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KHATAAB WANTS TO OFFER A SECOND QATAR ARABIAN WORLD CUP TO DJARANAT
Khataab took, this summer at Deauville, his first Group I PA. He will carry the colours of Al Shaqab Racing in the 2017 edition of the Qatar Arabian World Cup. This colt is a descendant of one of the most illustrious French families, that of Djaranat, which was shaped by two dynasties of breeders in the South West, the Lestortes and the Lafond-Puyos. Following on from Djainka des Forges (Kerbella), there could be a second winner of the Purebred Arabian Arc from this bloodline.
Once upon a time, there were the breeders Lestorte
Around 25 kilometers from Tarbes and from Pau, in the Atlantic Pyrénées, the village of Saint-Vincent hosts beautiful views across the mountain range. Horses have always been bred there, and it was in these exceptional lands that the Lestorte breeding operation began in the 1910's. Marcelle Lestorte explained: "My grandfather, Philippe Lestorte, was with the hussards where he learned to ride. He bought and prepared yearlings for the militia with my father, Émile Lestorte. They decided to concentrate on racehorses at the time that the army began to become mechanised. » This family structure – the Haras de Saint-Vincent of Ludivine Charles and Thierry Dalla Longa – rapidly became the best Anglo-Arab breeding operation of its time. The influential sire Thalian (Djerba Oua) was born on this land.
Dragon, an underused stallion
Like many Anglo-Arab breeders at the time, the Lestortes also bred Purebred Arabians for racing. The objective was to sell the colts to the Haras nationaux and keep the fillies to create new Anglo-Arab bloodlines. Thus, through the descendants of Djaranat (1923 by Ghalabawi), the Lestortes bred two stallions with pure blood that left their mark on the breed. Dragon (Norniz) and his son Djerba Oua (Dragon). Dragon was a remarkable racehorse. A winner of five races at the age of 3, two of which he won without breaking a sweat. He stood at Pau, until he was 17 years old. Only seven Purebred foals are registered by SIRE, including Keiba (the dam of Kesberoy), Mandarine III (the dam of Mandore), Mandragore (the dam of Manganate) and Fatma III (from who came Flipper).
The family of Djerba Oua
Djerba Oua was a top class racehorse, winner of four races at 3 years old. His dam produced three very smart Anglo-Arabs, Donino II (eleven wins), Duchesse (seventeen wins) and Dominico (twenty-five wins, winner at Auteuil, third in the Grand Cross de Craon). With his strong race record, attractive physique, and the quality of his Anglo-Arab progeny, Djerba Oua was well supported by the breeders in the Pau region. He was top class sire, and he left a strong mark on their stud book. His influence in the Purebreds is less strong, as he only had eight foals registered with SIRE. His bloodline continues through Gosse du Béarn (the sire of Flipper and so the grandsire of Tidjani) and Ba Toustem. His best known daughters are Deborah IV [see below], Façade (grand-dam of Ichara, Pavot Al Maury and Nashwan Al Khalidiah) and Maderba (grand-dam of Magic de Piboul and Al Sakbe). Jean-Marc de Watrigant knew Djerba Oua during his lifetime. He explained: "He was an attractive, quite compact, horse. He was a tough athlete and he produced well, even though I think that Saint Laurent was superior. Djerba Oua was mostly used as a cross, with mediocre Thoroughbred mares, to produce Anglo-Arabs. Despite this, he managed to have some very good winners, on the flat and over jumps, even though he only had access to a very weak book of mares."
The arrival of the Lafond-Puyo family in the breeding industry
Within a radius of 10 kilometers around Pontacq and Saint-Vincent, racehorse breeders of high quality began to emerge at the end of the war. Other than the Lestorte family, the most well known pedigrees were that of Buzy Cazeux (Nikita III, Nikanor, Nedjanor, Nedjarose, Dunly, Lyflor…) and those of the Lafond-Puyo breeding operation. When discussing the beginning of the Djaranat bloodline in the family bloodstock, Bernard Lafond-Puyo, explained: "During the Second World War, my father and his brothers, who were famers, broke in Émile Lestorte's horses so that he could sell them on to the army. The last bunch that arrived to be broken in was made up of three fillies. When they came to be sold, the war had ended. My father then asked Émile Lestorte if he could buy one of them. Émile Lestorte knew the quality of their origins and didn't want to give up the family. After lengthy negotiations, he finally sold him a filly: Damas [editor's note: a grand-daughter of Djaranat]".
The bloodline almost disappears
A few years later, this family was extinct in the Lestorte breeding operation and there was only a very few Purebred Arabian fillies left with the ability to continue the line. Faced with a lack of demand for Purebreds, the breeders at that time used their mares mostly to cross with Thoroughbred stallions. Bernard Lafond-Puyo remembers: "Damas mostly produced Anglo-Arabs which, at the time, looked to be a more promising outlet than Purebreds. She only foaled one Purebred filly, Deborah IV (Djerba Oua), who was sold to Xavier and Robert de Watrigant. They knew this bloodline very well. Damas died at around this time. To not lose the line, my father proposed to exchange an Anglo-Arab at 50% against Deborah IV. She was the last Purebred filly from this family. After lengthy negotiations, they accepted and proceeded with the exchange".
Keeping the line bit by bit
Bernard Lafond-Puyo elaborated: "Deborah IV, who had won three races herself, was not a good broodmare. She had a nasty streak and did not produce much milk. She had size, but she wasn't particularly attractive. None of her six winning offspring were particularly good. Like her dam, she mainly produced Anglo-Arabs. However, as she grew older, my father once again became afraid of losing the pure line. He wanted therefore to cross Deborah IV with an Arabian stallion to produce a filly. At this time, in the early 1970s, there were almost no racing Arabian breeders left in France. Badr Bedur (Comet) came to Pau from Poland. There were very few Purebred Arabian stallions available, and Badr Bedur was without doubt the first choice to breeder winners on the racetrack. He was small, but there were very few alternatives locally. He nonetheless had the advantage of bringing in new bloodlines. This is how Djebella II (Badr Bedur) was conceived. She was not very big, but she was a much better broodmare than her mother. She gave us eight winners… She was often covered by Manganate who gave added size and scope".
Djelfor, an excellent racehorse...
The Lafond-Puyo family worked closely with Xavier and Bertrand de Watrigant. The former is well known for being the trainer of Dionysos II (Samaritain). This grandson of Damas was a champion amongst Anglo-Arabs. Winner of eight races, he also beat Thoroughbreds on the racetrack. At stud, Dionysos II became a successful stallion, with winning offspring on the flat, over fences, and sport horses. Bertrand de Watrigant trained many good horses from this bloodline, notably the Purebred Arabian Djelfor (Manganate) and the Anglo-Arabs Dearling (Iris Noir) and Dan Music (Crown Music). The three all then went on to be very good sires. Bertrand de Watrigant commented: "Djelfor ran in the colours of Jean Biraben. He was an easy, amiable colt. He did whatever was asked of him. In terms of quality, he was an extraordinary horse. I was not surprised when he went on to become a good stallion. From the same family, I trained Dearling and Dan Music, two very good Anglo-Arabs at 50%. You could even say that Dan Music was a phenomenon. »
… and a very good stallion
Martial Boisseuil bred Akbar, an excellent stallion and a remarkable racehorse, from Djelfor. He explained to us, a few years ago: "I really liked Djelfor who was a very athletic horse, standing at Pompadour. His offspring were very talented, although a bit complicated. Without doubt, he covered far less than he deserved". Djelfor was notably the sire of Akbar (Emir's Sword), Câlin de Louve (4 year old Horse of the Year in the United States), Newday (Coupe Abu Dhabi at Toulouse), Bar Royal (five wins at 3 years old), Beau Bar (Grand Prix de S.A.R. le Prince Moulay Rachid), Vercors eight wins in Great Britain), Djebbel (eleven victories including the Coupe du Pur-Sang Arabe at Chantilly, Horse of the Year), Kairouan de Jos (eleven wins including the Coupe Al Asayl, Shadwell Stakes, Arabian Mile Stakes, Al Shindaha Stakes…), Monsieur Al Maury (H.H. The President Cup, Gr. I PA)… Djelfor was also the sire of Anatole, a three-time winner of the Grand Cross de Pompadour.
Danzina, the mare who changed the life of Jean-Pierre Totain
At the end of the 1980s, Jean-Pierre Totain trained many descendants of Djebella II, with success. The achievements of these horses had a big impact on the career of the man whilst he was still a young trainer, with very little financial backing. He said: "I took any horse that was offered to me. The day that monsieur Lafond-Puyo offered me a Purebred Arabian to train, I of course said yes. This first Arabian horse was Danzina (Zulus). In August 1989, she gave me my first win in this speciality. The family of Danzina produces horse that try, especially the fillies. It is an excellent bloodline. They are not necessarily precocious or late maturing, there is a little bit of everything". Jean-Pierre Totain went on to become one the best international trainers of Purebred Arabians. From the offspring of Danzina, the very attractive Danzinon (Nuit St Georges) won the Trophée du Président des UAE (Gr. I PA). Jean-Pierre Totain also bred from this bloodline, and he consigns several members of this family at the Saint-Cloud sale 2017.
Conquering Qatar
The performances of Al Anood (Amer), a sister of Danzina, caused this bloodline to be well known outside of France. She won the National Day Cup, the Malazgirt Trophy, the Zaabeel Stakes on two occasions, and the Hatta International Stakes (Group Is PA). Alban de Mieulle, who was one of her trainers, reflected: "Al Anood was not very big, but she was very brave. Her race record is exceptional. She had plenty of speed, and won the National Day Cup (Gr. I PA) over 1,600m. She was one of Amer's best early offspring, and she helped to launch him as a stallion". Amongst the other horses from this family that have been successful for Qatari colours are Dhemis (Daham), winner of the Emir's Sword (Gr. I PA) and Djainka des Forges (Kerbella). This filly, bred by Catherine de Robert Labarthe, won the Qatar Arabian World Cup, the Hatta International Stakes and on two occasions the Qatar Arabian Trophy des Pouliches (Gr. Is PA).
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Khataab, who caught Sheikh Joaan's eye
Under the training of Jean-Pierre Totain, Djelana (Al Sakbe) won the Prix Nefta (Gr. II PA). She had seven foals, five for her trainer and two for Alban de Mieulle. The two latter are in the news this season. Djelamer (Amer) won the President of The UAE Cup (Gr. III PA) at Ostende. His full brother Khataab (Amer) took two third places at Group I PA level in 2016 before winning the French Arabian Breeders Challenge Classic (Gr. II PA) and the end of the season. In 2017, he won the Prix Carthage - Hannibal - H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Gr. II PA) followed by the Prix Manganate - Doha Cup (Gr. I PA). Thomas Fourcy, his trainer, explained at the time: "He is a very good horse, but various issues have interrupted his career. We are now able to manage them better (…). For now, Khataab will be aimed to the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend. In October, even if it's good ground, he should run well as he has the ability". The day of the win on the Normandy coast, Alban de Mieulle commented: "His Excellency Sheikh Joaan saw Khataab when he was a foal. He liked the colt, and so he joined the Al Shaqab stable. His dam is currently with Jean-Pierre Totain. »
THE DESCENDANTS OF DJARANAT
Mains sires and winners of Group I PA races (source Bruno de Watrigant)
Djaranat (1923 by Ghalabawi)
Dragée VI (1935 by Denouste)
Dorée II (1942 by Kris)
Djerba Oua (1946 by Dragon), 4 wins at 3yo
Dragonne (1934 by Denouste)
Dragon (1940 by Norniz), 5 wins at 3yo
Damas (1941 by Norniz)
Dunamis (Samaritain), Omnium des Anglo-Arabes
Dalila IX (Micipsa)
Dionysos II (Samaritain), 8 wins, Prix de l'Élevage
Deborah IV (Djerba Oua)
Djebella II (Badr Bedur)
Dhamas (Manganate)
Diyala (Tornado de Syrah)
Dirama (Dormane)
Lahoob (Amer), H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Gr. I PA) at Lingfield
Dandoura (Manganate)
Dan Music (Crown Music), Prix de l'Élevage, Prix du Ministère
Danzina (Zulus)
Dhemis (Daham), The Emir's Sword (Gr. I PA)
Danzinon (Nuit St Georges), Trophée du Président des UAE (Gr. I PA)
Al Anood (Amer), National Day Cup, Malazgirt Trophy, The Zaabeel Stakes (twice) & The Hatta International Sakes. (Gr Is PA)
Djala (Manganate)
Djari des Forges (Chéri Bibi), Critérium des Pouliches à Tarbes (Gr. I PA)
Djamour des Forges (Tidjani)
Djainka des Forges (Kerbella), Arabian World Cup, Hatta International Stakes (twice) & Arabian Trophy des Pouliches (Gr Is PA)
Djelfor (Manganate), 5 wins at 3yo
Dearling (Iris Noir), 2e Omnium des Anglo-Arabes
Djema (Manganate)
Djelana (Al Sakbe)
Khataab (Amer), Doha Cup Prix Manganate (Gr. I PA)
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Racism And Protesting
> politics > Racism And Protesting
Leona Wisoker September 26, 2017 0 Comments
Kaepernick, NFL, politics, TakeAKnee
I tend to address most breaking news after the dust settles, because there's so much misinformation in the first 24 hours that it takes another week for me to sort out the real from the overblown. The current situation, however, is a bit different. I'm seeing the real, and it's being distorted into some fairly unbelievable assertions, which is making the blowup titanically asinine and damaging in a wide spray pattern.
Yep, I'm talking about the TakeAKnee hysteria.
I'm appalled at how fast this entire thing has gone twisted into something it's not. Folks who damn well ought to know better are ranting about disrespect to the flag and how this is all about sticking a thumb in Trump's eye. A truly horrific number of folks are wandering around lost and bleating that they just don't understand, why does football have to be involved in politics, and what are these people even kneeling for anyway? I even saw someone ask how kneeling could possibly help Puerto Rico…
… at which point I screamed out loud and headed for this blog.
Let's back up and start with historical fact.
In the long-ago era of 2016, Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the pre-game anthem. He did this with a clear and absolute intent to protest structural racial discrimination in America, most specifically from police. In 2016, over 230 black people were fatally shot by police. 39 of those were unarmed. I won't put up videos, but take a moment, if you've never heard these names, and look up Terence Crutcher, Philando Castile, and Alton Sterling. Those names, and literally dozens of others across the last few years alone, are why Kaepernick knelt in the first place.
As for kneeling being disrespectful, take a look at this twitter thread:.
In 2017, we already have a handful of problematic deaths involving police across the entire country. Let's see:
Jose Nieves : "Nieves was moving furniture into his apartment when his sister says the officer, who is his neighbor, started harassing his girlfriend."
Trevon Johnson : "The first deputy to arrive got into a fight with the teen, leading to the "officer-involved shooting," according to authorities."
Dora Clarke : "Charleston Police Chief Brent Webster has said it appears Doss was speeding without using his emergency lights or siren, which goes against department policy and state law. "
Zachary Anam : "…19-year-old Zachary Anam fatally shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a police car in downtown Austin."
Jose Antonio Hernandez. : "After being Tased, the coroner says the suspect got into the police car and the officer fired several shots. The police car then rolled backwards and hit a tree."
Tashii Brown: "The Clark County district attorney's office filed a criminal complaint charging Lopera with involuntary manslaughter and oppression under color of office"
That takes us through May. You know what, I'm gonna skip over June, July, and August. There are just as many problematic police related deaths in those months. I'll wrap up with the most recent:
Magdiel Sanchez : "Police in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night fatally shot a deaf man who they say was advancing toward them with a metal pipe as witnesses yelled that the man was deaf and could not hear them."
If you'd like to do your own research, wander over to Killed By Police. It's depressing as fuck, but you might get an idea of the scale we're discussing here.
I'll pause a moment and say: absolutely, many of those deaths were justified in context. No question. I will not argue that one bit. But the ones that are troubling … are troubling.
Take that uneasy frown you have after reading the above linked stories, multiply it by about three hundred years of not being able to trust the law enforcement arm of the government only because of the color or your skin. Add in an authoritarian sitting president who actively encourages and is encouraged by openly racist supporters, all of whom literally advocate for law enforcement to harm, consequence-free, those who disagree with them. Add in a lot of white people constantly asking "why can't you just get over slavery already? Racism is over, grow up!"
The result of that complex equation–which, I'll note, is way more involved than the few factors I mentioned above–is a whole lot of extremely justified rage.
That's why Kaepernick knelt. That's why the football players are kneeling today. It's a silent, respectful protest designed to bring attention to the very, very ugly things happening to America right this moment. It doesn't matter what anyone wants it to be. Trump can bleat all he wants about "the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race"; the people kneeling are the ones who get to define why they're kneeling, and they're explicitly, straight out telling anyone who asks that YES THIS IS ABOUT RACE. And police brutality. And systemic inequality.
This post isn't intended to cover the complex scope of this situation. It's intended to drive the asshat twisting of reality into a none-too-soon grave. Don't listen to fucknuts like Kid Rock (who wears a flag as a poncho, remember?), Trump (who's willing to ascribe goodness to a crowd of white supremacists but not to the men they're advocating killing), and your wandering soul of a friend or relative who doesn't know sweet fuckall about anything other that what FB buddies and Faux News say.
Fight me on facts. Fight me all you want. Argue statistics. Haul out proof of your assertions. Fine. We can agree to disagree as long as we're looking at real data that we both accept as valid. (Warning: using anything from Breitbart or similar sites will get you summarily shitcanned from my feed. There are zero facts growing in that field.)
Racism fucking SUCKS. It's COMPLICATED. It doesn't fit easily into memes and sound bites unless you're dealing with an audience that's really well educated on the topic in the first place. When the memes drawn from ignorance float across shallow minded acceptance into the wider pool, facts get fucked up fast.
Please, if you see anyone reposting nonsense on this issue, stand up and speak out. Establish facts. That's all I ask. You don't have to agree. You can think it's disrespectful to kneel during the anthem! That's fine. But you goddamn will do so with a full and fact based awareness of what you're talking about.
Quite honestly, I'm betting that suddenly it won't look that disrespectful after all….

