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By Hillary K. Grigonis	 January 5, 2017
SanDisk is beating itself at its own game — after launching a 256 GB MicroSD card with record-breaking speeds in 2016, the company launched the first MicroSD to meet the new Class A1 standards. The 256GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition was unveiled Wednesday during the Consumer Electronics Show.
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The SD card is also compatible with SanDisk's Android app, Memory Zone, a platform for backing up files.
The premium speed and capacity on the new card comes at a cost — SanDisk will sell the new MicroSD card in January for $200.
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Q: NetBeans Platform: Entity class error Up to this point I have had a fully functional NetBeans Platform application with a single screen that utilized Shipvia entity class through the following code:
import entity.Shipvia;
import entity.Route;
import java.util.List;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;
import javax.persistence.Query;

public class RetrieveResultList {

    public static List RetrieveResultList (String tablename){
        EntityManager entityManager = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("EntityLibraryPU").createEntityManager();
        System.out.println("NAMED QUERY:>"+tablename+".findAll");
        Query query = entityManager.createNamedQuery(tablename+".findAll");
        List<Shipvia> resultList = query.getResultList();
        return resultList;
    }
}

As you can see I create a dynamic query based on the table name passed. So if the user opens a ShipviaTopComponent, it will call Shipvia.findAll (see part of entity class below).
package entity;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.persistence.*;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@Entity
@Table(name = "SHIPVIA")
@XmlRootElement
@NamedQueries({
    @NamedQuery(name = "Shipvia.findAll", query = "SELECT c FROM Shipvia c")
});

My goal is to have a second screen, called RouteTopComponent utilize Route entity class
package entity;

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.persistence.*;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

@Entity
@Table(name = "ROUTE")
@XmlRootElement
@NamedQueries({
    @NamedQuery(name = "Route.findAll", query = "SELECT c FROM Route c")
});

However, here is the error I am getting when I try to open the Route screen:
SEVERE [global]
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: NamedQuery of name: Route.findAll not found.
    at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EJBQueryImpl.getDatabaseQueryInternal(EJBQueryImpl.java:577)
    at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.EntityManagerImpl.createNamedQuery(EntityManagerImpl.java:1043)
    at com.demo.viewer.RetrieveResultList.RetrieveResultList(RetrieveResultList.java:23)
    at com.demo.viewer.RoutesTopComponent.<clinit>(RoutesTopComponent.java:40)
Caused: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)

Line 40 of RouteTopComponent is:
List<Route> resultList = RetrieveResultList.RetrieveResultList("Route");

It puzzles me as to why it works fine opening ShipviaTopComponent and finds Shipvia.findAll, but not RouteTopComponent/Route.findAll ?

A: As discussed in the comments, you have to list the entity classes explicitly in the persistence.xml file if you are using RESOURCE_LOCAL transaction-type/ running JPA in Java SE environment.

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Author by : Keith E. Whittington
Publisher by : OUP Oxford
Description : The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence, constitutionalism, judicial politics and law-and-society to such re-emerging subjects as comparative judicial politics, international law, and democratization. The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics gathers together leading scholars in the field to assess key literatures shaping the discipline today and to help set the direction of research in the decade ahead.
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Category Archives: IPA
Beer To The Rescue
It's been more than a week since Hurricane Florence roared ashore in North Carolina.
There were those who watched from afar. There were those, like us here in Winston-Salem, who felt a muted version of her fury.
Then there were those who were directly impacted by, and continue to deal with, one of the most damaging natural disasters to hit our state in decades. Long after the flood waters recede (as of Sunday there were still 9 NC rivers at major flood stage), long after the news crews pack up and leave, long after we have all turned our attention to other matters — those directly impacted, our NC neighbors, will be dealing with Florence's aftermath. Governor Roy Cooper put it best — "Hurricane Florence has deeply wounded our state, wounds that will not fade soon as the flood waters finally recede."
Like many of you, we've been thinking about how to best help communities affected by the hurricane. And how to best help is to do what we do best – brew beer.
