A Scottish shopkeeper has shared the story of how he pounced on armed robbers after they attempted to conduct a raid.
Zaheer Barbar, 49, explained how he was able to disarm one of the men after a gun had been pointed in his face at his Spar store in Dunfermline.
This week, Keiran Pearson, 28, was jailed for five years and four months after attempting to rob the shop, despite his efforts being quickly squashed by Barbar.
The hero dad-of-two had been working in the Townhill Road shop when Pearson entered armed with a gun at around 7.25am.
Taking stock at the time, Barbar had noticed the man disappear inside the Spar and went to try and locate him.
What he found was a terrifying scene, as Pearson pointed a gun in his face in the back delivery room. However, Barbar was able to stay calm and collected, and stated his main worry was actually breaking his new glasses.
The 49-year-old told the Record: "The guy was standing at the bus stop with blue overalls on.
"He came into the shop and asked the lady at the till what time the bus was going to come at then started doing a bit of shopping.
"I was doing stock but was a bit suspicious of him. You get like that working in this field.
"My backdoor was open and the office door was open too - and suddenly he just disappeared.
"I started looking for him and when I went into the back room where we keep our deliveries he was standing there holding a gun at me.
"He started shouting at me, 'sit down, sit down' - and I just went for him.
"I had broken my glasses a week or two before, so I thought, 'Here we go, another £100 is going to disappear.'
"I put one hand on his arm which was holding the gun and just held it up, so that if he shot it would go up the way.
"I pulled his other hand away and snatched the gun off him then."
After gaining control of the weapon, Zaheer was able to take charge of the robber, only to later realise gun he was using was in fact plastic.
Zaheer said: "I thought it was real but I just needed to protect my business in that moment.
"After I snatched the gun off him he was just being a big chicken.
"I told him to go into the shop but he didn’t want to as he thought I was going to hit him.
"I don’t know why he thought that – maybe that’s happened to him before?"
Zaheer handed the weapon over to police and it was discovered to be a spring operated pistol designed to fire plastic ball bearings.
DNA was recovered from the trigger grip which provided a match for Pearson.
Pearson struck again while acting with an accomplice by staging a raid on a BP garage at Dunfermline's Bothwell Street on December 21 last year.
He and former serviceman Craig Pritchard, 42, assaulted employee Yedduri Sudheer and threatened him with a knife and hammer and robbed him of £700. Pritchard was sentenced to four years imprisonment for his part in the robbery.
Pearson, who has previous convictions for robbery, pled guilty to both offences at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
Zaheer said: "When the incident happened I didn't know he had done previous, if I knew that I probably would have done something to him.
"He said he had left a bag so I told him to get it from inside and go.
"I went to check if he had any messages left but when I got back to him he had run away around the back.
"I thought it was a real gun and I was scared, but I went for him.
"One or two people have told me I shouldn't have done it, but I've just said it's my property and I am entitled to look after it - I'm not harming anyone.
"It could have been a real gun and he could have shot me no problem, but I'm not going to stand for it."


KENNEWICK, WA.- About 20 thousand students, parents and educators across the state will participate in events to learn how to encourage kids to safely walk or ride to school on Walk to School Day, October, 9.
Kids should always use the buddy system or walk in groups whenever possible. Teaching kids to be aware of their surroundings is key and of course they should not talk to people they don't know and trust.
"We talk to kids about any time there's a safety concern or they have any kind of concern with maybe any kind of suspicious activity to report it to an adult that they know, whether that be at school or at home," said Carla Leon Lobos, Pasco School District.
The Washington Department of Transportation has given out 55 million dollars in grants throughout the state since 2005 for projects to improve student safety when they walk to school.
Walk to school day not only encourages safety but also fun! Parents are encouraged to walk along. Plus they want to encourage families to do more physical activity.


Good rule of thumb: When the most exciting thing on TV is a repeat, it's a slow night. Tonight's best bet: a second showing of the premiere episode of "NYPD Blue."
* "Bakersfield P.D." (8:30-9 p.m., WBFF, Channel 45) -- Fans of this series -- and they are not legion, but they ARE loyal -- will want to catch this first-run epi- sode. Fox is preparing to run "Bakersfield" off the air, at least for a while, so taping is recommended to get you through the lean months. On tonight's show, Denny (Chris Mulkey) is suspended from the force and sinks so low he starts selling underwear -- briefly. Fox.