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The beginning of great things to come for Lizandra Winter
July 3, 2017 southcapenetPress Releases
Captivatingly beautiful is the perfect way to describe LIZANDRA WINTER's latest single, DIE BEGIN, which has just been released.
The song will build on the success of her first solo single and music video, Fluister, which did not only feature on the 2016 blockbuster, Vir Altyd's, soundtrack, but still gets regular airtime on radio and television. According to the singer, this Pop-Rock track is about how we often forget what really matters, because we get caught up in the rat race of everyday life. "I always tell my husband that I do not want to live for 'one day' and yet I often find myself allowing tomorrow to steal the beauty of today. I wrote the song to remind myself that time has to stop, and that I have to lose myself in the moment. And also that money cannot buy happiness. The song has a feel good vibe that will appeal to most listeners," she says. "It is the norm, these days, to already worry about the next challenge you will be facing, whilst still dealing with your current situation. This means that you often miss the beauty of the here and now. Those simple things that really matter."
LIZANDRA's self-titled Afrikaans debut album will also be available soon and will include a special duet of the Christa Steyn hit, Ek wil vir jou, with acclaimed singer and songwriter, Joshua na die Reën, which promises to impress even the most critical ear. "The songs I chose for the album were created over a period of two years. In every season of my life, there was new inspiration and I wrote about the lessons I have learned and the things that I still want to achieve. The music on the CD is about those precious things in life, which cannot be bought and has eternal value," the star explains. "I decided to make it a self-titled album because the songs capture who I am. It's almost like an announcement to the world that I am here to stay."
The musician, who holds a music diploma in Jazz, Popular Music and Performing Arts from Tshwane University of Technology as well as a Grade 8 Music Qualification from Unisa, grew up in a musical family and has been singing since she was only five years old. She originally shot to fame in 2013, as the 'blonde girl who sings with Joshua na die Reën' after the release of his debut album for which she co-wrote a song called, Soos Altyd. Because their voices complement each other so well, they have recorded numerous duets together, including Until Love, for which they also made a music video. Since then, she has managed to establish herself as a songwriter and solo artist, who has shared the stage with some of the country's biggest stars, like Bobby van Jaarsveld, Chris Chameleon, Koos van der Merwe, Elvis Blue, Riana Nel, Touch of Class, Roan van As, Bittereinder, Len Muller, Vernon Barnard, Armand Joubert, Dozi, Karlien van Jaarsveld and many more. She was also part of Bobby van Jaarsveld's M-Net & Friends Special in 2016.
Her upcoming album was produced by Joshua na die Reën and Jason Ferreira of LittleBig Studio and mixed by Stefan Swart. It contains 13 tracks that were carefully selected to showcase this gifted artist's talent, conquer the hearts of listeners and make them sing along to the catchy tunes. The album boasts an impressive collection of genres, including Rock, Contemporary (Liefde Wen and Afrika Grond) and Pop Music, as well as some emotional ballads like Sielsvryheid. Many of the songs were written by the singer herself and she addresses themes that most listeners would be able to relate to. "I do not just want to sing about romantic love or broken hearts. There are already so many love songs out there. I feel it's necessary to address more than that with music," she explains. Her husband, Ryhno von Hagen, was also involved in the production of the album and songs like Geraas has a strong orchestral and classical influence. Seasoned guitarists like Nathan Smith and Andrew 'Rixi' Roman were involved in the creation of the background music and Joshua na die Reën also shows off his skills as pianist.
"When lyrics and melodies come together perfectly to create something that can be produced to take listeners to places, within themselves, that they did not even knew existed, you know that an artist has discovered adventure within themselves, which they cannot help but to share with others to hopefully make a difference around them. LIZANDRA WINTER has not only mastered this art, but also the skill of creating a perfect relationship between her voice and the music. I have never been so proud to be part of someone else's musical world, like I am of being part of hers," says Joshua na die Reën.
Although she is not one to plan too far in advance, LIZANDRA still has a few musical goals to achieve. She has great admiration for artists like Ed Sheeran and would love to share a stage with him someday. She would also like to record a duet with Chris Chameleon. The artist often listens to Rock music like Live, Muse, Alter Bridge and Dream Theater and credits Josh Groban, Imogen Heap and Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine as some her biggest musical influences. "I want my music to help listeners to look at themselves and life differently and make them realise what it is really all about," she says.
LIZANDRA WINTER's new single and soothing voice is not only going to make waves in the South African Music Industry, but marks the start of a very promising solo career for this talented artist. Her debut album is set to be released at the Encore Theatre Complex in Hatfield on 22 and 23 July 2017 and promises to captivate listeners from start to end.
SONGS ON THE ALBUM
Geraas
2. Winter kom
3. Tranedans
4. Die begin
5. Fluister
6. Bekende vreemdeling
7. Ek wil vir jou
8. Liefde van 'n kind
9. Kleurblind
10. Jy sien my
11. Sielsvryheid
12. Liefde Wen
13. Afrika grond
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lizandrawinter/
Twitter: @Lizandra_Winter
Instagram: @lizandrawinter
Web: www.lizandrawinter.co.za
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The special edition featured India's top-earning celebrities of 2018.
Being the only woman celeb to break into the Top Five on the Forbes India Celeb 100 list, the mag decided to feature her on their cover.
Flaunting her legs on the cover, Deepika is dressed in just a Chole ruffled blue sweater sans the pants.
With her hair worn loose and a smile pasted on her face, the actor, who ranked fourth on the Forbes India list, looks ready to take on the world.
Styled by Shaleena Nathani, the cover has been shot by Errikos Andreou, the photographer who cover Deepika and Ranveer's wedding.


