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The Truth about Ebola - why Ebola is such a global risk, and why we are so vulnerable to viral pandemics. Future risks from mutant viruses from animals.
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At the time of writing, October 8th 2014, there are still less than 5000 reported cases of Ebola, although actual cases may be far higher. For example, Save the Children are reporting that they are seeing 5 new cases every hour, and it is likely that most cases in worst affected nations are not being reported.
Experts are already warning that numbers of people infected may rise to more than 20,000 in the next 4 weeks, and to a million by early 2015 unless urgent action is taken. But what happens by mid 2015 or 2016?
Ebola is therefore at present out of control. What is more, it is spreading in parts of the world with only a single doctor for every 100,000 people, in countries that are very, very poor indeed, without any hope whatsoever of containing Ebola on their own. In places where hospitals rapidly run out of rubber gloves or face masks, where there are no goggles available, where every bed is already filled with Ebola cases, with many patients lying on the ground outside, who are waiting for patients inside to die so they can get a bed inside.
For many years, I have warned about the risks of a new viral pandemic, accelerated by global travel, densely packed megacities, and weak health systems in many of the poorest nations. As a trends analyst, physician and founder of an international AIDS agency, I have been particularly concerned about what would happen if a new virus jumped from animals into humans and spread widely. HIV did just that, and has already killed over 45 million people, continuing to infect over 1.5 million new people every year.
Roughly every 12 months, a new type of viral disease appears in humans, usually first in Asia, and usually such mutants die out rapidly. Ocaisionally we have a wider scare, as was the case with Sars and Bird Flu. With Sars we had a lucky escape. Out of 8600 cases, around 860 died. Most infections were in China and countries like Canada - and contacts were rapidly followed up with strict quarantine. 1% of cases were highly infectious super-spreaders - capable of infecting someone who entered a lift they had used the previous day for example. If a single super spreader had travelled to - say - Kinshasa or Kigali, it is very likely that Sars would still be infecting many people today.
As a result of Sars, governments around the world are on the whole better prepared for viral outbreaks than they were a decade ago.
Ebola is not a new illness, and in many ways is easier to manage than HIV since people become sick very rapidly - in less than 22 days - compared to HIV where they may remain infectious for over a decade before showing any signs of illness. However, Ebola is a major threat:
* Very high mortality - 50-70%.
* No effective treatment or vaccine.
* Very infectious - hence around 10% of all deaths amongst the first 3500 have been among health workers. And hence the rapidly growing number of cases. Such death rates amongst professional carers are very rare indeed. A spanish nurse became infected in a Spanish hospital in late September 2014 despite wearing gloves, goggles, a face mask and two sets of disposable head to toe clothing. A single splash into the eye can be enough. While experts remain confident that the virus does not spread through coughing or sneezing, it is clear that people with Ebola excrete very large amounts of virus in diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding as they become very ill and (in most cases) die.
If that is the case for a well-trained nurse in a European hospital, then it is obvious that the risks are considerable to family members who may be caring for relatives in mud huts in remote rural areas, or in the slums of megacities. To illustrate the seriousness of the situation: advice on one official website is to use gloves if you are caring for a relative; if you have no gloves, use soap and water; if you have no soap, use water alone; if you have no water available, wash your hands with earth. But that is the reality across large parts of Africa.
To compound the problem, there is the growing risk of further outbreaks of Ebola - not from human to human contact, but from contact with infected animals. Research suggests that fruit bats are natural reservoirs of the virus, but there are growing worries that a wide range of wild animals may also be carrying the virus, hence the warnings about not eating bush meat.
A further indication of how dangerous this virus really is, is that fact that the NHS in the UK says that there are only two hospital beds across the whole of Britain that are fully equipped to deal with Ebola cases.
So what do we expect to happen? Unless there is very rapid mobilisation of resources globally to help hard-hit nations in West Africa, it is in my view quite likely that Ebola will escape control, and will become a part of the health risks that people have to learn to live with. We can hope that as with other viruses, Ebola mutates to a milder form as it spreads from person to person, but we cannot assume this. We must also hope that vaccine and treatments are developed very rapidly, bearing in mind that scientists have been studying this virus for several decades.
We are starting to see mobilisation of doctors, nurses, army, non-profit agencies and so on from developed nations, but at a snail-like speed compared to the growth in cases. At every step, containment is being overwhelmed. Much of the effort is being focussed on treatment centres for health workers who become ill, which is vital to encourage health care workers to volunteer, following the courageous example of hundreds in the UK.
Expect to see much larger and more rapid mobilisation towards the end of 2014, as cases start to hit Europe and other regions, and as the world in general finally wakes up to the fact that Ebola is not a West African problem, but could rapidly become a danger to the whole of humankind.
Expect vaccines to become available for health care workers in the New Year, with larger scale vaccination programmes by the middle of 2015, but such vaccines are at present experimental and the degree of protection is as yet unknown.
Let us hope that Ebola is rapidly contained by rigorous contact tracing and strict quarantine, and full precautions by properly equipped professional carers. But even if it is, it will only be a matter of time before the next viral threat emerges.
Best site for regular updates on Ebola news is the BBC - http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28754546
Life for the next 100 years. New edition of my latest book The Future of Almost Everything with new chapter on life in the year 2120. Yes really. So how do you begin to forecast long term trends? I've been proven right countless times in last 30 years
Want to live forever? How to repair human organs, build new organs and regenerate your brain, liver, kidney, spinal cord and retina. Why stem cells will change our lives - future of health care
Future Health Care - book extract: MedTech, Biotech, NanoTech, Infotech- impact on health trends, longevity forecasts, hospitals, future home care and the future of the pharma industry in developed nations, emerging markets - health care keynote speaker
The truth about future health: why many health costs will fall dramatically, yet care budgets will soar. Impact on society, budgets, pharma, biotech, medtech, hospitals and home care - keynote speaker on health trends
Future of Health Care, Pharma, Biotech and MedTech - Futurist keynote for Roche by Patrick Dixon - SLIDES
Future of Pharma, Health Care, Medtech and Biotech - Futurist keynote speaker for Sanofi Pharma - SLIDES
Future of Eye Care, Blindness, Retina Repairs, Opticians, Opthalmology Futurist Keynote Speaker - VIDEO
Future of Health, Life Expectancy - impact on pension funds and fund management - keynote - SLIDES
Türkiye milletin geleceği ve Sağlık: Future of Turkey - economy and health care - TV / press Turkish language interview
Trends in retail, health, food, beverages - keynote speaker - SLIDES
Future of Pharma Reimbursement and Health Care Trends, Treatment Access and Funding Approval - why health care rationing will dominate pharma funding - impact on patients and pharma profits
AIDS Orphan Parliament: giving orphans choices and hope - ACET Uganda v-blog by Patrick Dixon - VIDEO
Fighting AIDS and extreme poverty - in rural Uganda - Patrick Dixon - ACET Uganda - VIDEO
Truth about Future MedTech, health care and Big Data - key trends - interview with Futurist keynote speaker and physician Dr Patrick Dixon
How to live longer, healthier - future of health, pharma, biotech, medtech, hospitals - healthcare keynote speaker - SLIDES
Future of Health Care and Medical Technology in South Korea - SLIDES
10 trends that will really DOMINATE our future - all predictable, changing slowly with huge future impact - based on new book The Future of Almost Everything
INNOVATION in Saudi Arabia: Festival of Science and Creativity - MAWHIBA - keynote speaker on Saudi Arabia - SLIDES and VIDEO
INNOVATION in Health will change ALL human life. Future of Health Care, MedTech, Biotech, InfoTech and Pharma. Health Keynote in South Korea - VIDEO
Future of Health Care and MedTech - astonishing innovations to transform diagnosis and treatment. Health trends keynote speaker for Leica Microsystems- VIDEO
Future of Health Care research, funding, hospitals, community care - first in series of 3 videos for Leica Microsystems covering every aspect of health trends - what future health will look like in by 2040
Why older health consumers are different: marketing to ageing customers - over-the-counter drug therapies, alternative medicines. Future Pharma and Health Care Trends
Future Health Care Trends and Impact of Ageing - Public Health Keynote Speaker - VIDEO
How to Cure blindness - retina repair restores sight using stem cells. Future of health - VIDEO
Future of Health Care and Pharma Trends, Hospitals, Biotech, MedTech - impact on your own life: Future Health Care Trends Keynote Speaker
How to Stop Getting Older - The Truth about Anti-Ageing Research - new ways to stay young - from theory to animal studies and clinical trials. Future Health - Keynote Speaker
Future Market for Alternative Therapies and Treatments - why so many don't trust Physicians and Pharmaceutical Industry gap. Health Speaker
Swine Flu Virus - World Health Organisation worries about a pandemic
Prevention of Teenage Smoking - urgent steps to take in health promotion and prevention of lung cancer - Future Health Keynote Speaker
Swine Flu Virus Death toll less than feared. Possible global pandemic?
Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Health Care Trends
Future of Health Care, Pharma Trends, Hospitals, Ageing - Futurist Health Keynotes
Could the human race really die out or become extinct? Lessons from recent mutant viruses - risks from global viral plague or lethal pandemics are low but potentially catastrophic
Swine Flu Virus - Future Possible Global Pandemic?
Future Pharma Poll
Do you think drug companies should try to stop the ageing process?