* "The John Larroquette Show" (9-10 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- (( NBC is using this slow week to try and build a larger audience for Larroquette's sitcom. It begins with a first-run episode against // ABC's "Roseanne" repeat, and follows that with a repeat episode of "The John Larroquette Show," against a repeat of ABC's "Coach." Its best opportunity for drawing new viewers, however, comes this Thursday, when another "Larroquette" repeat is televised, this time pre-empting "Frasier" in the coveted time slot right after "Seinfeld." NBC.
* "Christmas on Division Street" (9-11 p.m., WBAL, Channel 11) -- This 1991 television movie, starring Fred Savage and Hume Cronyn, is about a young Philadelphia boy who befriends an elderly homeless man and becomes an advocate for improving conditions of street people. Savage's character is named Trevor Atwood, but is based on the real-life Trevor Ferrell, whose similar exploits began in 1983, when he was 11 years old. CBS.
* "NYPD Blue" (10-11 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- Came in late to the "NYPD Blue" party? Or have yet to arrive at all? Then by all means, take this opportunity to visit the initial episode, which introduced the characters that since have become the most compelling people on a prime-time serial drama. And if you've been a faithful viewer of "NYPD Blue," it's worth watching for the pleasures of hindsight -- the knowledge that comes from knowing what will happen in later episodes between Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and the district attorney (Shannon Cochran), and Kelly (David Caruso) and the patrol woman (Amy Brenneman). ABC.
* "PT 109" (8:05-11:05 p.m., TBS) -- It seems like only a month ago that ABC presented its "JFK: Reckless Youth" miniseries, one of the highlights of which was a lengthy recounting of young John Kennedy's exploits aboard the ill-fated PT boat 109. Actually, it WAS only a month ago, to this very day. And that dramatization was a lot less reverent than this 1963 film starring Cliff Robertson, made the year JFK was assassinated. Robert Culp co-stars.


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Milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.) belongs to Asteraceae family and is native to Mediterranean basin, its edible fleshy stem and sprouts (germinating seeds) have antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anticancer and hypolipidemic folk medicinal use (Vaknin et al., 2008; Sarwar et al., 2011). It is also found in semi-arid areas of Wadi Gaza, Gaza Strip and Palestine (Abou Auda et al., 2009; El-darier et al., 2001). It is a medicinally important plant, also a wide spread weed in NWFP, causing greater than 37% loss in wheat yield (Khan et al., 2009). High rain and low temperature favors its growth while the high plant density (e.g., wheat) can temporarily suppress its growth (Marwat and Khan, 2007). Nitrogen fertilization can also affect its growth. It possesses a significant positive effect on plant height, number of capitula per plant and seed yield but a significant negative effect was found on silymarin and silybin contents of seeds (Omidbaigi and Nobakht, 2001). Seeds of S. marianum are of great medicinal importance. Its seeds are the rich source of carbohydrates (37.72%) and few fractions of important minerals e.g., Zn, Ca, Fe, Mg etc. (Ahmad et al., 2007). Oil obtained from its seeds contain linolenic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acid and proteins (aspartic acid, glycine, glutamic acid and cysteine are among major amino acids).
Phenolic extracts of S. marianum has the great potential to stop the thioacetamide induced toxic effects in rats liver (Madani et al., 2008). These extracts can reduce the hazardous effects of aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin induced by thioacetamide in rats liver. Silymarin is a hepatoprotective flavonolignan extract of S. marianum seeds whose quality and quantity in fruits depends upon the growing conditions of plant (Hasanloo et al., 2005; Hussain et al., 2011; Shokrpour et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2005). As the fruits from green house plants showed the least contents of silymarin. Without any side effects it protects the wistar rats liver from the adverse effects of less food supply, also known as food restriction (Dehghan et al., 2010). Food restriction causes a deleterious decrease in the livers glucose, triglyceride and protein contents, which was highly inhibited by the application of S. marianum extracted silymarin. A frequent exposure to Ultraviolet (UV) radiations causes many skin problems, Vaid and Katiyar (2010) while reviewing previous studies proposed the protective effects of silymarin against UV exposures. According to their views silymarin is obtained from fruits and seeds of S. marianum and has the photoprotection, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity. Silibinin is another medicinally important flavonolignan of S. marianum, showed the potential to induce the differentiation of hair follicle stem cell into neuron cells (Nobakht et al., 2011). Moreover it also showed the neuroprotective activity during the experiment. Silibinin is a nontoxic compound and stops the proliferation of cancer through the inactivation of tumor causing Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 (HIF-1) (Maceira and Mateo, 2009). It also caused the inhibition in the release of hypoxia-induced Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and activates Akt-signaling which ultimately inhibits the tumor.