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E-textiles still dressing up after 25 years of innovation
by Matt Hamblen |
The e-textile market is growing with sales of smart garments for fitness and industrial uses. (IDTechEx)
Electronic textiles are still an emerging technology for medical, sports, industrial and fashion smart garment applications even though many of the basic patents have been around for 25 years.
A new comprehensive report from IDTechEx examines that history and describes how the entire supply and demand market for e-textiles is expected to reach $2 billion in 10 years
Revenues from e-textiles products reached nearly $100 million globally in 2018, but will shoot to nearly $340 million in 2029, the researchers predicted.
The largest share of revenues in 2018 went to medical and healthcare applications (33%), then sports and fitness (19%) and military and space (18%). Enterprise workwear and personal protective equipment were next (14%), followed by other categories (12%) and fashion (4%).
The report included products that range from wearable biometric monitoring sporting gear to industrial wearables that provide heating and lighting for workers. Materials being used include conductive polymers, conductive inks and conductive yarn. Of about 200 manufacturers and suppliers researched, nearly 40 manufacturers are producing products using all three types.
One concern for the industry is how to hide electronic components in clothing and textiles, including batteries, transistors and microprocessors and antennae. Commercially available products today typically include rechargeable batteries and printed computer boards that contain the essential components.
Often these components are housed in a box, sometimes as small as matchbox or as large as a carton of cigarettes that is worn at the waist or hidden in another location on a smart garment. Sometimes the box can be removed for the clothing to be washed, but others are washable. For the boxes that are removed, designers must find fool-proof connectors, such as traditional snap fasteners or magnetic fasteners. The report looks at connector options for e-textiles in some detail, concluding that the industry has "finally started to converge towards some design standards after years of divergent approaches."
Patents filed for electronic textiles reached a peak in 2014 at nearly 675, but fell off to about 200 in 2017, according to the report. Since 2015, Samsung has filed the most patents, at 40, followed by Seiko Epson (22) and Nike (20). Going back to 2009, the biggest patentholder by far was BASF SE, with 110 patents, followed by Samsung (60) and Procter & Gamble (58).
Venture capital funding for smart textiles rallied in 2018 at more than $60 million, up from a valley of $30 million in 2017. The report notes that challenges for the technology in the past have included reliability of products, cross-compatibility and standards, materials availability and overhead costs.
The majority of e-textile companies still produce very small volumes of products, the report notes. Despite investments to attempt volume manufacturing there are "still few consistent success stories."
"However, thanks to significant investment and partnerships, some of these barriers are being lowered, with more players able to make more advanced e-textile products at less prohibitive prices," the report adds.
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Frome Town Council – Mendip Community Credit Union's first corporate member
Story posted on February 25, 2014
Above: From the left, John Warman, Sharmella Kirby, Rachel Bodle, Carolyn Read (all MCCU Frome volunteers), Nikki Cox, Toby Eliot.
FROME Town Council is delighted to announce its membership of Mendip Community Credit Union which makes them MCCU's very first corporate member.
They hope that this move will inspire others in Frome to do the same. Cllr Toby Eliot, chair of FTC's Internal Affairs Committee said, "We are proud to support the MCCU which is such a great organisation. Credit Unions provide a much more sensible way of borrowing smaller amounts than pay day or doorstep loan companies. I'd urge everyone to open a savings account with MCCU – it's so easy and 100% safe."
Mendip Community Credit Union is a mutual financial organisation whose members can borrow from pooled deposits at low interest rates; the Credit Union help local people in communities make a difference in their day to day lives, when they really need it. One such person who benefited greatly from a MCCU loan was Les:
Les had taken out a payday loan for £100 that had been rolled over, escalating to a debt of £300. He couldn't afford to clear it at the end of the month and was desperate, knowing that the problem would only get worse. The credit union paid off the loan for him and he repaid the 'Hand up' fund at £15 per week, saving £2 per week at the same time. The loan cost him £15.86 in interest – had he rolled it over for another month with the payday loan company, it would have cost him £97.15 in interest and fees.
Les had a subsequent hand up loan to clear some other debts but always kept saving. So last autumn, he was able to take out a regular (savings-based) loan to buy a car for £1400 – and he will only pay £92.70 on this loan – less than he would have paid to roll over his payday loan for one month! Whenever he visits the service point to make a repayment Les says, "The credit union saved my life!"
Another recipient was a young mum with two children under two who was having to do all her washing in the bath or pay £20 per week at the local launderette which meant she was getting behind with her rent. She was referred to the credit union by a local charity and was granted a £160 'Hand up' loan for a new washing machine. She repaid this loan at £4 per week and saved £1 per week and paid only £15.57 in interest. Had she bought a similar model on credit through one of the electrical hire-purchase shops that are springing up, it would have cost her a total of over £800!
Frome Town Council has opened a savings account with the Mendip Credit Union, an organisation entirely run by volunteers, and is working closely with Fair Frome to look at how best to develop this service for the people living in the BA11 postcode area. It is intended that the profile of the credit union facilities will be raised within the local Frome community, alongside the opening of more service points, which will enable people to access the service more easily. In addition to the library on a Saturday morning, it is hoped to open the next service point at The Key Centre in Frome shortly.
Fair Frome is a new organisation being set up to support local people to bounce back from the difficulties of living with poverty. Fair Frome will allocate funds into a loan guarantee scheme, administered by MCCU which will help people with 'hand up' loans, and offer help and support when needed. Hand up loans are for small amounts which will make a real difference to someone's life, but where the applicant hasn't saved before borrowing. Before a loan is agreed MCCU work closely with the applicant to assess their finances and put together a comprehensive budget to ensure that the proposed repayments are affordable.
The credit union is a fantastic way to help support local people and encourage responsible and fair lending to people in their hour of need. Hand up loans are particularly intended for those people who are unable to access lending in a traditional way and find themselves looking at doorstep or Pay Day Lenders as a last resort.
To find out more information about how to join simply log on to www.mendipcommunitycu.org.uk or visit the service point in Frome Library every Saturday morning, 10.00am-12.00noon.