Earlier this month, the same week Florence was barreling toward our coastline, we brewed our latest Craft Happiness Project IPA. It's called Responder, and is dedicated to honoring the brave men and women in our community who are North Carolina's first responders in times of crisis — like the aftermath of hurricanes.
For those of you who don't know, Craft Happiness IPA Project was started in 2017 by Foothills as a way to bring attention to all manner of needs in our community, state and region. Each month we brew a different IPA, name it based on the particular need we're focusing on, and give a portion of proceeds to an organization that services that need.
Rarely has Craft Happiness had an opportunity to have a bigger impact than now. So we're throwing a Release/Relief Party at our tasting room for Responder IPA on Wednesday October 10th. Members of Winston-Salem Fire Department Station #2 will be here — partly to show off their ladder truck and partly for us to show how grateful we are for the work they do.
We'll also have our regular weekly Foot Soldier Run Club at 6pm. For every mile run that day, Foothills will donate $1 to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund.
Running's not your thing? That's OK. Beer drinking can be your thing. Because we'll also be donating $1 from every pint of Responder sold that day – at all three of our locations – to the same Relief Fund.
Can't make it that day? That's OK too — we'll be giving a portion of total Responder IPA proceeds to hurricane relief at the end of the month as well. So stop by and have a pint anytime during the month of October.
Good Beer That Does Good. That's the mission of Craft Happiness Project, through which Foothills has donated over $11,000 (to date) to more than a dozen local and regional charitable organizations. So come have a beer and make a difference for our neighbors, who will still be dealing with Florence's aftermath for weeks and months to come.
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NC Beer Month #HopSwap
By now hopefully you've heard about our #NCBeerMonthChallenge, urging all NC breweries and craft beer drinkers to help out their local waterways and riverkeepers during NC Beer Month.
That was not the only idea that came out of our beer-sipping brainstorming meeting.
Craft beer is, by any measure, big business. And, like any big business, competition is fierce. But unlike most businesses, there exists a "coopetition" atmosphere within our sudsy realm. Despite reports of its possible demise, we like to think that atmosphere will continue to be part of the foundation of this wonderful industry of ours.
We wanted to find a way to tangibly express that sentiment.
Our brewmaster's solution? "Grab your car keys."
What better way to support small breweries than by serving their beer? So that's exactly what we're going to do.
For the first time in its 11-year history, Foothills will be pouring NC craft beer other than its own. We've selected about a half dozen breweries in North Carolina that brew less than 5,000 barrels a year (us last year: 37,746). Once a week, we're gonna load a keg of our Hop of the Month Series beer into the back of our car and drive it to one of those breweries, exchanging it (don't worry we're paying) for one of that brewery's signature beers. They'll serve our beer at their tap room, we'll serve theirs at ours. We're calling it our NC Beer Month #HopSwap.
It's proving to be a popular idea; already two of the breweries we're trading with have arranged their own #HopSwap with others.
We'll reveal our #HopSwap partners each week; there's some beers we're very excited to pour. And, consequently, some great breweries we feel honored and privileged to support.
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A Dog Blog
When we opened our tasting room last year, we naturally assumed it would become a haven for those seeking to relax, slake their thirst, and mingle with like-minded souls.
Turns out we were right – in more ways than one.
Our little tap dispensary, set to turn a year old in April, has become a defacto dog den. Thanks to the fact that A) we don't have a kitchen, and B) we love dogs, our four-legged Foothills friends have helped make us the coolest indoor dog run in the Triad.
It's a legacy we should have seen coming.
Our devotion of a year's worth of bottle labels (and accompanying monthly donations to rescue organizations) bears witness to our canine compassion. So too, the presence of our de facto brewery dog Barley, who, while technically the property of our owners Matt and Meredith Masten, is such a daily fixture at the brewery that he seems to consider all of us his humans. We don't argue with him.
Barley's been a fixture at the brewery since he was a puppy – in fact, his timely interruption of a creative meeting was the inspiration for the 2015 IPA of the Month labels – on which he was the first to be featured.