In a recent study conducted by Hussain et al. (2010) the distribution of S. marianum and its folk therapeutic significance in the NWFP areas of Pakistan was evaluated. The studied area includes Abbottabad, Haripur, Hattar, Hawailian, Kanagrra Colony, Kot Bandi, Kot Najeebullah and Mansehra. In these areas it proliferates wildly from October to May covering 20-52% area with maximum distribution in Haripur where it represents 52% of total plant species. Large distribution of milk thistle in Haripur might be due to its use as a food for humans and camels. Many other medicinal plants e.g., Achyranthes aspera, Berberis lyceum, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Dodonaea viscosa, Pinus sp., Solanum nigrum, etc. were also found but S. marianum covers relatively larger land than other species in most of the studied areas. A total of 180 peoples were interviewed to access its medicinal significance in 8 areas of NWFP. Out of which ninety were hakims and others were local peoples that were questioned, it was found that the knowledge of its medicinal values was scarce in local peoples. The local community of all 8 areas has some different uses of milk thistle. They use it as vegetable, fodder and firing material but some medicinal uses such as for hepatitis, digestive, blood and skin problems were also known to them. The hakims of NWFP prescribe it for hepatitis A-C, cancer, liver, skin and stomach problems. The medicinal knowledge of S. marianum was not equally well known among hakims of all localities. Some people preferred its use as a whole plant while majority use its seeds only. Thus from the study of NWFP areas it can be concluded that despite of having many medicinal plants S. marianum keeps its own significance. In these areas S. marianum is well known of its medicinal uses and its distribution is independent to the presence of other species. The large distribution of this species to many areas can be ascribed to its variety of local uses by the peoples of that area.
S. marianum also known as milk thistle is a potential medicinal plant in NWFP, Pakistan. It is wildly distributed in many areas of NWFP where it is under extensive folk therapeutic use. Its phytochemical may have protective nature against cancer, liver, stomach and neural health problems. Due to its anti-oxidant property it has the potential in the treatment of various diseases. Its use in non-cultivated areas of NWFP can be promoted so that its weedy nature may not cause any harm to crop plants.
- Nobakht, M., S. Asalgo, N.R. Rooshandel, K. Mousavizadeh and N. Najafzadeh, 2011. Effects of silibinin on hair follicle stem cells differentiation to neural-like cells. Am. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol., 1: 212-222.
- Vaid, M. and S.K. Katiyar, 2010. Molecular mechanisms of inhibition of photocarcinogenesis by silymarin, a phytochemical from milk thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn). Int. J. Oncol., 36: 1053-1060.
- Dehghan, A., A.A. Mahjoor, H. Bazyar and K. Zangili, 2010. Effects of silymarin and food restriction on hepatic and pancreatic functions in wistar rats. Asian J. Anim. Vet. Adv., 5: 136-142.
- Madani, H., M. Talebolhosseini, S. Asgary and G.H. Naderi, 2008. Hepatoprotective activity of Silybum marianum and Cichorium intybus against thioacetamide in rat. Pak. J. Nutr., 7: 172-176.
- Omidbaigi, R. and A. Nobakht, 2001. Nitrogen fertilizer affecting growth, seed yield and active substances of milk thistle (Silybum marianum). Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 4: 1345-1349.
- El-darier, S.M., S.A. Kamal and R.S. Youssef, 2001. Diuretic plant ecology and medicine in the Western Mediterranean coastal region of Egypt. J. Medical Sci., 1: 258-266.