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It's Friday folks! If ya didn't see it live last night go to the games site and watch OPEN workout 15.1 movement standards video and watch the pros knock it out.
6 Minutes Following Completion of 15.1 to find your 1RM Clean & Jerk.
We have both the scaled & Rx versions.
This should be a fun one, see you at the gym!
Be sure to wish Kristi a Happy Birthday!!!
This WOD looks like a fun one!
Partner WOD Monday!!! Call your WOD buddy and get him/her to the gym.
For this partner WOD if you are not doing the exact same weight as your partner you may set-up a second bar or swap plates quickly between rounds.
*Person 'A' does 12-9-6 while person 'B' rests, then 'B' does 12-9-6 while 'A' rests, that is one round.
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Chet Atkins' music was inspired by Chet's admiration for Merle Travis' guitar playing. Travis created complex musical patterns with the thumb of a banjo and the tip of his index finger. Not believing that audible music could be achieved with his thumb and forefinger, Chet also played with his middle finger. Chet's career as a guitarist began in 1942 and was never completely overshadowed by his phenomenal success as a record producer.
Neck And Neck is a 1990 album that featured Chet and Mark Knopfler, a guitarist who often cited Chet Atkins as one of his main influences. The album also featured Floyd Cramer, a Nashville pianist with a distinctive style and a long and distinguished recording career.
The songs on the album are:
"Poor Boy Blues" (Paul Kennerley)
"Sweet Dreams" (Don Gibson)
"There'll Be Some Changes Made" (Billy Higgins, Benton Overstreet with additional lyrics by Margaret Archer, Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler)
"Just Once" (Gibson)
"So Soft, Goodbye" (Randy Goodrum)
"Yakety Axe" (Boots Randolph, James Rich, lyrics by Merle Travis)
"Tears" (Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt)
"Tahitian Skies" (Ray Flacke)
"Meet You in My Dream" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn)
"Next Time I'm in Town" (Mark Knopfler)
Mark Knopfler became known as a guitar virtuoso with the band Dire Straits and for his scores for many films. As a fingerstyle guitarist, this album gave him a chance to play some street cred with one of the originators of electric fingerstyle guitars.
Neck And Neck is an album for guitarists who love to listen to guitar music. It's not flashy, but a showcase of the musicianship of Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler and the guitar music they love. Although Chet Atkins made his name as a record producer for many Nashville artists, he's clearly not a natural singer, but Knopfler gives his gravelly vocals the benefit of the doubt on Neck And Neck.
Neck And Neck is the record that probably introduced Mark Knopfler fans to Chet Atkins and vice versa. The selection of material is top-notch: Chet Atkins' old favorite "Yakety Ax" by Merle Travis, the lyrical "Tears" by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, and a Mark Knopfler original, "The Next Time I'm In" City. Patsy Cline made famous by "Sweet Dreams" and the classic tune "I'll See You In My Dreams" make Neck And Neck an album for true music lovers.
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Garrett Ainsworth surveys a PLS core shack.
True widths weren't available. The hole reached a total depth of 347 metres, encountering basement bedrock at 54 metres. At an 89-degree dip, downhole depths are close to vertical.
One day earlier the JV reported more scintillometer results, largely the stock in trade of this campaign's announcements, for the final 10 holes drilled from barges. The hand-held device measures drill core for gamma radiation up to an off-scale reading over 9,999 counts per second. Scintillometer readings are no substitute for assays, which are pending.
Again, true widths were unavailable. Dips ranged from -85 to -89 degrees.
The quotation marks might reflect Alpha's previous doubt that a fifth zone had been confirmed. But elsewhere in the company's October 16 news release Alpha refers unequivocally to five zones.
Now Fission's the more cautious partner. Two additional holes stepped out 195 metres grid east of the most easterly zone, R945E. Although mineralization wasn't strong, Alpha said the results extend the PLS trend by 210 metres to 1.23 kilometres. Fission, on the other hand, said the holes may extend the strike at least 200 metres. Presumably these little differences will be forgotten once Fission closes its acquisition of Alpha, which might take place in November.
Meanwhile the recently extended campaign continues with 11 land-based holes, totalling 3,700 metres, west of the lake.
True widths weren't available. The three holes targeted three parallel conductors, one of them interpreted to be the same conductor hosting the PLS discoveries 2.1 kilometres southwest.
NexGen plans "a significantly large" winter drill campaign near the mineralized holes and on targets identified by geophysics.
The company's portfolio includes a 70% option on the northeastern Athabasca Basin Radio project two kilometres east of Rio Tinto's NYE:RIO Roughrider deposits. Assays are pending from Radio's nine-hole, 3,473-metre program, which wrapped up in July.
On the southern boundary of Nunavut's Baker Lake Basin, Kivalliq Energy TSXV:KIV will acquire a 93,991-hectare property from Pacific Ridge Exploration TSXV:PEX. Subject to approvals, the deal has Kivalliq paying $55,000 to Pacific Ridge, issuing the company 600,000 shares at a deemed price of $0.25 and investing $70,000 by purchasing 1.4 million Pacific Ridge units at $0.05. Each unit would consist of one share and one-half warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable at $0.10 for a year, Kivalliq announced October 15.
The 100% acquisition doesn't include any diamonds found on the property.
True widths were estimated between 50% and 70% of intercepts.
Four zones haven't been fully evaluated, according to Kivalliq. The company plans to compile project data before planning additional work. The property lies 60 kilometres south of the hamlet of Baker Lake.
About 165 kilometres farther south, Kivalliq's 137,699-hectare Angilak project has inferred resources of 43.3 million pounds U3O8, 1.88 million ounces silver, 10.4 million pounds molybdenum and 15.6 million pounds copper. The company reported new geochemical and metallurgical results in September.
Pacific Ridge focuses on projects in the Yukon's White Gold and Klondike districts.
The news from Patterson Lake South continues to impress—even when the joint venture partners don't interpret it quite the same way. Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU says a 150-metre step-out found a "fifth high-grade zone." Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW prefers to call it a "potential" fifth high-grade zone. Either way, the September 23 news was one of three announcements last week that included an extension to an existing zone's strike length.
potential fifth zone, depending on whom you listen to.
The new or potential new zone sits about halfway between the R390E and R780E zones, which are either the second and third of four zones, or the second and fourth of five zones, along a 1.02-kilometre southwest-northeast trend. With luck future drill results will bring Alpha into agreement with Fission, thereby simplifying sentence structure.
True widths weren't available. With a -89 degree dip, downhole depths were close to vertical depths.
With an -89 degree dip, the depths were close to vertical.
True thicknesses are still to come.
Hole PLS13-087A reached a total depth of 227 metres, encountering sandstone at 50 metres and the basement unconformity at 50.9 metres.
Hole PLS13-088 reached a total depth of 296 metres, encountering sandstone at 53 metres and the basement unconformity at 54.3 metres.
Hole PLS13-094 reached a total depth of 272.3 metres, encountering sandstone at 50.7 metres and the basement unconformity at 53.4 metres.
Hole PLS13-095 reached a total depth of 275 metres, encountering sandstone at 47.6 metres and the basement unconformity at 51.7 metres.
Hole PLS13-100 reached a total depth of 263 metres, encountering sandstone at 53 metres and the basement unconformity at 53.3 metres.
Hole PLS13-102 reached a total depth of 275 metres, encountering sandstone at 58.3 metres and the basement unconformity at 58.8 metres.
Again, true thicknesses were unavailable. With dips ranging from -84 to -89 degrees, downhole depths were close to vertical. Assays are pending for these holes but this summer's drilling has extended R390E more than four-fold from last winter's 60-metre strike.
Fission acts as project operator on the current $6.95-million program. On September 18 the partners signed a definitive agreement for Fission's acquisition of Alpha and sole control over PLS, with the companies' other assets to be spun out into two separate companies.
Just one day before their shareholders were to vote on a merger with Mega Uranium TSX:MGA, Rockgate Capital TSX:RGT directors scuttled the proposal. Although a "superior" offer from Denison Mines TSX:DML led to their September 24 announcement, Rockgate directors expressed reservations, said they needed more time for due diligence and expressed interest in receiving other offers.
Read more about Mega's and Denison's competing ambitions for Rockgate.
Intercepts are estimated at 96% to 100% of true widths. Mineralization remains open in several directions, the company stated.
Rockgate plans to incorporate the 880 zone into an updated resource, likely to coincide with a pre-feasibility study scheduled for completion early next year. The company says it's been "entirely unaffected" by last year's military coup and this year's fighting between French troops and al-Qaida-linked rebels.
Brecciated core from NexGen Energy's Rook 1 drill program.
NexGen Energy TSXV:NXE updated its PLS-adjacent Rook 1 drill campaign September 25. With 3,000 metres planned, the company has sunk eight holes totalling 1,957 metres on an area about 700 metres along interpreted extensions of the PLS 3B conductor and a parallel conductor approximately 800 metres east.
"All holes intersected varying types of structural zones in basement lithologies, ranging from small fractures through to wide, heavily brecciated material," the company stated. Scintillometer readings found intercepts of elevated levels in several holes, while all eight holes reached shallow basement rock at downhole depths ranging from 48.7 metres to 82.6 metres. Weather permitting, drilling will continue to October. Winter drilling is planned for the same area.