When we broke ground for the tasting room, Barley made frequent full-circuit inspections…
…and even gave the project his final and permanent seal of approval.
Given the great dog karma that now fills this space, we think that, in hindsight, he might have been some kind of doggie shinto priest, shaking haraigushi pom-poms and blessing the place for all who were to come . . . two-legged and four.
Those dog-featuring IPA of the Month labels corresponded with the opening of the tap room – as a result we had several visits from our label models.
Even the Gaelic football club we sponsor contributes to our dog-friendliness — the Winston-Salem Wolfhounds. Last year when they had a post-tournament party here, some canine namesakes accompanied them. Our version of the Clydesdales.
One of our IPA of the Month labels featured dogs belonging to Big Bang Theory star Wil Wheaton; in an interview we asked him why he thought craft beer people tended to also be dog people. His answer? "Obviously, We love the good things in life."
You and your best friend feel free to come enjoy the good things in life at our tasting room.
Editor's note: you can follow Barley on Instagram. He's hilarious.
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Here's Looking At You Georgia
"This could be the start of a beautiful friendship."
– Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca Hello Georgia.
We'd like to ask you out on a weeklong date.
Starting Monday, January 11th, a big contingent from the Foothills mothership is headed down for a one-week celebration of our expansion into your fair state.
Following is a list of venues we'll be visiting/drinking in while we're there:
• Argosy
• GA Chapter Room
• Brickstore Pub
• Taco Mac
• North Highland Pub
• Cypress Street Pint and Plate
• The Porter
• Hand in Hand
• Tap
• Hop City
• Square Pub
• Kaleidoscope
• World of Beer
• Midway Pub
• The Wing Cafe & Tap House
• Beer Market
• 15th Street Pizza
• Trappeze
• The Distillery
• Ordinary Pub
Looking for the when and where? Gotcha covered. We've created a special Georgia Launch page on our website calendar; all times, dates and venues are listed there, along with the beers we'll be pouring at each location. SPOILER ALERT: we're bringing some special beers, including Frostbite Black IPA, Barrel-Aged People's Porter, Hoppy Medium Imperial Brown Ale, and yes, Sexual Chocolate.
Also, we thought we'd have a little fun with you next week (outside of the beer drinking, merrymaking thing – this is a date right?), so we've created a #FollowFoothills hashtag, and most of the GA launch events on our website have a question related to our brewery on them. If you're coming to an event, use the hashtag to let us know; then when you get there find one of us and tell us the answer. We're bringing tons of swag – in other words, you'll probably get lucky on our weeklong date.
See you next week Georgia. It's a date.
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Fun Stuff We Did
A look back at some of the crap work we did this year:
JANUARY: we debuted our #FoothillsIPAdog bottles with our very own beer dog Barley. Apparently both the beer and the bottle were delicious.
By the way we donated to a dog charity in the community of each label dog in 2015 – one of our prouder accomplishments.
Also, January saw the official kickoff of The Decade Parade, our year-long celebration of our 10th Anniversary. We wound up throwing 15 separate parties across our distribution footprint. Yes it was epic.
FEBRUARY: Sexual Chocolate Release – which this year came with actual chocolates.
MARCH: Four Decade Parade parties. Or 1,230 miles on the odometer, if you prefer.
APRIL: The Tasting Room officially opened! It's become our pub's fun little brother.
JUNE: Our big Opening Party for the Tasting Room Opening/10th Anniversary party featured bands (including The Connells), a BBQ competition, and something that will never happen again — a 9-year vertical tapping of every year of Sexual Chocolate ever made. We threw a separate party just to showcase all that vintage beer . . . tickets sold out in 4 hours.
JULY and AUGUST: were spent recovering from previously mentioned parties. But we did find time to coax Big Bang Theory star Wil Wheaton to put his rescue pit bulls on our July IPA of the Month label. Kinda cool.
SEPTEMBER: We announced our expansion into Georgia in 2016 — something Brewmaster (and University of Georgia graduate) Jamie is pretty stoked about.