- Vaknin, Y., R. Hadas, D. Schafferman, L. Murkhovsky and N. Bashan, 2008. The potential of milk thistle (Silybum marianum L.), an Israeli native, as a source of edible sprouts rich in antioxidants. Int. J. Food Sci. Nutr., 59: 339-346.
- Smith, W.A., D.R. Lauren, E.J. Burgess, N.B. Perry and R.J. Martin, 2005. Silychristin isomer and variation of flavonolignan levels in milk thistle (Silybum marianum) fruits. Planta Med., 71: 877-880.
- Abou Auda, M.M., K.F. El-Sahhar and N. Deeb, 2009. Phytosociological attributes of wadi Gaza area, Gaza strip, Palestine. Int. J. Bot., 5: 261-269.
- Khan, M.A., R.E. Blackshaw and K.B. Marwat, 2009. Biology of milk thistle (Silybum marianum) and the management options for growers in North-Western Pakistan. Weed Biol. Manag., 9: 99-105.
- Shokrpour, M., M. Moghaddam, S.A. Mohammadi, S.A. Ziai and A. Javanshir, 2007. Genetic properties of milk thistle ecotypes from Iran for morphological and flavonolignans characters. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 10: 3266-3271.
- Hasanloo, T., R.A. Khavari-Nejab, E. Majidi and M.R.S. Ardekani, 2005. Analysis of flavonolignans in dried fruits of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn from Iran. Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 8: 1778-1782.
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US 5906488 A
Holding device for use with a tool for mechanical tightening of a screw connection in a bone-anchored dental implant without the tissue which surrounds the implant being stressed, the holding device having a first part which rotationally locks to the implant, an arm rigidly connected to the first part, and extending at essentially right angles from the first part, and an additional part engaging a stationary part of a tightening tool so that undesirable rotation movements are prevented during tightening of the screw connection. The additional part which engages the stationary part of the tightening tool during tightening of a screw connection is mounted pivotably on arm and additional part is pivoted relative to arm to allow release of the tightening tool from the holding device after tightening the screw connection.
1. Holding device for use with a tool for mechanical tightening of a screw connection in a bone-anchored dental implant without the tissue which surrounds the implant being stressed, said holding device comprising;
a first part having means for rotationally locking to the implant,
an arm rigidly connected to the first part, said arm extending at essentially right angles from said first part, and
an additional part having means for engaging a stationary part of a tightening tool so that undesirable rotation movements are prevented during tightening of the screw connection, and
wherein said additional part having means for engaging the stationary part of the tightening tool is mounted pivotably on said arm and said additional part is pivoted relative to said arm to allow release of the tightening tool from the holding device after tightening the screw connection.
2. Holding device according to claim 1, wherein said additional part has means for engaging the stationary part of the tightening tool comprises a U-shaped fork, said U-shaped fork having a base pivotably mounted in a bearing, said bearing extending at right angles to both said arm and said first part, said U-shaped fork further comprising shanks extending from the base, wherein said U-shaped fork is positioned during tightening of a screw connection so that said shanks are essentially parallel to a longitudinal center line of said first part and engage said stationary part of the tightening tool, thereby holding the stationary part of the tightening tool and preventing undesirable rotation movements, and said U-shaped fork is positioned after tightening of a screw connection so as to disengage shanks from said stationary part of the tightening tool.
3. Holding device according to claim 2, wherein said first part has means for rotationally locking to the implant is tubular, and further comprises a through channel for receiving a screwdriver tool therein, a lower external portion having external counter-holding surfaces corresponding in shape to an internal recess in the screw connection, and an upper elongate portion of smaller diameter than said external portion, wherein only the external portion contacts the internal recess of the screw connection thereby avoiding bearing between the internal recess of the screw connection and said first part.
4. Holding device according to claim 3, wherein said bearing is provided with one or more holes extending into a bearing through channel, thereby allowing access of autoclaving steam or cleaning fluid into the bearing through channel.
5. Holding device according to claim 3, wherein said pivotable fork has biasing means, wherein said biasing means bias said pivotable fork to one or more distinct positions.
The present invention relates to a device for use with a tool for mechanical tightening of a screw connection in a bone-anchored dental implant without the tissue which surrounds the implant being stressed. The arrangement will hereinafter be called a counter-holder.