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Q: C++ - How am I misusing ignore with istringstream? I plan in main code to ask user to input phone number in form of (800) 555-1212, which will be sent to my PhoneNumber constructor then sent to setPhoneNumber for breaking it up, setting my private variables, and analysis for errors. Additionally, I wanted to write my setPhoneNumber code so it accounts for user errors in the original input. My PhoneNumber.h code is:
// PhoneNumber.h
#ifndef PHONENUMBER_H
#define PHONENUMBER_H

#include <string>

class PhoneNumber {
   private:
      short areaCode;
      short exchange;
      short line;
   public:
      PhoneNumber(std::string number);
      void setPhoneNumber(std::string number);
      void printPhoneNumber() const;
};
#endif

And here is my PhoneNumber.cpp code
// PhoneNumber.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <cctype>
#include "PhoneNumber.h"

PhoneNumber::PhoneNumber(std::string number) {
   setPhoneNumber(number);
}

void PhoneNumber::setPhoneNumber(std::string number) {
   bool areaCodeDone = false;
   bool exchangeDone = false;
   int length = number.length();

   std::istringstream iss(number);
   for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      if (! areaCodeDone) {
         if (! std::isdigit(number[i])) {
            std::string str;
            iss >> std::ignore();
         }
         else {
            iss >> std::setw(3) >> areaCode;
            areaCodeDone = true;
         }
      }
      else if (! exchangeDone) {
         if (! std::isdigit(number[i])) {
            iss >> std::ignore();
         }
         else {
            iss >> std::setw(3) >> exchange;
            exchangeDone = true;
         }
      }
      else {
         if (! std::isdigit(number[i])) {
            iss >> std::ignore();
         }
         else {
            if (length - i < 4) {
               throw std::invalid_argument("Something wrong with phone number entry.");
            }
            else {
               iss >> std::setw(4) >> line;
            }
         }
      }
   }
}

The errors I get are on my lines with std::ignore, but I don't know how I am using it incorrectly. Error from g++ compiler is:

PhoneNumber.cpp:23:32: error: no match for call to '(const std::_Swallow_assign) ()'
iss >> std::ignore();

A: std::ignore() has a very different purpose than what you are hoping to accomplish. Instead of
iss >> std::ignore();

use
iss.ignore();

You can see the documentation of std::istream::ignore() and example usage at https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/io/basic_istream/ignore.

A: std::ignore doesn't do what you think it does: it is used for tuples.
Instead, what you looking for is actually called std::istream::ignore(). You would use it like this instead:
iss.ignore();

For more information on std::istream::ignore(), you can read this question.

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NC50 getting a new lease on life.
I see that Treatland now has a re-machined NC50 head that has been milled out for the 70CC kitted bikes. Is there really a gain with this modified head?
HA! I had a Honda 50 Cub Dream in '66. I drove it and my girlfriend all over Maryland for hundreds of miles. I miss the bike.
The new Chinese cone air cleaner for the Dellorto showed up today. The engine has a deeper growl and engine response is much better. Top speed is still 35 mph. At my altitude and original exhaust, I'm probably at my max speed.
The bike will not climb a steep hill, the clutch just does not have the bite due to the lowering RPM.
I did the Lean Drop test again. 35 MPH and cut the ignition.
Someone else told me to change the spark gap smaller than normal.Does that sound right?
Here is the same spark plug after a five mile wide open run.