OCTOBER: Between IPA of the Month, Foot Men Series, and the random brilliance of our brew staff, we averaged one new beer release a week throughout the fall. Personal favorite? Maplewood Aged Sauvignon Blanc Jade IPA. Holy crap that beer was good.
NOVEMBER: Our first-ever bottling of our first-ever holiday beer, Moravian Porter. Bottles sold out in a little over a day.
DECEMBER: Goodbye IPA of the Month, hello Jade six packs.
It was, by any measure, a special and unique year for Foothills. We raise a glass to you, without whom none of it would have been possible, and wish you lots of fun and success in 2016. That's our plan, anyway.
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Let There Be Jade
Guessing you've all been very good little girls and boys this year.
'Cause Santa brought you an early Christmas present.
Got to work on a cold, dreary, rainy Monday yesterday – when what to my wondering eyes should appear – 12 ounce bottles of Jade rolling off the bottling line.
That's right — our amazing brewery production staff has been working overtime to get this done – and they got it done earlier than we thought. Take that Santa's elves.
As of 11am Tuesday morning, Jade six packs and cases will be on sale at our pub. The tasting room will also have them when they open at 4pm Tuesday. Palettes will also be leaving our brewery destined for our distributors' warehouses; you can expect to start seeing them on shelves all over North Carolina next week at the latest. For now, ours will be the only state you can buy these.
Our Beer Finder will help you locate where they are but be patient — inventory doesn't register on the Beer Finder until it's been delivered.
A month ago we blogged about the evolution of this beer, announced we were putting it in six-packs, and said we hoped to have them out by early 2016.
It truly is the most wonderful time of the year.
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Jade-olution
There's a scene in Dances With Wolves where Kicking Bird says to Lt. John Dunbar, "We've come a long way, you and me."
(only 90's movie reference of the blog, I swear.)
That's how we feel when we look at our new 6-packs of Jade IPA.
Yes, we are finally succumbing to the voluminous passionate tweets, posts, messages and general beseeching you've done, imploring us to package one of your (and our) favorite Foothills brands in 12-ounce bottles.
In what we feel is the formidable lineup of our brands, Jade has more than held its own over the course of its short lifetime. Since it introduction Super Bowl weekend 2011, it's been one of our best-selling and most talked-about beers. It has indeed come a long way — from its humble and auspicious birth amongst the sights (and scents) of the 2007 Craft Brewer's Conference in Austin, Texas.
It was there that Jamie Bartholomaus, brewmaster of then-barely-two-years-old Foothills Brewing, and T.L. Adkisson, head brewer for Ham's in Greenville, NC, were wandering through the Conference Expo, looking at equipment and raw materials and dreaming of bigger and better days for their respective breweries. As is usually the case, the hops growers (Hop Union, in this case) had several bales of hops broken open, to allow brewers to taste and smell their wares. Jamie picked up a handful of a new varietal called New Zealand Pacific Jade and took a deep whiff.
Turning to T.L. he said "Man I could make a pillow out of this stuff."
T.L. was equally enamored. As he remembers, "It was definitely unique. Instead of having the citrusy qualities of Pacific Northwest hops, I smelled mango, guava — Jade had all these tropical fruit notes going on."
Back home, both Jamie and T.L. followed up with Hop Union, trying to get their hands on some Jade hops. Both were told the same thing . . . what they'd seen (smelled) in Austin was only samples — the initial big harvest wasn't due for another few years.
Fast forward to 2010 . . . T.L. had been hired as head brewer at Foothills, and one day his brewmaster (Jamie) walked up to him and said, "Guess what? Remember those hops we fell in love with in Austin? I just bought 440 pounds of 'em." Scratching his head, he added "I'm just not sure what we're gonna do with 'em."
T.L. smiled. "I know what we're gonna do with 'em."
Within an hour he had written out a recipe for Jade IPA — the same recipe that, with a few minor tweaks, we're still using today.
More than a third of that first batch disappeared that Super Bowl weekend, and the love affair was kindled. North Carolina craft beer drinkers spent the next three years downing pint after pint, pining for the day they could take this magic elixir home with them.