The counter-holder comprises a first part, which is to be rotationally locked to the implant, and a second part forming an arm which is rigidly connected to the first part and which extends out essentially at right angles from the first part and is provided with a part which interacts with the stationary part of the tightening tool so that undesirable rotation movements are prevented during the tightening of the screw connection.
A counter-holder of this type is already known from SE 8903797-2 and is used together with drilling equipment during the dental operation for tightening the screw connection which secures the so-called spacer against an anchoring element, preferably a titanium screw, a so-called fixture, implanted in the bone. With this known counter-holder, controlled, mechanical tightening of a screw connection of a dental implant is possible without any torque being taken up by the bone, that is the screw (the fixture) remains unstressed during mounting itself.
As can be seen from FIG. 2 in SE 8903797-2, the counter-holder has a first, tubular part, the base portion of which is provided with an internal space adapted to the spacer so that the spacer is locked and cannot be rotated in relation to the tubular part after the tubular part has been slipped over the spacer. Accordingly, the internal space is in the form of a hexagonal recess in order to fit the cylindrical, hexagonal upper portion of the existing spacers. The internal hole through the tubular part has a diameter such that the screwdriver tool of the drill can rotate freely in this space.
The tubular part is rigidly connected to a fork, the base of which extends essentially at right angles to the center line of the tubular part and the shanks of which are essentially parallel to said center line. The fork is U-shaped and is positioned with one shank on each side of the handpiece of the drill. The shanks have such a length that they extend beyond the diameter of the handpiece. As a result of this, the tightening torque will be taken up by the shanks of the fork instead of stressing the spacer and thus the fixture.
When a predetermined screw tightening torque has been achieved, the handpiece of the tool offers resistance to one shank of the fork. The tightening torque gives rise to a reaction torque which is the same as the tightening torque but in the opposite direction, which means that the tissue which surrounds the implant remains unstressed.
When the predetermined screw tightening torque has been achieved, the tightening tool and the counter-holder are to be removed, which can sometimes be difficult since the handpiece of the tool bears against one shank of the fork with the force which has been built up in the system. When the tool and the counter-holder are to be removed, this force must be released and there is then a risk that the tool or the implant are still stressed inadmissibly.
Instead of the metal spacers which have mainly been used until now, and which are also described in the abovementioned Swedish patent, it is also previously known to use ceramic distance pieces which, like the earlier metal spacers, are secured against the fixture with the aid of a distance screw which is screwed down into a drilled hole in the fixture with the aid of the tightening tool. There are advantages in using ceramic distance pieces instead of the metal distance pieces which were mostly found on the market until now, mainly for aesthetic reasons because the ceramic material is more similar to the surrounding teeth than metal material, but also because the ceramic material can be prepared and more easily individually shaped so that the outer shape of the distance piece is adapted to the anatomical situation in each individual case.
But there are also disadvantages with the ceramic material, mainly in terms of its strength. The material is more brittle and can fracture, especially if too great stresses occur in the material during tightening against the fixture. There is therefore also a risk of fractures in the material when the tool and the counter-holder are to be removed after tightening as a result of the abovementioned "locking" of the tool against one shank of the fork.
One purpose of this invention is to produce a counter-holder which allows the removal of the tool and the counter-holder after tightening, that is allows the release of the "locking force" which has been built up in the system during tightening.
In one type of ceramic spacer which has now been proposed, the external "counter-holding surfaces" in the form of a hexagonal portion which is present on the metal spacers is also dispensed with instead the ceramic distance piece has an internal channel with counter-holding surfaces, for example a channel with a hexagonal cross-section. This shape means that the counter-holder which is described in the abovementioned Swedish patent cannot be used for tightening the screw connection with a ceramic distance piece as the tubular part in this case has an internal hexagonal recess intended to be slipped over and to interact with the external hexagon of the metal spacers.
A further purpose of this invention is therefore to produce a counter-holder of the abovementioned type which can also be used in tightening screw connections with distance pieces, mainly ceramic, of the type which lacks external counter-holding surfaces in the form of a hexagon or the like.
According to the invention, the counter-holder is characterized in that that part of the arm which is rigidly connected to the first, tubular part, and which interacts with the stationary part of the tightening tool, is movably arranged on the arm in order to allow folding down/stress-relief and release of the tightening tool after tightening has been completed.