'Quality' means what will sell and do a customer some good - at least try to.
Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don't have as much to sell. Your workers don't want to be paid less, so to maintain profits, you increase your prices. That's inflation.


The timing of this week's extreme heat couldn't be worse for some people in our area. Two popular beaches on Canandaigua Lake are closed because of blue-green algae.
The algae can be very dangerous to people and pets.
Tuesday's heat sent people boating and swimming into Canandaigua Lake at Kershaw Park, including Lilly Dier.
"It's like swimming in a pot of boiling water, but without the water," she said.
Kershaw Beach hosted the kind of crowd one would expect on a hot summer day. But just down the road at Deep Run Beach, it was a much different scene. The beach was empty – closed off by yellow tape to keep people out.
Health educator Christy Richards said blue-green algae blooms were recently found at Deep Run Beach and at Onanda Park.
"It's important for us to know whether or not it's in those beach areas, because the blue-green algae toxin can get on your skin, you can breathe it in," she said.
Richards says high nitrates in the water and the excessive heat create the blooms, something Noreen Sheehan says she looks out for before sending her grandson into the water.
"Safety is the thing when it comes to little children," she said.


Seattle Seahawks star running back Marshawn Lynch signed autographs at Champs Sports in Bellevue Square in Seattle, Washington on Friday November 15. Fans who went to the event had to purchase the merchandise that they wanted signed on site and no outside merchandise was allowed into the store. Lynch was at the venue from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and there was a great turnout to see the man behind the Beast Mode and get to take home a souvenir with his name on it. Due to the high volume of people going to the signing, only one item was allowed per person.
The five-time Pro Bowl player was in Seattle's Bellevue Square earlier this month to sign autographs for fans, and it was a very successful turnout.
If your company is interested in finding out availability and booking fees for a professional football player like Marshawn Lynch or other sports celebrities for an Autograph Signing, Product Promotion, Guest Appearance, or Football Camp, call us at 1-888-246-7141.


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Sven Michel (Freudenberg, Alemania Federal, 15 de julio de 1990) es un futbolista alemán. Juega de delantero y su equipo es el Unión Berlín de la 1. Bundesliga alemana.

Clubes

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sven Michel en Soccerway
 Sven Michel en Fussballdaten

Futbolistas de Alemania
Futbolistas del Sportfreunde Siegen
Futbolistas del Borussia Mönchengladbach II
Futbolistas del Energie Cottbus en los años 2010
Futbolistas del SC Paderborn 07 en los años 2010
Futbolistas del SC Paderborn 07 en los años 2020
Futbolistas del F. C. Union Berlin en los años 2020

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The pentecostal and charismatic movements claim that they have still the apostolic gifts of prophecy, signs and wonders like healing or exorcism. This thorough study of the Bible shows that this claim is untrue. These movements are misled by deceiving spirits (cf. 1Tim 4:1-2) working false wonders (cf. 2 Thess 2,9) and producing lying prophecies (cf. Matth 7,21-23; Matth 24,11) which contradict the sure prophetic word of the Bible.


A picture is really worth a thousand words.
This shot probably would be much better if I shoot it before sun down, but I guess I can't and don't really have the time to wait that long. So I always go out whenever I can and don't limit myself of sticking up with rules.
Taken the same day and place with The Colour of Spring one.
I took another version of this in RAW as well just incase. It was the only flower around that spot, the colour is SO bright, red and stand out just like in the photograph.
I had fun using the picture control customize setting on D300.
I forgot to bring my old Epson Photo storage and 2GB spare compact flash that day. I would've shoot this in RAW instead of JPEG. I didn't have enough space left on my 4GB CP. This camera's RAW file really take so much space. Ah well at least it's best quality of JPEG Large.
On my way back home from the beach. The bridge was closed and while waiting for the bridge to open again I noticed the orange yellow tourist boat from the car window.
It looks like ready to go, because I can hear the engine sound from where I stand. It was kinda hard to get the clear shot because the wind was strong, especially on this season in Japan. Tripod did help a bit but it wasn't enough so I used the multiple shots option again.
Again, I used the Vivid setting on my camera, I'm hooked!
This is the first time I used the Vivid picture control setting on my camera.
The bright yellow flower aka tanpopo in Japanese. Taken in mid day light time around 1 PM, good thing I had the CPL mounted otherwise it'll be over exposure.
It was another quick stop, don't know what's the name of the place. The wind was so strong that day, I can barely get myself stand properly so I had to hold on to something before I took the a few shots.
I couldn't go lower angle than that, the ground is just so wet and some of the elements on the photograph are over exposed.
This is what happens when you break the rules. Ah well, you live and learn.


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Mirko Kamenjašević (Tuzla, 1921. – Barcelona, 2003.), bosanskohercegovački športski novinar i svestrani športaš, uspješni atletičar, rukometaš i košarkaš

Životopis
Rodio se u Tuzli. Sin poznatog soljanskog hrvatskog dužnosnika, HSS-ovca, poduzetnika i odbornika ZAVNOBiHa Ante Kamenjaševića. Studirao u Zagrebu. Tijekom studija članom atletske sekcije HAŠK-a. Bavio se raznim športovima. Poslije rata bio uspješan u šprinterskim atletskim disciplinama, u kojima je bio prvak BiH i reprezentativac. Uspješan i u rukometu i u košarci. Bio je bh. reprezentativac u košarci i rukometu. Član momčadi Milicionara (poslije zvan Bosna) u velikom rukometu koja je 1952. bila europski klupski prvak. Veliki rukomet se u Jugoslaviji igrao do 1950., a RK Milicionar iz Sarajeva je osvojio nekoliko naslova prvaka Jugoslavije.
Poslije športaške karijere okrenuo se športskom izvjestiteljstvu. Preko 40 godina bio je športski izvjestitelj Radio Sarajeva. Pratio brojna svjetska športska natjecanja. Vrsna znanja i prepoznatljiva temperamenta u športskim prijenosima, osobito kao komentiranja nogometnih utakmica. Spontane Kamenjaševićeve reakcije stekle su simpatije športske javnosti. Bio na čelu bosanskohercegovačkih novinara. Za vrijeme velikosrpske agresije na BiH izbjegao je u Španjolsku, u kojoj je živio do kraja života.

Nagrade
Dobio mnogo društvenih i športskih priznanja.