So toward the end of December 2013, on a whim, our marketing department posted on Facebook that, if we could get to 15,000 likes by the end of January 2014, we'd bottle Jade.
It took less than a month.
So we got busy. Our artist Kyle Webster came up with the iconic brand logo; his vision was so spot-on that almost no changes were made to the original drawing (we did add the little logo hair lock). Instead of trumpeting the coming arrival of Jade bombers, we kept it a secret from everybody but employees and distributors, not releasing the info until the day bottles were actually on shelves.
The result? Demand for Jade skyrocketed, and we spent most of 2014 trying to keep up. In fact, after the initial two bottling runs, demand for draft remained so high we didn't bottle it again for 10 months.
Since then we've installed four massive 300 BBL fermenters, so keeping up with your insatiable thirst for Jade has become a lot more manageable – to the point we're ready to put 6-packs on the shelves. Not sure when they'll be available, we're aiming for early 2016, so stay tuned. Meantime, if you haven't yet, get familiar with the Find Foothills Beer Finder on our website — it'll help you find these when they come out.
And by all means — feel free to make a pillow out of them.
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RIP IPA of the Month
What began as a crazy idea hatched over a couple of beers, and grew to become a 2-year-long series of increasingly large scope, is going away.
That's right — our December IPA of the Month will be our last IPA of the Month.
The concept began as the brainchild of brewmaster Jamie and head brewer T.L., who for years contemplated the idea of producing a different, seasonally aligned beer every month in Foothills most-loved style, the India Pale Ale.
We finally decided it was time to try it in 2014, and produced a series that included an ode to vintage pinup art on the bottles.
That was followed by our #FoothillsIPAdog series in 2015, which has not only been wildly popular (even with Hollywood) but has also seen us donate to dog rescue organizations in a dozen different communities nationwide.
But for those of you lamenting the demise of these highly anticipated beers — fear not. There's a plan of succession.
In January we'll introduce a new monthly series — one dedicated to furthering the innovative goals on which IPA of the Month has thrived.
We're taking IPA of the Month one step further — we're starting a Hop of the Month series.
Understand, these will not be single hop beers. That's been done. No, these will be beers specifically formulated to accentuate the unique flavor characteristics of a single hop varietal. T.L. is currently sourcing hops from all over the world for this series and, while some of the beers will assuredly be IPAs, expect all kinds of different styles to show up in this series.
Producing an IPA (and accompanying label) every month for the last two years has been fun. And for the record, we received enough #FoothillsIPAdog entries to supply label art for the next ten years. But Hop of the Month has us all pretty excited around here. Here's hoping your anticipation of the series is just as enthusiastic. You can let us know what you think in our comments section. And stay tuned to the blog for the December announcement of our first Hop of the Month beer!
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Autumn's Awesome
As we savor the waning days of summer 2015, it's hard to not to wax nostalgic over here at the brewery. It's been an epic year so far, what with all our 10th Anniversary celebrations, and we're ending the summer/starting the fall with a flurry of beer releases that is at once epic in scope and broad in assortment.
We've released four beers in the last few weeks, including:
Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate: We came out with this one a month early this year; the beer said "I'm ready" so we bottled it. And here's a little secret: we cold-stored the barrels longer this year, which resulted in a little less tannin from the barrel wood, and more bourbony chocolaty flavor (at least to our taste buds). The release was, as always, a great way to catch up with our extended Foothills family and share some great times (not to mention those sleeping-on-the-sidewalk bonding moments). The pub is all tapped out but (as of the moment this is being written) there's still some left at the Tasting Room.
August IPA of the Month: "Spot" is an ideal summer IPA, with nice synergy between lemony Sorachi Ace hops and the orange/citrus character of Simcoe hops. Some German Tradition hops add a little earthiness and compliment the sweetness in the malt bill. Good way to round off the hot weather and start working this series into fall. None left on draft but a few bombers left at the tasting room.
Pumpkin: I count close to a thousand pumpkin beers on Beer Advocate. Not sure how you stand out in a crowded patch like that, but there are a couple of unique things about our own Cottonwood Pumpkin. For one, instead of using canned pumpkin, we use actual fresh pureed pumpkin; also, every spice we use (nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and allspice) is organic.