This part preferably consists of a U-shaped fork, the fork arranged pivotably on the arm of the counter-holder so that it can be pivoted forwards or backwards and in this manner release the stationary part of the tightening tool.
The invention will be described in greater detail below with reference to the attached drawing which shows a few examples of how the counter-holder can be designed.
FIG. 1 shows the counter-holder together with a machine for tightening a distance screw in a dental implant, and
FIG. 2 shows in greater detail how the counter-holder itself can be designed.
FIG. 1 shows the handpiece 1 of a drill of a known type which is used in association with dental implant operations. The drill is used for both drilling holes in the jawbone and tightening screw connections in the implant system. In this case, the drill is provided with a screwdriver 2 intended to interact with the screwdriver groove in the distance screw 3' which secures the spacer 3 against the upper portion of the fixture 4. The threaded portion of the distance screw is intended to engage with an internally threaded recess in the upper portion of the fixture for securing the distance piece 3 against the fixture 4.
When the spacer is secured against the fixture, it is important that the screw connection is not tightened so that the bone is stressed via the fixture, which could jeopardize the anchoring of the fixture in the long run. In order to counteract such inadmissible stress, use is made of a so-called counter-holder 5 which consists of a first, tubular part 6, the base of which in use adjoins the distance member and is rotationally locked in relation thereto, and through which the movable part of the drill, the screwdriver 2, can run and rotate freely during tightening, and a second, fork-shaped part 7 which interacts with the stationary part of the drill, the handpiece 1.
As described in greater detail in the abovementioned Swedish patent 8903797-2, the tightening torque does not stress the bone via the fixture as the fork-shaped part 7 interacts with the handpiece 1 and prevents undesirable rotation of the spacer and the fixture.
The fork-shaped part 7 is arranged on an arm 8 which is rigidly connected to the first, tubular part 6 and extends essentially at right angles out from the first part. The fork is U-shaped with a base 7' which extends in the transverse direction in relation to the arm 8 and two shanks 9, 9' of such a length that they extend beyond the diameter of the handpiece 1 of the drill.
The tubular part 6 has a through-channel 10 for the screwdriver tool in which it can run and rotate freely during tightening and a lower portion with an external hexagon 11 intended to engage with a corresponding hexagonal recess in the spacer 3 for rotational locking of the counter-holder in relation to the spacer. In the event that a ceramic spacer is being used, the whole channel as far as the shoulder for the screw head of the distance screw is preferably designed with a hexagonal cross-section, the lower portion 11 of the tubular part 6 engaging with this cross-section while an upper, elongate portion 12, of smaller diameter and without counter-holding surfaces, can run freely in the channel of the spacer. The fact that only the lowest portion 11 of the tubular part 6 of the counter-holder is provided with counter-holding surfaces for rotational locking reduces the risk of fractures in the ceramic material. The lower portion 11 can if appropriate be slotted, that is the six individual counter-holding surfaces are separated by means of slots which makes them somewhat resilient.
FIG. 1 shows the tool, the counter-holder and the implant on the one hand separated (a) and on the other hand while subjected to tightening torque (b) when the screwdriver of the tool is inserted into the tubular part of the counter-holder and the shanks surround the handpiece of the tool.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, the fork 7 is pivotably mounted on the arm 8 in a bearing 13 in order to allow adjustment (folding up or folding down) of the fork so that both the shanks 9, 9' surround the handpiece 1 while subjected to tightening torque, but are folded away after tightening of the distance screw has been completed in order to allow release of the handpiece 1 of the tightening tool. The fork can be freely pivotable forwards/backwards/round. It can however be spring-loaded so that it assumes a distinct position, for example an upright position, when it is not acted upon and does not fall down by itself. Alternatively, it can assume a folded-down position, as is shown in FIG. 2, the operator folding up the shanks before tightening the distance screw so that they surround the handpiece with one leg on each side and supports them easily with the hand while subjected to tightening torque so that they do not fall down. The bearing 13 itself can consist of a rectangular or cylindrical block which extends in a direction transverse to the arm 8, with a through-channel for the base 7' of the fork, which forms a bearing surface.