Izvori

Životopisi, Tuzla
Životopisi, Sarajevo
Hrvatski šport u Bosni i Hercegovini
Bosanskohercegovački atletičari
Bosanskohercegovački rukometaši
Bosanskohercegovački košarkaši
Veliki rukomet
Športski novinari
Bosanskohercegovački novinari


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Q: Prisma assigning types that I did not delcare I have a many to many relationship between Post and Upload and prisma is claiming upload.posts is of type never. Due to this I cannot query a relationship I need. I am not sure why Prisma is assigning type never to this. See the below findFirst statement I am trying to use to connect a upload to a post.
await prisma.upload.findFirst({
  where: {
    id: upload.id,
  },
  select: {
    type: true,
  },

  // prisma claims posts is Type never
  posts: {
    connect: {
      id: post.id
    }
  }
});

Schema for relationships
model Upload {
  id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
  posts Post[]
}

model Post {
  id Int @id @default(autoincrement())
  uploads Upload[]
}

A: Take a look at the Prisma documentation to see how you can use findFirst:
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client/crud#get-the-first-record-that-matches-a-specific-criteria
You cannot pass posts as a top-level argument to findFirst. You can't make changes to data as you are querying for it, if that is what you are trying to do.
await prisma.upload.findFirst({
  where: {
    id: upload.id,
  },
  // REMOVED: "type", your model does not have a "type" field
  select: {
    id: true,
  }
  // REMOVED: "posts"
});


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Ла Бебелама има више значења:

 Ла Бебелама (Мулехе), насеље у савезној држави Јужна Доња Калифорнија у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Бадирагвато), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Кулијакан), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Елота), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Гвасаве), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Мокорито), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Синалоа), насеље у савезној држави Синалоа у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Аламос), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама (Ла Колорада), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику
 Ла Бебелама, Елисео Ривера (Виља Пескеира), насеље у савезној држави Сонора у Мексику


They had come across the Red Sea as the Egyptians were approaching. Then God said, "Moses, lift up your rod and part the sea. My people shall pass on dry ground and witness my power."
God parted the sea and the people crossed on dry ground. When they made it onto the other side, God returned the sea back to normal, drowning the Egyptians who had made it halfway through. After seeing all these amazing things and witnessing God's power, the Israelites believed in Moses and the Lord.
Just as God used Moses to protect the Israelites I was placed in this spot to protect the Yahr family garden. I am Moses the scarecrow. In the following weeks and months I will be sharing some cool lessons from the garden.
Dear Lord, we pray that as we go through this garden season that we would learn the lessons You have for each of us. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Do You Need to Be Hit By a Brick?
Will You Add Your Strength?


Original Kurzfassung: The aim of this article is to introduce the general form (so called RT class) of the robust and classical Jarque?Bera (JB) test based on the location functional. We introduce the two-step procedure which is optimal for testing against the individual or contaminated Pareto alternative. As a reference for such a contamination we consider different Pareto distributions. We also give practical guidelines for robust testing for normality against short- and heavy-tailed alternatives. We concentrate mainly on simulation results for moderate and small samples. However, we also prove consistency and asymptotic distribution for introduced tests. We show that as the suitable measure of nominal level of Pareto tail parameter we may take the t-Hill estimator introduced in the article. To guarantee the consistency of the whole procedure, we also prove the consistency of t-Hill estimator. The introduced general class of robust tests of the normality is illustrated at the selected datasets of financial time series.