Assays are still pending from NexGen's nine-hole, 3,473-metre campaign at Radio, where the company holds a 70% option two kilometres east of Rio Tinto's NYE:RIO Roughrider deposits on the northeastern Basin. In late August NexGen closed $5 million in private placements.
Canadian International Minerals TSXV:CIN announced on September 24 it optioned Rio Grande Mining TSXV:RGV a 75% interest in the Britts Lake East and Firebag East/Descharme claims about 35 kilometres southwest of PLS. Under the agreement Rio Grande would pay a total of $100,000 and issue Canadian International 500,000 shares. Rio Grande would also spend $250,000 by year one, $500,000 by year two and $1.5 million by year three. The companies didn't specify whether those are aggregate or separate yearly figures.
Canadian International retains a 2% NSR, of which Rio Grande may buy half for $1 million. Canadian International will act as project operator on a planned winter campaign to include radon and helium surveys, as well as lake sediment sampling on the 18,041-hectare package.
Canadian International also holds a 50% interest in each of two other Saskatchewan uranium prospects, the 4,639-hectare Coflin Lake property and the 34,762-hectare Clearwater property.
On September 25 Rio Grande announced a private placement of up to $900,000, consisting of six million units at $0.10 and another 2.5 million units at $0.12. The company also granted 900,000 options to insiders at $0.12 for five years.
A four-company strategic alliance focused on the PLS area's Western Athabasca Syndicate project reported anomalous radon and scintillometer findings on September 26. Skyharbour Resources TSXV:SYH, Athabasca Nuclear TSXV:ASC, Noka Resources TSXV:NX and Lucky Strike Resources TSXV:LKY stated an initial radon-in-water survey found nine of 291 samples measuring over 23 picocuries per litre, with the highest reaching 98 pCi/L. The anomalies appear as both clusters and discrete point anomalies, the companies added. Fission and Alpha based their initial PLS drill targets on these measurements of radon gas.
Additionally, WASP's 217-kilometre scintillometer survey found 25 areas radiating over 1,000 cps, more than twice the typical background level. More Phase II results are pending while Phase III field work continues with the intention of identifying drill targets.
To hell with uranium's low price. Another flurry of M&A activity demonstrates keen interest in projects at just about every stage. Fission Uranium's TSXV:FCU acquisition of Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW moved closer to completion with a definitive agreement announced September 18. The previous day, and more dramatically, Denison Mines TSX:DML suddenly barged into the proposed merger of Mega Uranium TSX:MGA and Rockgate Capital TSX:RGT. The Fission/Alpha deal, if completed, would put the Athabasca Basin's most celebrated exploration project under one owner, thereby making it a more attractive takeover target itself. Should Denison succeed in muscling aside Mega, it would gain Rockgate's more advanced project in Mali. In that case, Denison says, it would spin out its African assets to concentrate on the Athabasca.
continues unabated among uranium companies.
For the most part the Fission/Alpha agreement confirmed details of the proposal in which the former would issue the latter 5.725 Fission shares, plus $0.0001, for each Alpha share. As a result, Fission would get sole control of Patterson Lake South, currently a 50/50 joint venture. The other assets of each company would spin out to two separate companies, each held separately by either former Fission or former Alpha shareholders.
That would make PLS a neat-and-tidy takeover target, even though it lacks a resource estimate. The JV partners haven't even stated when a resource might be released. Project operator Fission has sunk at least 27 holes totalling 8,488 metres in the current $6.95-million campaign, but the JV has released assays for just one hole this season. For the most part the market's been following scintillometer readings, which so far have been published for 18 summer holes.
Pre-feasibility's slated for January. While work was delayed by the Mali military coup and resulting unrest, those events left the project "entirely unaffected," Rockgate has stated.
A merger with Mega would bring Down Under resources totalling 34.6 million pounds U3O8 indicated and 4.8 million pounds inferred, although the proposed sale of Mega's Lake Maitland project to ASX-listed Toro Energy would unload 20.7 million pounds indicated and 1.6 million pounds inferred (calculated at average grades of 0.05% and 0.04% respectively). The Megagate MergeCo would start off with about $22 million cash and a $55-million market cap, the two companies state. Mega also holds significant positions in other companies, including 25.2% of NexGen Energy TSXV:NXE and 10.5% of European Uranium Resources TSXV:EUU.
But on September 17, more than three months after the merger was publicly proposed and just eight days before the shareholders' vote, Denison stormed in with its offer. At 0.192 of a Denison share for each Rockgate share, Denison valued the proposal at about $26.7 million, representing a 38% premium over the Mega offer, based on September 16 closing prices.
Denison Mines TSX:DML confirmed its best-ever hole from the eastside Athabasca Basin Wheeler River project on September 11. Releasing lab assays to back up previously reported radiometric results from downhole probes, the company reported hole WR-525 with 43.8% uranium oxide (U3O8) over 12 metres, starting at 400.5 metres in downhole depth.
With 23 holes totalling 11,074 metres, Wheeler River's summer campaign has finished. But while Phoenix A continues to impress, other parts of the project so far haven't. Of 10 holes sunk in the 489 zone, only one found significant mineralization (0.4% over 3 metres, starting at 411 metres). Five others at the Phoenix North and REA areas also failed to find significant results.
The joint venture is held 60% by Denison, 30% by Cameco Corp TSX:CCO and 10% by JCU (Canada) Exploration.
On September 12 Denison unveiled a new resource for the J zone of its Waterbury Lake project. The update, entirely in the indicated category, uses a 0.1% cutoff to show 291,000 tonnes averaging 2% for 12.81 million pounds U3O8. The resource reduces the overall tonnage but increases the grade reported in a December 2012 estimate compiled for Fission Energy prior to its acquisition by Denison.
Assays from 268 holes were used for the estimate. With an east-west strike as long as 700 metres and a width up to 70 metres, the J zone generally shows mineralization at depths of 195 to 230 metres, the company reported. No capping was applied because using "high composite values uncut would be negligible to the overall resource estimate," Denison added. The crew now has a six-hole campaign following up on a DC-resistivity survey northwest along trend of the zone. Denison has a 60% interest in the project, with the Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) holding the remainder.
Denison also updated other Basin projects. Packrat has geochemical results pending, which will determine whether drilling resumes next year. Geochem results are also pending for South Dufferin, where 10 holes failed to find significant mineralization but did confirm the presence of the Dufferin Lake fault system. Crawford Lake, Moon Lake (held 45% by Uranium One TSX:UUU) and Bachman Lake (with International Enexco TSXV:IEC earning 20%) also have small drill programs underway.
highest-grade uranium deposit outside the Athabasca Basin.
Extensive geochemical sampling has helped Kivalliq Energy TSXV:KIV find new anomalous areas and determine drill targets on its 137,699-hectare Angilak project in Nunavut. Some 1,538 samples brought 387 anomalous uranium soil geochem results along the three-by-12-kilometre Lac 50 trend, as well as the Nine Iron-KU trend 5.5 kilometres south. Some of the Lac 50 anomalies were found at least 600 metres beyond existing drill holes "demonstrating much more work is warranted in these areas," the company stated on September 9. Anomalies also coincided with three electromagnetic conductor targets located 3.8 kilometres northeast, 1.8 kilometres southeast and one kilometre north of the Lac 50 resource.
Another EM target extending 8.1 kilometres from the Nine Iron zone to the KU zone showed 44 anomalous results.
In addition, Kivalliq announced a trial run suggested radiometric sorting might "efficiently identify and segregate uranium-bearing minerals" from Lac 50.
Located 225 kilometres south of Baker Lake, Angilak has a 2013 exploration budget of $4.8 million. With Canada's highest-grade deposit outside the Athabasca Basin, the project has a January inferred resource estimate using a 0.2% cutoff to show 2.83 million tonnes averaging 0.69% for 43.3 million pounds U3O8. The inferred resource also shows 1.88 million ounces silver, 10.4 million pounds molybdenum and 15.6 million pounds copper. Kivalliq operates the project in partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Somewhere there must be a considerable backlog of Patterson Lake South core waiting to be assayed. So far this year, 50/50 JV partners Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU and Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW have mostly released scintillometer readings. A preliminary indication of radioactivity, they measure gamma rays in counts per second, up to an off-scale reading above 9,999 cps. The September 12 batch comes from R780E, the third of four zones along a 1.02-kilometre southwest-northeast trend.
True widths were unavailable. Lab assays are pending.
With 25 holes totalling 7,746 metres complete by September 11, the campaign's $6.95-million, 44-hole, 11,000-metre program is well advanced. Fission acts as project operator.
With Phase I exploration complete on Zadar Ventures' TSXV:ZAD PNE project, a scintillometer has found boulders measuring 130 to 405 cps. "The anomalous boulders sampled have basement rock lithologies similar to those reported in the early stages" of Alpha/Fission's PLS, Zadar stated on September 11. The program also included taking boulder chip samples for assays and placing radon gas detector cups.
Phase II calls for additional scintillometer prospecting and boulder sampling, as well as a survey of more than 350 radon cups. The team also plans to locate the 15,292-hectare property's single historic hole. PNE lies about 11 kilometres northeast of PLS and adjacent to Patterson Lake North, a 50/50 JV between Fission and Azincourt Uranium TSXV:AAZ.
asked for more time to consider its proposal.