Oktoberfest: We're pretty excited about this one, it's always been available on draft and in bombers, but this year for the first time we've included it in our year-round Seasonal Series, in 6-packs and 12-packs. If you don't know anything about the Oktoberfest beer style other than the raucous shindig thrown every year in Munich, it has an interesting history. Crown Prince Ludwig got married in 1810, and magnanimously decided to invite the entire town of Munich. The resulting party was sufficiently epic to warrant throwing another one the following year. They eventually coined this annual celebration Oktoberfest, and brewed a beer specifically for the occasion; a dark, sweet amber lager with notes of toasted bread and roasted almonds. Now you can have a little bit of Prince Ludwig's legacy sitting in your fridge.
A word here about the dreaded and much-maligned 'seasonal creep': some seem inordinately bothered by seasonal beers (like Oktoberfest and Pumpkin) coming out 'before their time'. While it really doesn't bother us, we do get your point. It's the same feeling you get when you see Christmas decorations before Halloween, right? If it bothers you that much, may we suggest doing what we do when we see those decorations: ignore them until you're ready to pay attention to them.
If you'd like to educate yourself on why this has become a thing, this is a good place to start.
To go with the four we've recently released, we've got ANOTHER FIVE waiting in the wings, all of which should be on tap within the next month:
September IPA of the Month: as the weather cools, we usually ramp the ABV back up in this series, and September is no exception, weighing in at 6.9% to go with 72 IBUs. After the lighter, fruitier flavors of the summer month IPAs, a generous double dry hop with Chinook will give this one some hefty pine notes to go with a nice hint of grapefruit. And the label dog, as usual, is adorable.
AVAILIBILITY: state of North Carolina, release date September 4th
Foot Men Series Wee Heavy: Of the beer styles brewed in Scotland, There are both "Scottish" and "Scotch" ales . . . the latter generally falling under a category known as "Wee Heavy". Sweeter, fuller in body, and higher in alcohol than Scottish ales, the name derives from the small (wee) 6 oz. bottles in which Scottish brewers sold their strongest ale in the late 1800s. Our next beer in the Foot Men Series — highlighting the vast talents of our brewing staff — will be a Wee Heavy brewed by Brent. Super malty and sweet, unfiltered, it's a hardy autumn beer full of toffee and raisin notes – and at 8.3%, the perfect pint to take the nip out of the air when it starts turning cool. You'll have to roll your r's and say "Brrrent's Wee Heavy" when you drink it.
AVAILIBILITY: pub and tasting room in Winston-Salem; a handful of kegs may trickle out across the state for special events, release date TBD
Sauvignon Blanc Wood-Aged Jade: this one's the brain child of our head brewer TL (as was Jade, by and large). TL's always been intrigued with New Zealand Jade hops, and is equally curious about complimentary flavor profiles. So he took some sweet maple honeycombs and soaked them in Sauvignon Blanc wine, from grapes grown in the same NZ region as our Jade hops. The result has an intriguing blend of fruity and acidic notes, balanced by sweetness in the maple used to age it.
AVAILIBILITY: pub and tasting room in Winston-Salem ONLY, release date TBD
Fairhaven Helles: this beer is part of an annual tradition, we invite the winner of the Gambrinus Cup homebrew competition to brew their winning beer at the pub, then have it served at the Carolina Renaissance Festival. This year's recipe is a Munich Helles brewed by David Jones. The Helles style is so popular in Germany that it's actually replaced the Oktoberfest style . . . at Oktoberfest! A straw-blonde lager that's at once light and intensely flavorful, it'll be a welcome addition to Fairhaven Village at Carolina Rennaissance Festival in Mooresville this year beginning October 3rd.
AVAILIBILITY: Carolina Renaissance Festival, pub and tasting room, release date October 3rd
Blueberry Pale Ale: This one we came up with to put on at Lowe's Beer Dens. If you've had our Carolina Strawberry, then you know we do fruit beers a little differently; the fruit's a little more subtle and acts as a complement to the beer ingredients, rather than serving as the main flavor ingredient. This beer is no exception . . . as our head brewer describes it, "it's a pale ale that just happens to have blueberries in it".