Today's episode features Jen Portland from ExcelRainMan.com, the Excel spreadsheet company. She started this business on the side, after discovering the need for the service, and being the "go-to" spreadsheet person everywhere she worked.
Jen convinced her employer to let her go part-time in 2012 so that she could focus more time on Excel Rain Man. Jen has done an excellent job of bringing in other Excel experts to help her handle the workload. Listen in to see how she's done it all.
0:30 – From "go-to" spreadsheet person to small business owner.
3:15 – Her pitch to Daily Candy and how that kick started her business.
4:45 – Jen's entrepreneurial DNA.
5:45 – The role of full-time employment during the growth phase.
8:15 – Disclosure with employers.
9:45 – Convincing the employer to drop to part-time.
11:30 – Revenue that allows you to take the leap.
13:00 – About spreadsheet consulting and how she collects leads.
14:00 – Revenue for 2012 and beyond.
14:45 – The number of spreadsheets it takes earn that revenue.
15:15 – Offering freebies (i.e. March Madness spreadsheet) to garner attention.
18:30 – The story behind the name, Excel Rain Man.
19:15 – Setting up the website. Phase two blog.
20:40 – Hiring talented sub-contractors on a per job basis.
23:15 – Using LinkedIn groups to find contractors.
24:50 – The balancing act of running this business while still employed.
27:50 – The email newsletter.
28:50 – Keys to success, specifically how did you get into Daily Candy?
32:00 – Mistakes to watch out for.
Philip Taylor: We're live. Hi everyone, I'm here with Jen Portland. And Jen started Excel Rainman, that's at excelrainman.com, back in May 2008 while working full time. Excel Rainman is a spreadsheet consulting company. So they reach out to people and provide spreadsheet solutions either original or help customize spreadsheets that the businesses are already using. Since launching Excel Rainman, Jen has worked early mornings, lunch hours, evenings and weekends to keep this business moving forward—sounds familiar. She's proud to say that starting in July 2012 she was able to go part-time at her day job due to business really picking up with Excel Rainman. Now she has plans to take Excel Rainman full time at some point as well, so welcome Jen.
Philip Taylor: So, let's get into the first question. I always ask folks— what made you want to start bringing in some part time money?
Jen Portland: Well, I think it was less about wanting to bring in some part-time money than having an idea. I was basically the 'go-to' spreadsheet person at all of my jobs. And friends who I didn't even work with would come to me or family for help with their spreadsheets and I realized, while some people want to learn it, other people really just want you to do their work for them and move on. So I kind of just bought a domain name and went from there—sort of started this is all moonlight. It would be just me, and that would be my little side business. So it was a little less about just bringing in money and more of curiosity and having the idea.
Jen Portland: Not knowing it would go anywhere.
Philip Taylor: I got you. So was the business—or the job that you had full time at that point, did it involve spreadsheets?
Jen Portland: Yes, it was full time, and I was knee deep in spreadsheets. And basically, even though I had a function at the company, a specific function, I was known as the spreadsheet person so I was all of the sudden helping people in Human Resources, helping people in IT, helping people in Finance in addition to my own job. That's what made me realize, maybe this is an asset. If I'm willing to— it had me helping so many departments.
Philip Taylor: Right. And what's the specific role was it, if you don't mind me asking.
Jen Portland: It was lot of, kind of managing… You know, companies these days have so much data and they know everything they can do with the data, different ways they can be summarized, but it doesn't mean the person working on it can summarize it quickly. So a lot of the work was just creating reports— reports that could summarize things right away and automate things and alternatively, cleansing the data initially. Sometimes you just get this thing of data or data dump and it's not ready to be summarized, but we have ways of cleansing data quickly as well, depending on its form.
Philip Taylor: Right. So did you have hopes that maybe— you said you thought you had an asset in your hands here, so what kind of hopes did you have in terms of initially bringing in some revenues for yourself or creating something of value?
Jen Portland: Well, so initially, if you don't mind me kind of bringing up one thing, I wrote a PR outlet, or this, it's something called Daily Candy which is a daily newsletter. So I wrote Daily Candy an email pitching my business for them to write about. And I worked very hard on this pitch, and I worked with my husband on it just kind of thinking, it's a cute, fun business idea. Then I sent it off to them, I just found their email addresses… Sorry my light went off here. So, I found their email addresses and I sent it off and had a really good response and within two weeks they went through— they featured my business in their daily email. Once they did that, I went from two people clicking on my website to 7,000 in one day.
Jen Portland: So I think was really fortunate that I had this initial push, like, "Alright! This could happen." Sometimes it just takes a little luck to make you realize this could work. Then I think once I got that, since then, it's been at the back of my mind, this is going to happen somehow. I'm going to make this happen.
Jen Portland: Prior to that it was more of like a little like a side project.
Jen Portland: I think that was always in my DNA. Technically, I'm the only person in my family that works for the man at all. So I always knew I wanted to go do something on my own. And it was just about doing it responsibly. It's really hard to leave healthcare when you're paying student loans, when you're paying rent. It's just about doing it the right way, but I always knew I wanted out and to work for myself.
Philip Taylor: Okay. So talk about that timeline from 2008 to 2012. I mentioned in the intro, that at one point you were full time then you switched to part-time. So maybe you can just walk us through the different phases.
Jen Portland: I guess, the initial phase, when I started the business and was full time it was sort of a trying time for me in terms of, I didn't like my full time job, but it was security for obvious reasons—financial security. And so I had this whole—my whole goal was always to quit my job and to do this full time, but that was not necessarily feasible. The first two years Excel Rainman didn't do well enough for me to merit that, for starters. And I just wasn't in the position to go part-time for the company I worked for. That just would never have flown.
Philip Taylor: I got you.
Jen Portland: So the interesting thing that happened was, amidst this—I think it was two years after I started Excel Rainman, I got a job offer elsewhere which— it made me feel very weird accepting it because I though it meant giving up on my business, "I'm taking another full time job, what am I doing?" And, it was very interesting because me taking that job, A, I was much happier. And I found when I was happier because work is 40 plus hours a week. I was less— and I hate to use this word on a podcast, but I was less desperate because I was just happier. It felt like that just allowed the business to move forward a little more comfortably as opposed to me kind of hinging upon every little thing, if that makes any sense.
Jen Portland: Because I woke up in the morning and I felt pretty good about it, going to work, even though Excel Rainman was my dream.
Jen Portland: In addition to that, me taking on this other job, I was taking a position that I am the only person, other than my boss at the company, that does what I do.
Jen Portland: Where I was before, 20 other people did what I do. So, me asking to go part-time would not have flown there. They had 19 or 20 other people who could step in and do it, whereas I got myself at my current job in a unique position where they kind of needed me. Going part-time was better than them having nobody. It was kind of an interesting place where I was fortunate to do that.
Philip Taylor: Sound like it was. When did you tell your previous job about your business? And when you interviewed for the second job, did you tell them about the business?
Jen Portland: Though some people could say, "Are they are going to be doing that on their own time?" I was very cautious to never do anything like that on my own time— or on their time, excuse me.
Jen Portland: So, I did disclose it in a very kind of, "Just in the interest of full disclosure, I want you to know that I am doing this…" And they were kind of like "Okay, whatever. This is probably some little thing you are doing at home. It's like a blog." I don't even know if they took me seriously. But the fact is, at least I went through the motion of doing it the right way and they were totally were fine with it— both companies.
Jen Portland: So, I would definitely encourage people to do that. I think people don't think that far past a comment like that.
Philip Taylor: Right. And then this past summer you went part-time. Maybe you can talk to us about the conversation you had with your boss?
Jen Portland: Yes. Actually, it was a very well planned out conversation. Because I wanted to say— I work three days a week for them and I wanted to get across that I could do a great job three days a week without sounding as though they were paying me unnecessarily for two days a week before. So it was basically me saying, "My business is going well and this is my dream. However, I love working here, I love working with you." So saying, "This is my heart on one side but also I'm very happy on this other side," I said, "I would really love to go part-time because I want to stay here. And I realize all the hesitations you would have, but let me prove it to you." It was more of, "What if we just do a trial period whether a month or two or three months. Let me just try and show you that I'll make this work, and if it doesn't, obviously you can tell me at anytime and I'm going to do what you say." You know what I mean? Because they'd either let me go or maybe ask me to come back full time. Then I'd have a decision to make. But she was— my boss was pretty shocked when I told her and the conversation didn't seem to go well, but I think she went back and thought about it and discussed it with the CEO. In their eyes, it's better to have me there because— I mean, if they want me to train 20 people, I can train 20 people. But me gone after two weeks, I'm just gone. And they knew I was willing to walk away.
Philip Taylor: So yeah, talk about that. Financially, how were you able to walk away or be comfortable walking away at that point?
Jen Portland: It was— well, Excel Rainman got— I had put sort of a monetary figure on what I think Excel Rainman needed to make for me to feel… If you wait to get to the one figure that's really amazing, then you kind of waited too long, you know what I mean?
Jen Portland: I don't know if I'll have any spending money basically, but at least I'll have all my bills paid.
Jen Portland: Then I thought if I had a little bit more time during the week, I had a little faith in what I could do pounding the pavement.
Jen Portland: So it's not like it was in such a great place where I was going to be raking it in.
Philip Taylor: Yeah, but you wanted it. You wanted it at that point and you knew you wouldn't fall on your face if the job went away instantly. Like you said, you could cover the basics.
Philip Taylor: With then with the extra time, who knows what you could pour into the business. Being a consultant business means it's very hourly heavy, so the more time you have, the more billing time you can apply to your clients.
Philip Taylor: Maybe talk to us about, more about the business itself. What do you actually do for people?
Jen Portland: Okay. So, the bread and butter of what we do is— people have something they are working on in a spreadsheet and they don't know what they want or they don't know how to do it themselves. Or, they know how to do it, but the way they are going to do it is maybe going to take some time. So they'll basically send us their spreadsheet and any comments they have. They can do that via email or they can submit a request on our website. Then we'll look at it. Often there are a couple of phone calls or some emailing involved that we kind of just iron out, "This is exactly what you want…" And once we do, we send them a quote and the scope of what we plan on doing for their review. If they are okay with the scope and the quote, we just move forward. It's a pretty simple business model.
Philip Taylor: Very cool. And if you don't mind sharing, what was your revenue for 2012?
Jen Portland: It was just under a $100,000.
Philip Taylor: Okay, awesome. And you expect big things for this year as well?
Philip Taylor: How many spreadsheets has that produced over a year?
Jen Portland: I should be able to answer that. I would say the meat of our business is like 10 clients, but we probably have 30 or 40 smaller clients.
Jen Portland: So maybe that would answer it, 40 or 50 spreadsheets. But a lot of them are multiple workbooks so it's probably a lot more than that.
Philip Taylor: I got you. So do you have a suite of spreadsheets people could come purchase from you, or is everything just really customized?
Philip Taylor: I saw that, yeah.
Jen Portland: A March Madness Bracket Manager. So if someone can't do CBS Sports line at work, but they can use Excel—everyone can use Excel at work, so they can use our spreadsheets for that. It's more been stuff to get people's attention as opposed to having something to sell on our website. We do have a couple of templates that we sell. Because some of them are less seasonal we'll feature them free for a few months then sell it for a couple of bucks later. Like, we have a Budget Planning Template and we have a Big Wedding Template, that's pretty good.
Jen Portland: We haven't necessarily done that, but it's always on the back of our minds to do something like that.
Philip Taylor: I got you. So you mentioned creating a buzz. I like that— throwing out free spreadsheets to create a buzz. So maybe talk about some other marketing that you did to get your product or your services into the hands of customers.