This week's Patterson Lake South news came not from the field or an assay lab but from the boardrooms. Separate August 26 news releases from 50/50 joint venture partners Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU and Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW revealed that talks had been underway about the former taking over the latter.
By press time August 31, neither company had made further announcements on the subject.
Read more about Fission's proposal and Alpha's response.
Read commentator Tommy Humphreys' suggestions for a combined Fission/Alpha team.
Update: On September 3 both companies announced a letter of intent for Fission to acquire Alpha. Read more.
Ashburton Ventures TSXV:ABR has wrapped up Phase I exploration at its 1,090-hectare Sienna West property about 40 kilometres southwest of the PLS discovery, the company announced on August 28. "Numerous" radioactive boulders showed gamma ray readings above 200 counts per second, with some measuring 1,500 to 1,800 cps. About 20 boulders will be assayed, the company stated. In addition 40 radon detector cups were placed, to be retrieved for analysis after 30 days.
Ashburton also cited historic, non-43-101 Geological Survey of Canada sediment samples from two lakes on the property that showed results in the 98th percentile of 909 samples from roughly 16,000 square kilometres of northwestern Saskatchewan. The lakes are two kilometres apart, suggesting the results "are not an isolated occurrence," the company added.
The Sienna project includes the 147-hectare Sienna North property contiguous with PLS's northern boundary. Two weeks earlier Ashburton reported a crew found radioactive boulders there, which were sent for assays, and placed radon cups. The company plans to identify drill targets for Sienna's next phase.
Drilling has begun at Bachman Lake, an 11,419-hectare property about four kilometres west of Cameco Corp's TSX:CCO proposed Millennium mine in the southeastern Athabasca Basin. The three-hole, 1,900-metre program will cost JV partners Denison Mines TSX:DML and International Enexco TSXV:IEC $570,000, the latter announced on August 26. The helicopter-supported campaign will test three conductors that lie 2.5 to five kilometres apart.
Enexco may earn a 20% interest by funding $500,000 by year-end. Denison, which holds a 7.4% interest in Enexco, acts as project operator. Enexco also holds a 30% interest in the 3,407-hectare Mann Lake JV 20 kilometres northeast, along with Cameco (52.5%) and AREVA Resources Canada (17.5%). In Nevada, Enexco's 100% Contact copper project now undergoes pre-feasibility.
Fission credited the find to its patent-pending System and Method for Aerial Surveying or Mapping of Radioactive Deposits, which the company says is the same technology that found the PLS boulder field. In August Fission's collaborator on the system, Special Projects Inc, flew a 12,257-line-kilometre magnetic and radiometric survey at 50-metre line-spacing over the entire property. The system can distinguish between radioactivity released by uranium, thorium or potassium, as well as determine the relative concentration of each element, Fission stated.
Along with further data analysis, the company plans to follow up with mapping and prospecting. The property underwent a seven-hole, 1,260-metre drill program in 2007 and 2008. Fission has interests in seven Basin uranium projects and one in Peru.
U3O8 Corp TSX:UWE announced August 27 that advanced discussions are underway with the state-owned mining company of Chubut province, Argentina, to form a JV. The proposal would combine U3O8's Laguna Salada uranium-vanadium project with adjoining concessions held by Petrominera Chubut SE, onto which U3O8 believes its deposit extends. The company said the deal would also "establish a framework for potential development of the Laguna Salada deposit in compliance with the stringent requirements of the current provincial mining law." The project has a preliminary economic assessment scheduled later this year.
Having acquired Calypso Uranium last May, U3O8 holds Argentina's two largest uranium deposits. The country plans to bring a third reactor online this year, boosting its proportion of nuclear energy to 9%, while a fourth reactor is out for tender and a fifth is being planned, U3O8 stated. Argentina currently imports all of its nuclear fuel.
In Colombia, U3O8's Berlin project has a December PEA for a potential uranium mine with phosphate, vanadium, nickel and rare earths credits. The company also has a uranium project in Guyana.
A $30-million settlement dating to October 2011 is being held up by a dispute between its beneficiaries. After the British Columbia government suddenly banned uranium and thorium exploration in 2009, the province eventually settled Boss Power's TSXV:BPU lawsuit out of court. But a condition required the company to surrender its exploration properties, the Blizzard properties and the peripheral B claims. According to an August 19 news release from Morning Star Resources, the settlement hasn't closed because Boss included those claims in the settlement "without the knowledge and consent of the B claims owner," Anthony Beruschi.
Morning Star said it will present its own slate of nominees for election to Boss' board at a meeting Morning Star expects to be held by mid-November "so that it can promptly close the $30-million settlement." Morning Star stated that it and its affiliates hold about 33% of Boss' shares.
More scintillometer readings from Patterson Lake South show a 47-metre interval of continuous radioactivity and a 15-metre extension to one zone. Of five holes reported August 22, three showed no sandstone above the basement unconformity. According to joint venture partners Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW and Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU, that "makes the R390E zone a potential candidate area for one of the bedrock sources of the large uranium boulder field." R390E is the second of four zones extending northeast along a 1.05-kilometre potential strike.
The hand-held scintillometer scans drill core to measure gamma rays in counts per second up to an off-scale reading above 9,999 cps. Scintillometer readings are not substitutes for assays, which have yet to come. Radioactivity will also be measured with a downhole probe.
PLS13-083's 15-metre step-out brings the R390E zone's strike to 120 metres, twice that of last winter. The zone remains open in all directions. The 50/50 JV's $6.95-million campaign of drilling and ground geophysics continues just beyond the Athabasca Basin's southwestern rim.
Update: On August 26 Fission announced a proposal to take over Alpha. Read more.
Backed by another JV partner, Azincourt Uranium TSXV:AAZ, Fission is also exploring the Patterson Lake North project adjacent to PLS and about 5.7 kilometres north of the discovery. On August 20 the companies announced completion of an airborne VTEM survey over the 27,000-hectare property's northern half.
summer/winter program for their Patterson Lake North project.
At 400-metre line-spacing, the survey flew 303 line-kilometres to provide data that might show basement conductors or enhanced sandstone alteration. Late summer and fall are scheduled for ground geophysics featuring time domain electromagnetic (TDEM) and magnetotellurics surveys. The partners have budgeted $530,000 for geophysics and about $1 million for winter drilling.
Azincourt may earn 50% of the project by paying $4.75 million in cash or shares and spending $12 million by April 2017. Fission retains a 2% NSR and acts as operator. Prior to the JV Fission had already spent about $4.7 million exploring PLN.
Adjacently southwest of PLS, Forum Uranium TSXV:FDC has begun field work on its 9,910-hectare Clearwater project. Having interpreted data from airborne surveys, Forum says the EM conductor hosting the PLS discovery and parallel conductors trend onto Clearwater in a northeast-southwest direction. Radiometrics show uranium channel anomalies and historic surveys reveal two areas with highly anomalous lake sediment samples, according to the August 20 announcement.
Clearwater's current campaign consists of prospecting with scintillometers, soil radon surveys and lake sediment sampling, along with additional ground geophysics. The company plans to begin drilling in January.
A $1.5-million private placement announced the morning of August 21 was, by late afternoon, raised to $2.25 million. On offer are up to 6.08 million units at $0.37, with each unit comprised of one share and one warrant exercisable at $0.50 for two years. Proceeds will go to Clearwater's ground geophysics and 3,000-metre campaign.
Adjacently west of PLS and contiguous with Clearwater, Aldrin Resource TSXV:ALN has begun field work on its Triple M property, according to an August 20 news release. Following up on radiometric anomalies identified by an airborne survey, the company will prospect for uranium boulders and map surficial geology. In September another crew will take surface radon samples above bedrock conductive anomalies found in an airborne VTEM survey.
The schedule calls for drilling to begin by January.
On August 19 Skyharbour Resources TSXV:SYH announced an additional $75,000 non-brokered private placement of 937,500 flow-through units at $0.08. Each unit consists of one flow-through share and one non-transferable warrant exercisable for a non-flow-through share at $0.10 for two years. No finder's fee will be paid.
The company also granted incentive stock options up to a total of 531,250 shares at $0.10 for five years. The previous week Skyharbour closed a $425,000 private placement that left the company fully funded for its portion of a $6-million, two-year program.
Skyharbour is part of the Western Athabasca Syndicate, a four-company strategic alliance with Athabasca Nuclear TSXV:ASC, Noka Resources TSXV:NX and Lucky Strike Resources TSXV:LKY that's exploring the PLS-area's largest land package.
So far this summer, three previous step-outs have extended the middle of Patterson Lake South's trio of zones. On August 8 Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW and Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU released scintillometer results from four new holes in the southern-most zone, which remains open along strike and width. Along with the results came some interesting speculation about the mineralization.
The hand-held gamma-ray scintillometer readings, which are no substitute for assays, measure radiation from drill core in counts per second. Anything over 9,999 cps is off scale.
370 cps over 1 metre, starting at 105 metres.
<300 to 2,700 cps over 14 metres, starting at 177.5 metres in approximate vertical depth.