AVAILIBILITY: select NC Lowe's Growler Den locations to start, eventually pub and tasting room, release date TBD
Stay tuned to our social media pages for exact release dates on all these.
Belly up everyone . . . Autumn's gonna be awesome.
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Doctor charges bias on Delta flight from Detroit
Dr. Tamika Cross says she got an unexpected rebuff from a flight attendant who doubted she was a physician.
Doctor charges bias on Delta flight from Detroit Dr. Tamika Cross says she got an unexpected rebuff from a flight attendant who doubted she was a physician. Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2ec7fR1
Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press Published 9:34 p.m. ET Oct. 13, 2016 | Updated 9:04 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2016
Dr. Tamika Cross (Photo: Dr. Tamika Cross)
At first, all Dr. Tamika Cross wanted to do was get home to Houston after a wedding in Detroit.
But while on a Delta Airlines flight Sunday, Cross also wanted to act on the ideals of her profession — and assist a man a few seats ahead of her who was having a health crisis. Yet — as she relates on her Facebook page — Cross, who is African American, got an unexpected rebuff from a flight attendant who doubted she was a physician.
Cross' Facebook posting about the encounter has drawn more than 12,000 reactions.
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Delta spokeswoman Liz Savadelis, reached at the airline's headquarters in Atlanta, said the company was aware of the complaint by Dr. Cross and released the following statement: "Discrimination of any kind is never acceptable. We've been in contact with Dr. Cross and one of our senior leaders is reaching out to assure her that we're completing a full investigation."
► Update: Delta quizzing passengers on Facebook complaint
The in-flight encounter, according to Cross, began when the sick man, after some initial yells for help, became unresponsive, prompting a flight attendant to shout, "Call overhead for a physician onboard." As Dr. Cross recounts on her Facebook posting:
"I raised my hand to grab her attention. She said to me, 'Oh no, sweetie. Put your hand down. We are looking for actual physicians or nurses or some type of medical personnel. We don't have time to talk to you.'
"I tried to inform her that I was a physician but I was continually cut off by condescending remarks. Then, overhead they paged 'any physician onboard, please press your button.' I stare at her as I go to press my button. She said, "Oh, wow, you're an actual physician?' I reply yes. She said, 'Let me see your credentials. What type of doctor are you? Where do you work? Why were you in Detroit?'
"(Please remember, this man is still in need of help and she is blocking my row from even standing up while bombarding me with questions.)
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"I respond, ob-gyn, work in Houston, in Detroit for a wedding, but believe it or not, they DO HAVE doctors in Detroit. Now excuse me so I can help the man in need."
By that time, however, a white man approached the area and announces that he is a doctor, according to Cross' posting.
"She says to me, 'Thanks for your help but he can help us, and he has his credentials.' Mind you, he hasn't shown anything to her. Just showed up and fit the 'description of a doctor.' I stay seated." According to her posting the attendant later apologized and offered her sky miles.
Cross is a fourth-year resident in the obstetrics-gynecology department of the University of Texas Health System in Houston, according to the school's website — meaning she is licensed to practice medicine although not fully certified in her specialty. She did not respond Wednesday to e-mail inquiries apparently because she was too busy, according to the health system's media relations manager Deborah Lake.
"Dr. Cross has been in surgery or on the floor of the hospital all day," Lake said.
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Home England Wales £36million investment transforming and revitalizing Cwmbran plant
£36million investment transforming and revitalizing Cwmbran plant
Business Minister Edwina Hart has welcomed the multi-million pound transformation and revitalisation of Meritor's Cwmbran facility that is set to create over 100 jobs over the next 5 years.
The £36million investment in Meritor's global centre of excellence for disc brakes – which began in 2010 and due to be completed in 2014 – is supported by the Welsh Government through the Single Investment Fund.
On a visit to the facility to see work in progress Mrs Hart described the investment as a vote of confidence in Wales and the local workforce.