Jen Portland: Actually, talking about the free aspect of it might shed some light as well. The first year we did this football survivor pool, that's basically— some people call it a suicide pool, but we think survivor sounds a little more sweet, and it's a pretty cool spreadsheet manager. There aren't really things out there that help these managers organize the pool. First year we did it, we thought, "No one in the market has this, that we could find online. Let's sell it for $5 or $10." I forget what we decided to sell it for. I think it was $5. And a couple of people bought it, right?
Jen Portland: So the next year I— one of my sub-contractors, Alyssa, created it. She's kind of our template guru and she's makes awesome templates. So, the next year I said to her, "Let's just give it away for free and see how that goes." And a couple hundred people downloaded it so it kind of made me think people really don't like giving away a dollar, but if it gets them to download something from our website and we can get a couple hundred people to download it, it just makes a really big difference for us.
Philip Taylor: It's probably a really impressive spreadsheet. Someone would say, "Wow!" and I'm sure your logo is right there on top or somewhere.
Jen Portland: But people don't want to pay a buck for it. That's just the way that it goes.
Philip Taylor: Right. But the impressiveness of it I'm saying, would lead to future business of some sort maybe.
Jen Portland: And it's also a good kind of, for people who go to our website and wonder, "How do I know that you can actually do this?" It's a good way for people to actually see, "Okay, they do these crazy things." So it's a good way to show our portfolio a little. That makes us credible.
Philip Taylor: Right, I got you. Let's back up a little. When you said you first started the website, you bought a domain. So why Excel Rainman?
Jen Portland: Well, when people would ask me for help at work, you know, someone would call me the Excel princess, the Excel queen and it had no ring to it, for obvious reasons. Then this guy that I really didn't like, this old, old man, called me the Excel Rainman.
Jen Portland: And I came home and said, "He called me Rainman." I feel like that's kind of a big deal, and now I'm going to do this spreadsheet work for him and not complain about it. So when I bought the domain name that was always on the back of my mind.
Philip Taylor: That's funny. I like it. So you set up the website. And so how did you generate traffic or get people to the website to be interested in your business?
Jen Portland: Well, our website went through two phases. And, I don't know if this is a fair stat, but, I guess a lot of times after 3 years it's good to buy a new computer because after 3 years it's good to give your website a redo. And the next phase of the website was including a blog. So even though I was sending out a newsletter before, it wasn't getting anywhere on the website. So I think having the blog for Search Engine Optimization reasons, has made the big difference. Someone could've Googled, Football Survivor Pool two years ago, and I don't know how many times you would have seen Excel Rainman has come up, but now it comes up pretty well because it is literally all over the website. So I think having the blog made a huge difference. Other than that, the content of the website has really stayed the same. You've always been able to download the template, always been able to watch video tutorials and stuff like that, or submit a request. But I think that the change of website really helped. And we do Twitter. Truthfully, I don't do much anything of that as I should.
Philip Taylor: I got you. You said "we" a couple of times now, so obviously you have some staff involved. Maybe you can talk about the progression of hiring people and whether you went contract or employee?
Jen Portland: Yeah, actually the beauty of my business— I'm very fortunate that I only need to pay somebody at this point if money is coming in.
Jen Portland: That's how I structured it. So I have four teams of subcontractors who do the work, most of the Excel work. I do some too. But basically, if the work comes in, it's theirs. It's a really nice thing because all these people have other jobs or they're in Graduate School, or they're these brilliant women who have children and have their PhD's and just want something for a year or two. So it works really well. I started out with— it was just me and then I got two subcontractors. After that, when the Daily Candy newsletter came out, about 30 people wrote me, interested. A subcontractor didn't even occur to me. I thought if you had to hire someone you'd have to have salary and benefits and all those things. And then I realized, with the nature of my business, people don't want to do this full time. They do this for extra money and because they like to brag about how good they are in Excel. They get kicks out of it. So I'm very fortunate that the people that applied, that's what they want.
Jen Portland: And so I've never owed money that I didn't have, which is very nice.
Philip Taylor: Have they all come to you and applied?
Jen Portland: I just lost you there, sorry.
Philip Taylor: I was saying have they all come to you and applied directly or did you go out and use a service to find anybody?
Jen Portland: It's a great question. Often people would just write especially now that Google clicks are up more. Initially, there was the Daily Candy, then I started posting on college career sites. Just the ones that are free. And I had decent luck there. I would get a lot of people inquiring, but the thing about it was, they were, when you're doing it for a college website, most people really want to have a full time job which I'm not able to give them. And even if I could, I don't think that would be their end-all, full time job that they'd want, so it was hard to keep people around for long. Like, if they got a big investment banking position it's hard to say, "Hey! Stay with me," So I did that for a while. I mean, I got a couple of subcontractors that way. My recent luck, fabulous luck, has been through LinkedIn. There's joining groups that per take your community. If you sell biscuits and you want to find people who cook biscuits, there's going to be in "Cooking Biscuits Groups" all over LinkedIn. All you have to do is write, "Anyone interested in picking up extra work? Working remotely?" or doing whatever. I mean, hundreds of people will respond.
Philip Taylor: Yeah. And you have a standard contractor contract or agreement that you can just give to them to sign before they get going. Is that how it works?
Jen Portland: Yeah. We have Non-Disclosure, Confidentiality subcontractor agreements and everything.
Philip Taylor: Okay. And talk about the formality of your business from a tax and legal perspective. Did you set up an LLC? Or, what have you done there?
Jen Portland: I'll do my best to tell you. So we're in LLC, but for some reason my accountant asked— we've become an S-corp this year and I have no clue why. My accountant made me do it. But he said to still tell people I'm on LLC, and I have no clue what's going on.
Philip Taylor: Yeah. That's a smart move. Your accountant is a smart guy. I did the same thing.
Jen Portland: Well, that's good to know.
Philip Taylor: That will save you some payroll taxes, self-employment tax. So, good stuff so far, which is awesome. Just wrapping it up, I have a few more questions. Let's talk about the balance you'd had to maintain with doing this and still having the part-time, full time job. Maybe talk about how you personally managed your time, I guess.
Jen Portland: Okay. Well, I think learning how, like, what parts of your day you can do what, and how much you can do away from your desk is important. Anything I need to do "desk-worthy" or "laptop-worthy," I would kind of try to do between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM which is my "computer crunch time." And that didn't mean just answering emails I could on a Blackberry or Smart phone, because I can do Smart phone stuff on my way to work. I can do that at lunch. It was really about organizing my day for when I'm going to be at a computer and when I'm not, or when can I make phone calls and when I can't. The fact is, I can't call these people at 5:00 AM so a lot of it had to do with just mapping out my day and how I could use it. If I had to make phone calls, it was always during my lunch hour. But, I don't have to take my lunch at 12:00. I could take lunch at 2:00. So it's more about planning the time that I could make these calls and when possible, asking people to plan the call. I do everything I can to plan a call time as opposed to just calling somebody, and I appreciate it when people are willing to do that with me too. Then I can organize around it.
Jen Portland: So there's a lot of that but also really taking advantage of my lunch hour. Many people sit at their lunch or sit at their desk for work. And technically, I can't speak for everybody because everyone's job is different, but I could leave my job. And sometimes I would sit there and do my work given it really it is my time. And there's so much you can get done in an hour. Making emails, making meetings, making calls. Or for me, I would always draft newsletters and do stuff like that at lunch. I'd say the big thing I would recommend when you're pinching pennies but you still have a full time job, is reward yourself and buy yourself all the technology you need like an iPad or a laptop, a Smart phone. You need that and it lets you run your business no matter where you are. Like, I've always paid for the hotspots where I always have internet. I mean, it's a luxury I have. I don't have a retail location, so all I have to do is pay for this, like, text stuff. But, having the ability to do anything anywhere makes a big difference.
Philip Taylor: That's great, that's good advice. I'm a little bit cheaper than that. I probably pinched too many pennies along the way but that's good advice. You mentioned that newsletter?
Philip Taylor: Is that part of your marketing strategy?
Jen Portland: Did you say, was that a marketing strategy?
Philip Taylor: Yeah, was that part of your kind of how you market your services.
Jen Portland: Yeah. I would say that was practically the extent of it other than attempting to get PR. Basically, we would send out a newsletter once or twice a month. I didn't want to send it out so much that that I drove people crazy and that they'd just unsubscribe, so I really try to— whenever I'm sending out newsletter, it has some sort of relevant to the content. I'm not just writing how— "Here I am again." Every newsletter features some sort of spreadsheet, seasonal spreadsheets, keyboard shortcuts or something relevant. That I would say, is sort of the extent of our marketing strategy. Then in terms of PR, that was sort of a separate thing as well.
Philip Taylor: I got you. So the last two questions I have is, what are some of the keys to your success and what are some of the mistakes you made along the way? Before you talk about the keys to your success, it sounds like the Daily Candy email deal was a big deal. So, for someone out there looking to maybe replicate that, it that something that's still possible? And how did you get into Daily Candy again?
Jen Portland: Yeah. I'm always saying I'm going to be 70-years-old and still talking about the day I was in Daily Candy. It was a big day for me.
Jen Portland: The thing about the Daily Candy is when you write for a PR, when you want to get your business mentioned, put a lot of thought into it. I mean, we took this email that I drafted for them— and my husband who is an excellent writer, I mean, we combed through it, probably for about four days. Wrote it and re-wrote it, because it's really the power of the pitch. You have to make your pitch relevant to the people you're writing to. Daily Candy is aimed towards women in their 20s to 40s who are really into fashion and retail. And I don't want to say it's crass, but they say funny things and so my pitch to them was kind of talking about how life was so unfair at work. I even put on the page, "OMG! People walk all over me," and I made it funny to appeal to them. If I was writing Cranes to get a pitch, they don't want me to say "OMG!" in my pitch. So I think it's a lot of really putting the thought into it to get the press.
Jen Portland: I'm all about the template email, speaking of lack of success, when you send that kind of blanket email that 30 other people have seen, people see right through that.
Philip Taylor: Right. I got you. Other successes— or other keys to your success?
Jen Portland: I would say my work ethic has been a big part of it, and sticking with it. Like I said, the first two years we weren't making very much money, so just sticking with it because I really believed in it. I used to always say, "Celebrating the small victories," so even if someone said to me on the street or at a cocktail party, "I really love the business name," that's like a little victory. Or getting a request or getting mentioned somewhere— just kind of celebrating the small things. And just finding a way to be patient because a lot, especially with my business, I can educate people about what I do, but that doesn't mean they have work for me for 6 months or a year. It takes time, just getting comfortable with understanding it. It's going to take time to convert someone into a client.
Philip Taylor: Right. I got you. Good advice. And then finally, any mistakes you made along the way that you can maybe pinpoint for people to watch out as they start their part-time business?
Jen Portland: Yeah. As you can tell, I'm very lucky to be able to work at home. But I'd say if you get— I feel so fortunate that I get to work for part-time, but make those days count. I could busy my day doing other things like picking up the dry cleaning or go to the grocery store or going to a spin class, but the fact is, I worked hard to get to part-time and I want to make Excel Rainman full time. So make that day. Plan it out— every very hour of it. And even if you can't make meetings all day long plan out what you're going to do. Get up as early as you normally would and don't go out the night before. You don't want to be hung over on your days at home. Save it for the days you're going to work.
Philip Taylor: (Laughs). I like the strategy.
Philip Taylor: Right. All right Jen. Thank you so much so being on with me. That was an excellent interview. Your business, your story was perfect for the podcast, so I appreciate you being on with me today and being so generous of your time.
Jen Portland: Thank you Phil! I appreciate it.
I really enjoyed the podcast 🙂 Then I scrolled down and saw the video… d'oh! Maybe I'll pay more attention next time 🙂 Keep up the good work.
@Money Life and More Haha. Yeah, Google Hangout makes it so easy to record the podcast I just do it that way. Might as well keep the video too. Thanks for listening!