<300 to 4,000 cps over 15 metres, starting at 73.5 metres.
300 to 490 cps over 2 metres, starting at 119 metres.
The boulder train discovery, announced in summer 2011, brought assays up to 39.6% uranium oxide (U3O8). Since then drilling has attempted to find the motherlode that spawned the glacial migration.
With $6.95 million to spend, the partners continue their 44-hole, 11,000-metre drilling and ground geophysics campaign. Fission acts as project operator until April 2014, when it swaps with Alpha.
UEX Corp TSX:UEX announced the first five holes from Shea Creek's summer program on August 6 and also provided updates about its Douglas River and Hidden Bay projects.
(which includes 5.93% over 1.4 metres).
0.23% over 1.6 metres, starting at 939.4 metres.
True widths were unavailable. Hole SHE-142 expands the zone approximately 15 metres east of the previously reported SHE-118-24 that found 1.55% eU3O8 over 19.9 metres starting at 943.7 metres, the company stated. Mineralization remains open east and southeast of SHE-142. Hole SHE-142-1 stepped out approximately 35 metres north of SHE-118-24.
Three holes sunk in the Anne South zone to test a prospective conductor found no significant results. UEX holds a 49% interest in the Shea Creek JV, in which AREVA Resources Canada acts as project operator. The companies have now incorporated their 49%/51% Douglas River JV into the Shea Creek project, saying mineralization extends from Shea Creek's northern boundary into the contiguous Douglas River property. Shea Creek sits about nine kilometres south of the former Cluff Lake mine, a 22-year operation that produced over 64 million pounds of U3O8.
an inferred category of 1.27 million tonnes averaging 1.01% for 28.19 million pounds.
UEX also announced it has shelved its 100%-held Hidden Bay project until spot and long-term uranium prices pick up. In February 2011 the company issued a preliminary economic assessment for the eastside Basin property's Horseshoe and Raven deposits.
Backed by a four-company strategic alliance, fieldwork has begun on the PLS-area's largest land package. On August 8 Skyharbour Resources TSXV:SYH, Athabasca Nuclear TSXV:ASC, Lucky Strike Resources TSXV:LKY and Noka Resources TSXV:NX announced completion of VTEM plus and radiometric surveys over their Western Athabasca Syndicate Project. After an initial review the companies decided on immediate follow-up work.
The package totals 287,130 hectares, with 275,361 hectares in the vicinity of the Fission/Alpha near-surface, high-grade discovery. On reviewing early survey data, the alliance expanded the survey for a total of 4,840 line-kilometres of VTEM plus and 4,400 line-kilometres of radiometrics to search for conductive anomalies, boulder trains and in-situ mineralization. The surveys focused on the syndicate's Preston Lake property just south, southeast and west of PLS.
While geophysicist Phil Robertshaw works out a more detailed interpretation of the airborne surveys, ground work will consist of water and soil radon sampling, biogeochemistry, lake sediment and soil sampling, prospecting and scintillometer surveying.
"By the end of September or early October we'll have spent $1.5 million, with each company contributing towards its 25% earn-in. The four companies with their respective geological teams are working harmoniously on this," he adds.
Combined, the four companies have agreed to fund $6 million of exploration over two years. Athabasca Nuclear acts as project operator.
Read more about the Western Athabasca Syndicate.
Notwithstanding some of the lowest prices in seven years, uranium continues to inspire market optimism. Price forecasts remain bullish, while money pours into exploration and development. Much of the action takes place in northern Saskatchewan where, on the Athabasca Basin's east side, Cameco Corp TSX:CCO prepares to add Cigar Lake to its producing portfolio. Further west lies a hive of activity for juniors conducting early-stage exploration. On August 6 Toll Cross Securities analyst Tom Hope spoke with ResourceClips.com about the outlook for this energy metal.
currently powered by expensive, imported fossil fuels.
What could account for such low prices coinciding with optimistic forecasts? Obviously Japan's post-Fukushima shutdowns had an enormous effect on supply. The country removed over 50 nuclear reactors from service, out of a worldwide total of about 435.
As Hope suggested in a July 24 Toll Cross Uranium Update, the commodity's record low might also be explained by a quiet sell-off. "It's just a supposition," he emphasizes. "But Japan's inventory is about 90 million pounds now, which is in my estimate at least 30 million pounds in excess of what they might need if they restart 40 of their reactors. And they must have long-term supply agreements, close to 18 million to 20 million pounds, which must go at least another two to three years. I figure they'll have at least 60 million pounds of excess inventory over the next three years, which would amount to about 20 million a year. So why wouldn't they sell it?" he asks.
While Japan keeps the uranium world waiting, Russia's state-owned company Rosatom aggressively sells its reactors and fuel to other countries. It's also picking up Western assets like Uranium One TSX:UUU. That's raised concerns that the former Soviet power has another agenda, to spread its power over a new group of dependent states. But Hope thinks Russia's mainly motivated by security of supply. The country would have a long way to go before achieving a monopoly, he says.
Nevertheless, the country's making its mark internationally. "Russia sells its technology with the guarantee of fuel supply," Hope says. "They do a package deal. That's their marketing strategy." Russia also has long-term supply agreements for European reactors that aren't of Russian design, he adds.
As the world's second-largest producer, Canada looms large over global supply thanks to the Athabasca Basin's "huge" significance. "Nowhere else on the planet do you get concentrations of 30%, 40%…. Everywhere else it's less than 1%. In the Athabasca it's around 20% most of the time," Hope says.
A radiometric probe has found the most impressive result so far from Denison Mines' TSX:DML Wheeler River project in the eastern Athabasca Basin. Of four holes reported July 24, one showed the project's highest grade-times-thickness calculation.
13% over 3.1 metres, starting at 403.7 metres.
0.3% over 3.2 metres, starting at 411.1 metres.
Intercepts are approximate true widths. The company explained eU3O8 as "radiometric equivalent uranium oxide calculated from a total gamma downhole probe." Radiometric probes are not chemical assays.
an inferred category of 6,300 tonnes averaging 51.7% for 7.2 million pounds.
an inferred category of 5,300 tonnes averaging 3.5% for 400,000 pounds.
Combined, Wheeler River's resource comes to 52.4 million pounds indicated and 7.6 million pounds inferred.
With 15 of 23 holes in three areas now complete, drilling continues. Wheeler is held 60% by project operator Denison, 30% by Cameco Corp TSX:CCO and 10% by JCU (Japan-Canada Uranium) Exploration.
This summer will also see Denison busy at seven other Basin properties: Waterbury Lake (held 40% by the Korea Electric Power Corp), Packrat, South Dufferin, Johnston Lake and Moon Lake (held 45% by Uranium One TSX:UUU, which is expected to be taken private by the Russian state-owned company ARMZ in Q3).
A four-company strategic alliance announced progress on its airborne surveys over the Patterson Lake South-area's largest land package. Jointly funded by Skyharbour Resources TSXV:SYH, Athabasca Nuclear TSXV:ASC, Lucky Strike Resources TSXV:LKY and Noka Resources TSXV:NX, the Western Athabasca Syndicate Project totals 287,130 hectares, with 275,361 hectares in the vicinity of the near-surface, high-grade PLS discovery of Alpha Minerals TSXV:AMW and Fission Uranium TSXV:FCU.
A VTEM-Plus survey has flown 720 line-kilometres in addition to the original 4,120-line-kilometre survey. The additional coverage consisted of infill and extension of conductive anomalies and structural features identified in preliminary data, the syndicate reported on July 23. Meanwhile Goldak Airborne Surveys is wrapping up a 4,400-line-kilometre radiometric program at 200-metre line spacing to measure radioactivity in outcrops and boulder trains. Goldak compiles the data using a proprietary digital acquisition system.
The VTEM-Plus and radiometric surveys also cover PLS-area properties held by Aldrin Resource TSXV:ALN and Forum Uranium TSXV:FDC, a money-saving collaboration announced in May. On July 24 Aldrin also reported the program completed VTEM-Plus infill lines and began radiometrics using 100-metre line spacing over its Triple M property.
Scheduled for August is radon sampling as well as follow-up work on any anomalies found by the radiometrics. The company hopes to start drilling next January to test basement conductors reported in June.
NexGen Energy TSXV:NXE has doubled its drill plans for Rook 1, the company announced July 24. With two rigs scheduled to start in mid-August, the campaign now calls for approximately 20 holes totalling 3,000 metres, twice the amount announced in May. Land-based, shallow drilling will test targets identified by airborne VTEM and ground gravity and DC resistivity surveys in the property's southwestern section, immediately northeast of PLS. NexGen interprets a conductor to extend from the Fission/Alpha discovery into southwestern Rook 1.
In June NexGen began a 4,000-metre campaign on its Radio project, part of a 70% earn-in on the property adjacent to Rio Tinto's Roughrider deposit.
Immediately north of Patterson Lake South lies, of course, Patterson Lake North. On July 22 joint venture partners Fission and Azincourt Uranium TSXV:AAZ announced a $530,000 summer program to start in early August.
Following up on "conductive areas of interest" found by a previous survey, an airborne VTEM max will fly 303 line-kilometres at 400-metre line spacing over the approximately 25,000-hectare property's northern half. That will be followed by a single-line 6.3-line-kilometre ground magnetotellurics survey. The property's southern portion will get a ground TDEM survey. The partners hope results will help identify targets for a drill campaign anticipated for next winter.
The companies say PLN sits within a large gravity low structural corridor that incorporates PLS, the former Cluff Lake mine and the Shea Creek deposits of UEX Corp TSX:UEX and AREVA Resources Canada. Additionally PLN shows EM anomalies that might be interpreted as an extension of the Saskatoon Lake EM conductor associated with Shea Creek.


