitored by us hasn’t been the same excellent as the guaranteed 100%, while it is still satisfactory, which is over 99.9% on average. |
A Small Orange, however, hasn’t done well in uptime, especially in the past year. This company has been complained incessantly for numerous outages lasting for hours, and according to some users, it cleared all the complaints on its Facebook page to pretend that it only had compliments. |
If you have a research on the Internet, you will find how bad A Small Orange is in term of reliability and the service accessibility. The hosting services offered by such a company is actually valueless because you will never achieve a success if your website is always inaccessible. |
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost provide technical support through tickets and live chat on a 24×7 basis, which means you can always get a support representative to help when meeting troubles. However, when compared comprehensively, DreamHost does much better than its competitor in the support quality. |
It is true that both web hosts can guarantee fast responses to chats and tickets, but the support representatives of A Small Orange are not helpful enough. If you submit a ticket or start a chat regarding an outage, you may get no explanation or solution but some replies like no further information can be provided. This is unreasonable. |
A Small Orange and DreamHost are providing some of the longest refund periods in the industry. |
A Small Orange offers refunds for all shared hosting accounts terminated in 90 days after the purchase. Payments via checks, money orders and bank wire transfers are not eligible. |
DreamHost provides a 97-day refund guarantee. Note that this guarantee only applies to credit card payments. Besides, domains and any one-time fees are not refundable. |
In addition to all the two web hosts’ pros and cons presented above, we have also found some other disadvantages in their shared hosting features, speed, and support. |
Both A Small Orange and DreamHost offer most of the common shared hosting features, such as PHP 5.x, suPHP, MySQL, Python, Ruby on Rails and SVN. However, neither of them is considered to be perfect in regard to features. |
The main shortage of DreamHost, of course, is the control panel and script installer. Besides, the company doesn’t provide a website builder. A Small Orange, on the other hand, offers limited disk storage and bandwidth. |
More details of their features are available in the table below. For better understanding, we have also taken a rich-featured plan of InMotion Hosting into comparison. |
Neither of A Small Orange and DreamHost can provide blazing-fast hosting speed although they both claim to deliver over 200% faster page loads with SSDs. The real server response time of DreamHost keeps around 500ms, not excellent but stable. While that of A Small Orange is at least 40% longer, and the monitoring results are even worse when outages occur. |
To show you how DreamHost performs, we have compared it with InMotion, one of the fastest web hosts. The results are as follows. |
Phone support is usually important for native users who are looking for a quick and efficient way to get their hosting issues resolved. However, if you favor phone support too, you should be disappointed when looking at the technical support offered by the two web hosts. |
A Small Orange doesn’t provide phone support. You can only get the choices of email, ticket and live chat for technical support. |
DreamHost does offer phone support, while this service is not included in the shared hosting plan by default. You have to pay $14.95/mo for it, and the service is only provided in the form of callbacks. |
After comparing the two companies in detail, we have come to the conclusion that neither of them is a perfect choice for shared hosting. DreamHost lacks choices and a great control panel, and A Small Orange does too badly in uptime. |
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