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Zydus Cadila receives tentative USFDA nod for overactive bladder drug
HOME » BUSINESS » HEALTHCARE » Zydus Cadila receives tentative USFDA nod for overactive bladder drug
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said that it has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for sales of mirabegron extended-release tablets.
A tentative approval means that the company has to wait for all patent and other protections to expire before starting the sale of the drug.
The tablets, currently sold under the brand name of Myrbetriq, is used to treat overactive bladder. Overactive bladder is a problem with how the bladder stores urine that causes a sudden urge to urinate.
Zydus said its tablets will be sold in doses of 25mg and 50mg and manufactured at the company's facility in Ahmedabad.
With the latest approval, the company has so far received 259 approvals and filed 350 applications for the sales of its generic drugs.
Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Zydus Cadila has manufacturing sites and research facilities across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim and even in the United States and Brazil.–
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This past weekend was one of my most favorite weekends of the year! My mom, sisters, neighbors, and I, along with other women around the world had the opportunity to listen to the leaders of our church speak to all the women. We heard uplifting messages about families and our loving Heavenly Father. As usual, I had pages of notes of all the things I wanted to remember. Though I can go back and listen to the talks again (here!), I always try to write down what stuck out to me when I first hear it. I like to refer back to my notes and thoughts every so often, to be reminded of the spirit and inspiration I felt during the meeting. I walked away feeling edified and enlightened and ready to do God's work. I can't wait to hear more inspiring messages this weekend. You can tune in right here.
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The theme of the night was powerful! These are so lovely!
I absolutely LOVE these!! I used one in a blog post I wrote about the session, hope that's okay - I made sure to link to you for credit! Thanks for always sharing your beautiful creations!!