In order to allow access for autoclaving steam to the bearing surf aces during the cleaning/sterilizing process, the bearing 11 is provided with one or more through-holes 14 to the through-channel.
The drill is preferably designed in such a manner that when a preset tightening torque has been achieved, the machine stops. In this position, the handpiece of the machine offers resistance to one of the shanks 9, 9' with the force which has been built up in the system. According to the invention, the operator then pivots the fork 7 out of the way so that the handpiece is released and can carefully be lifted away from the distance piece together with the counter-holder. No undesirable bending moment or forces affect the ceramic spacer.
The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown as an example but can be varied within the scope of the patent claims below. For example, to facilitate cleaning, the bearing 13 can be demountable, in which case the base 7' of the fork can be mounted in a recess in the side of the bearing instead of in a channel through it. The fork can then be retained in the recess with the aid of resilient tongues which have been screwed firmly in the bearing piece. In this manner, the abovementioned distinct position can in this case also be obtained for the pivotable fork.
It is also clear that shapes other than hexagons can be used in order to provide the desired locking between the spacer and the counter-holder part.


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Skip to comments.Putinís vengeful plan to take back the old Russian†empire
Posted on 05/03/2014 1:46:56 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Putin has become a Great-Russian nationalist, a bigoted throwback to the days before the Bolsheviks arrived. His intent is to regain all the lands that once belonged to the czars.
When President Obama declared in March that Putin has no ideology, he betrayed his ignorance of both history and Putin. Whos briefing this guy?
Putins ideology is nationalism, the only belief system that may have killed as many human beings as Marxism. And when a post-modern talk-talk America president faces a Russian leader whos a man of action and whose concept of nationhood refers to the late 19th century, our cherished negotiations merely seal the deal on what Putins already taken (anyone really think hell give back Crimea and flee from eastern Ukraine?).
Obama talks, Putin kills.
And make no mistake, Putin truly believes hes entitled to reclaim Ukraine and a great deal more. In his view, independent capitals from Warsaw (yes, Warsaw) to Bishkek are integral and natural parts of the Russian imperium. He regards them as property stolen from its rightful owner: Moscow.
The Putin Doctrine gives Moscow the right, in his view, to intervene wherever ethnic Russians or merely Russian speakers are threatened.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The Putin Doctrine provides a justification for ethnic cleansing of ethnic Russians from other countries.
“Putins ideology is nationalism, the only belief system that may have killed as many human beings as Marxism. “
This makes me think of those parody articles warning of the dangers of di-hydrogen monoxide, because it has killed millions of people.
Unique among nations, Russia has nationalism! Evil!
It’s good America is not so evil, because we have no nationalism at all.
A lack of nationalism is completely ideal.
The states that give up their culture and identity in europe for an unelected bureaucracy and unimpeded immigration are best.
It’s not “nationalism” that is evil. Just what Russia does with theirs.
In the next century, nations as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority. National sovereignty wasn’t such a great idea after all. - Strobe Talbot, Deputy Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, Time Magazine, 1992
Manifesto for a rebirth of Russia.
Author: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, first published in Moscow 1990.
Enough, says Russia's most influential living writer, enough of party bureaucracy, enough of Communist power, enough of a society built on lies. What is needed are not the half-measures of perestroika but a root-and-branch reform that will give the Russians back their country and revitalise the traditional values of the people...
Vladimir Putin, now prime minister after eight years as president, was among the mourners who stopped to express his condolences.
Putin later called for Solzhenitsyn's works to become an important part of Russia's school curriculum.
"Together with the entire nation, he lived through a great tragedy of repressions," Putin said in a televised meeting with Russia's education minister. "But he not only lived through it, but ... by his works and his entire life, he inoculated our society against tyranny in all its forms."
Just look at that face! So benevolent. Who would think he’d disband a church for holding Sunday school classes?
Putin is not a nationalist. No patriot would steal as he has from the people of Russia. Putin is about Putin. And protecting his kleptocracy. He is a dangerous man who dreams of recreating the USSR and being buried in Lenin tomb.
When I read this my 1st thought was, “nationalism is within our own borders, think LaRaza. They believe that we stole their land and they have vowed to take it back.”