She said:" I am delighted the Welsh Government is supporting this project that will not only ensure the Cwmbran centre remains one of Meritor's key sites worldwide but will also create a significant number of jobs when completed.
"It is a major undertaking and I am very impressed with the progress in transforming a site built during the second world war into an ultra-modern facility with state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment and systems, including fully automated assembly lines.
" Meritor is recognised by the Welsh Government as one of our regionally important companies that has a highly skilled workforce and makes an important contribution to the Welsh economy and to the local community.
"This important investment is very welcome, particularly during these challenging economic conditions and I should like to congratulate the company on the work undertaken to date that will enhance production efficiency and incorporate a range of low carbon environmentally friendly features."
The Cwmbran facility, which employs 450 people, serves the commercial and industrial vehicle market and exports 90% of its products.
The investment involves reconfiguring the site, totally refurbishing its production facility which is to concentrated at the southern end of the plant, enabling land that is surplus to requirement to be released for further development in Cwmbran
In September this year Meritor Inc announced an incremental investment of $16million ( £10m ) in its Cwmbran site which builds on the $42m (£26m) investment the company announced in 2010.
Dietrich Zaps, General Manager, commented; "After careful consideration of the options for re-energising the business, we chose to invest in our Cwmbran facility based on the experience and flexibility of our workforce, backed up with the support of local and national government. Two years into the project, we are delighted with our progress in terms of customer reaction and business improvement".
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Some hundred thousand orthodox pilgrims participated in this year's "crusader march" in Ekaterinburg (16-17 July) to mark the centennial anniversary of the execution of Tsar Nikolai II and the royal family by the Bolsheviks.
Patriarch Kirill personally headed the march, served a liturgy and spoke to the crowd about the tragedy of 100 years ago arguing that the murder of Tsar Nikolai II (canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church) and the ensuing catastrophe of the period (revolution, civil war) was a direct consequence of the attempts by the Russian intelligentsia to bring into the country "foreign ideas".
With that same rational applied to modern day politics, he also prayed for the faith in Ukraine.
Elsewhere in Russia the occasion received little traction and was practically ignored by the Russian political elite. A debate about the executions' organizer Lenin still being honoured in a Mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow does not take place at all.


IMC was selected to build Widener University's first new residential building on its main campus in a decade. The four-story, 73,000-square-foot building accommodates 200 students and offers traditional rooms with shared bathrooms and apartment-style units with full kitchens. Students enjoy a central courtyard and multiple study/lounge areas.
The hall is located on the former site of Theatre Widener at 15th and Potter Streets and features food service on the first floor and classrooms for Widener's Living Learning Communities model.
Construction was successfully completed in Fall 2015.


UNWTO welcomes the Declaration issued by the Tourism Ministers of the G20 economies (T20) calling for priority to be given to facilitating travel as a means to boost economic growth and create jobs.
"To ensure that tourism can play a key role in creating employment opportunities, both directly and indirectly through linkages to the local economy, raising national income, improving the balance of payments and boosting economic growth, priority should be given to facilitating travel and tourism," says the Declaration.
Preliminary research prepared by UNWTO and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) estimates that certain improvements to visa processes could create an additional five million jobs for the G20 economies by 2015 and generate an additional US$ 206 billion in international tourism receipts.
In light of the role of visa facilitation in supporting economic growth and job creation, and given the current economic climate, the Declaration encourages the G20 to leverage new technologies to make travel "more accessible, convenient and more efficient without a diminution of national security." It further proposes countries look into increasing cooperation on bilateral, regional and international travel facilitation regimes.
The Ministers of Tourism and Heads of Delegations of the G20 countries met with the President of Mexico and current G20 Chair, Felipe Calderón, as well as with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Patricia Espinosa (Mérida, Mexico, 16 May 2012). President Calderón congratulated the T20 on its focus on visa facilitation and assured Ministers he would take their message forward to the G20.
Russia, which holds the 2013 Presidency of the G20, will host the 5th T20 Ministers' Meeting.