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Yeovil Ales is a family run brewery which was founded in October 2005 by Rob and Dave Sherwood. Our team's passion for quality, service and developing innovative new brews has lead to a host of local and national awards since our first beer, Summerset (4.1%), won The Weymouth Oktoberfest in 2006.
Our range of beers now stands at permanent real ales and a growing number of occasional and seasonal brews. Our beers are available in cask to both the trade and the public in a variety of container sizes as well as 500ml bottles which can be bought direct from the brewery - in person or online - or from one of our many stockists. We are very active within the local community and can be found at events and festivals throughout the year, including the Yeovil Beer Festival. We also offer brewery tours - why not come along, drink some beer and share Rob's passion for brewing and his love of real ale.
Ratebeer: 94/100. STAR GAZER is a copper speciality bitter with a late hopping floral bouquet, it is rich & hoppy yet sweet & luscious at the same time! Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content (through gravity) of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
SUMMERSET is a blonde ale with light rounded mouth feel and a tangerine fruity hop finish. Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
STOUT HEARTED is a smooth, dark beer bursting with full bodied rich roast flavours. The maltiness is balanced by our late hopping style, achieving a truly special stout. Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
Ratebeer: 95/100. LYNX WILDCAT is a bronze full bodied hoppy bitter. Specialist malts provide a sweetness which is accompanied by grapefruity hop flavours and aromas. Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
Brewed using Europils and Dextrin malts, Kellerbier is a full-bodied smooth golden cellar beer, lagered for over 30 days for a crisp fruity flavour.Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
Ratebeer: 91/100. RUBY is a premium red bitter with rich malt depth. The smooth palate is pronounced by English hops giving the trademark Yeovil Ales aromatic signature.Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
POSH IPA is a genuine gourmet India Pale Ale of uncompromising quality. Pale with body and mouth feel it's strength is balanced by a truly fruity late-hopped finish. Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
Yeovil Pale Ale (YPA) is a smooth, fruity taste sensation. The notes of citrus fruit and sweeter peaches and apricots are provided by a well-crafted blend of pale malts and aromatic hops.Our in-house bespoke bottling line that allows us to use gravity to clarify the beer, keeping all the flavour in but reducing the variability of yeasty bottle conditioned beers. Our current range of bottles are all unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly, and the low sediment content of the bottled varieties also means they can be laid down in the fridge and served straight away.
A blonde ale with a light rounded mouth feel and tangerine fruity hop finish. Extremely refreshing.
Ratebeer: 91/100. RUBY is a premium red bitter with rich malt depth. The smooth palate is pronounced by English hops giving the trademark Yeovil Ales aromatic signature.
Ratebeer: 94/100. STAR GAZER is a copper speciality bitter with a late hopping floral bouquet, it is rich & hoppy yet sweet & luscious at the same time!
Ratebeer: 95/100. LYNX WILDCAT is a bronze full bodied hoppy bitter. Specialist malts provide a sweetness which is accompanied by grapefruity hop flavours and aromas.