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Q: split neural network in two nets preserving weights in python In keras I would like to use the model with the initial layers of the structure for a given trained neuralnet with the weights I got for the training process.
Going to the case: Lets imagine we have a dataset df, after spliting into train, dev and test  we train a neural network, for this example an autoencoder.
A real piece of code illustrating this concept, without providing data(i didn't consider it necessary):
from keras.models import Model
from keras.layers import Activation, Dense, Dropout, Input

# Define input layer
input_data = Input(shape=(train.shape[1],), name='Input')

# Define encoding layer
encoded = Dense(encoding_dim, activation='relu')(input_data)

# Define decoding layer
decoded = Dense(train.shape[1], activation='sigmoid')(encoded)

# Create the autoencoder model
autoencoder = Model(input_data, decoded, name='Simple AutoEncoder')

#Compile the autoencoder model
autoencoder.compile(optimizer='rmsprop',
                    loss='binary_crossentropy')

autoencoder.fit(train, train,
                epochs=50,
                batch_size=256,
                shuffle=True,
                validation_data=(dev_x, dev_x), verbose=0)

After compile and fit the model we have a neural network with their weights that we got from fitting process.
How could I use only the encoder part of this net by preserving the weight I got?

A: I believe something along this line should do the trick:
#...all the code from above, including training...

# Define the encoder model
encoder = Model(input_data, encoded, name='Encoder')

The encoder model can be treated as a fully-fledged Keras model (you can save/load/fit/evaluate/predict).

A: By training an Autoencoder, the encoder neuralnet part would be created with the encoded object that contains the trained weights of the autoencoder.
# Getting the trained weights of the first layer(dense layer of encoder)
weights_ae = autoencoder.layers[1].get_weights()[0]

# The previous code of the example...

# Creating the encoder model
encoder = Model(input_data, encoded, name='Encoder')

# Getting the weights of the encoder model
weights_e = encoder.layers[1].get_weights()[0]

So, finally it would be confirmed that by creating the model encoder would have the weights ("trainied experience") from the autoencoder.

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Christopher Hovelle Wood (* 5. November 1935 in London, England; † 9. Mai 2015) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Drehbuchautor, der besonders durch seine Drehbücher für die beiden James-Bond-Filme Der Spion, der mich liebte (zusammen mit Richard Maibaum, 1977) und Moonraker (1979) bekannt wurde.

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Christopher Wood beendete 1960 seine Ausbildung an der Universität von Cambridge mit einem Abschluss in Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften und begann als Schriftsteller zu arbeiten. Er veröffentlichte diverse Romane, viele davon unter dem Pseudonym Timothy Lea wie z. B. die Confessions-Reihe, für deren Verfilmung er ab 1974 auch an den Drehbüchern mitarbeitete.

Wood schrieb das Drehbuch für den 1977 veröffentlichten Film Königliche Hoheit in Japan (Seven Nights in Japan), bei dem Lewis Gilbert Regie führte. Gilberts nächstes Projekt war der James-Bond-Film Der Spion, der mich liebte, und er bot Wood an, das Drehbuch für den Film zu schreiben.

Christopher Wood starb am 9. Mai 2015 im Alter von 79 Jahren.

James Bond
Als Christopher Wood mit der Arbeit an Der Spion, der mich liebte begann, legte man ihm ein Drehbuch vor, an dem bereits mehrere Autoren gearbeitet hatten. Er entwickelte daraus das endgültige Drehbuch, für das er im Abspann gemeinsam mit Richard Maibaum genannt wurde. Das Drehbuch für den folgenden Bond Moonraker – Streng geheim schrieb Wood alleine.

Christopher Wood war der erste Autor, der Romanfassungen von Drehbüchern der James-Bond-Reihe schrieb. 1977 erschien die Romanfassung von Der Spion, der mich liebte unter dem Titel James Bond und sein größter Fall. Die Handlung hatte keine Ähnlichkeit mehr mit Ian Flemings Roman gleichen Titels und wurde deshalb im Original als James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me veröffentlicht. Auch Woods 1979 erschienener Roman Moonraker – Streng geheim (Originaltitel: James Bond And Moonraker) hat nur wenig Ähnlichkeit mit Flemings Roman Moonraker.

Weitere Werke
Wood schrieb auch das Drehbuch für den Action-Film Remo – unbewaffnet und gefährlich (1985) mit Fred Ward.

2006 erschien Woods Buch James Bond, the Spy I Loved, seine Erinnerungen an die Arbeit für die James-Bond-Filmreihe.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1974: Ohne Hemd und ohne Höschen – Der Fensterputzer (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
 1976: Königliche Hoheit in Japan (Seven Night in Japan)
 1977: James Bond 007 – Der Spion, der mich liebte (The Spy who loved me)
 1979: Moonraker
 1985: Remo – unbewaffnet und gefährlich (Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins)
 1988: Jagdfieber (Steal the Sky)
 1996: Criminal Pursuit – Stoppt die Bestie (The Unspeakable)
 1997: Eruption
 1999: Dangerous Curves (Stray Bullett II)

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According to the investigation, between May, 2015 and October, 2017, Hammerman, a 53-year-old resident of Fort Greene, allegedly forged the signatures of CB 6 Chair Sayar Lonial and former CB 6 Chair Gary Reilly to give himself unauthorized raises.
Hammerman's salary was $121,931 when he resigned in October, 2017 amidst accusations that he was stalking his ex-girlfriend. The forgery was discovered by the board during an internal investigation in September, 2017, just one month before Hammerman stepped down.
The Brooklyn borough president's office, which processes salary increases for community board employees, calculated that Hammerman received $38,345 in salary that he was not entitled to as a result of his alleged fraud.
The former district manager has been charged with four counts of second-degree forgery, four counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, four counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing, four counts of first-degree falsifying business records and one count of third-degree grand larceny.
He will return to court on August 8, at which time he faces up to seven years of prison if convicted of the top count.
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