Islamists would like to conquer us and either convert us to their religion or subject us to 2nd class citizen status.
Best we develop a bit of our own nationalism before we lose our country.
Interesting, do you have a source you can share about that?
Your are right. Putin’s desire is to recreate the imperial Russia of the tsars.
Putin has the mentality of the Tsars. They both believe the Russian people are a cow to be milked and nothing more.
Yeah, I do. But I’m in the middle of a bunch of crap right now. Give me maybe 30-45 minutes.
Bingo. Leave it to someone the buy into the U.N.’s definition of the problems with Nationalism.
Nations that want sacrosanct borders are evil.
Nations that want to maintain their own culture are evil too, if they aren’t in Africa or the Middle-East, and only then if not Israel.
Nations are evil if they arm for conflict, discouraging adventurism amongst their enemies.
The U.N. has no territory, no citizens, and no right to make decisions for any sovereign nation.
Time to cut the power at Edison.
Learn to read between the lines.
Why don’t you help me read between the lines?
It’s not something one can teach. I suggest you carefully and thoroughly read both articles at the links you gave me and try to work out just why certain denominations might not be welcome to teach unless they had the required permission to do so.
No. Apart from reading that the Russian authorities do not approve of certain denominations, then there’s nothing with which you can help, if you choose not to do so.
Your initial comment that Sunday Schools were closed down in Russia was just a little narrow imo. I’m sure that those denominations which have the required permission to teach have no problems operating Sunday Schools.
If Russia doesn’t want certain protestant denominations whose origins are from foreign countries, there’s little you or anyone else can do about it.
The idea of certain denominations using religion to undermine a government shouldn’t come as a total surprise to you, should it? Don’t you wish the same applied to islam, which isn’t a religion but a cult bent on domination?
Freedom of religion is somewhat of a two-edged sword, as we are all discovering. Islam gets all the freedom, and we get nothing. Using religion as subversion is not going to be tolerated in Russia, and that might be a good thing in the long run.
Yes, Putin will beat back Islam from Russia’s shores.These Muslims of today once were allies of fascists whom communist Russia abhorred.That has not changed much. They merely wax more Islamofascist that they did in 1945 under the Grand Mufti of Palestine,Mohammed Amin al-Husseini , Hitlers ally.
Its a variant remake of the old Communist/Fascist war, but
we have NATO Euroweenies confusing the issue along with the USA’s lead Muslim, BH Obama.Putin will continue handing Obama his own arse for a very long time.
Russia’s continued low-level harassment of the Roman Catholic Church doesn’t fit within your theory. How can that be excused under the rubric of state security?
I’m no prophet, but the statements of the current Pope don’t instil any confidence in me, so take it or leave it and let Russia make its own decisions.
They are obviously quite happy with their Orthodox beliefs. Surely you’re not advocating that NATO acts in any way against Russia because the Vatican isn’t happy?
It’s bad enough the Tartar muslims threatened to bring their jihad fighters home from Syria if NATO didn’t do something to assist them to achieve autonomy in the Crimea.
NATO committed War Crimes in Libya. The only reason they have been unable to do the same in Syria is because you-know-who stood in their way.
The Tartar muslims want NATO to do for them what NATO did in Kosovo and Libya.
NOT THIS TIME.
Sides change. Meaning the totalitarian USSR is not what Russia is today, and Reagan’s USA is not what we have today. NATO and the EU are slime, and as usual, 0bastard’s foreign policy is wrong 100%. Even a stopped clock is right by accident twice a day.
After the meeting, Dzhemilev told VOAs Russian service he feared Crimean Tatars could be the targets of violence under Russian rule, and he would like to see international peacekeepers deployed to Crimea.
We have serious fears about what can happen there, and asked for the introduction of U.N. peacekeeping forces, he said. But since that is something decided by the U.N. Security Council, where Russia has the right to veto, this is quite unlikely.
A second option, Dzhemilev said, would be to send in NATO forces, as was done in Kosovo.
WHO ARE THE CRIMEAN TARTARS?
....Some of the children of the deportedraised in Uzbekistan and now adultshave returned to become leaders. Refat Chubarov, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, the representative body of the Tatars, has called on his peoplethere are now approximately 300,000 Tatars in Crimeato peacefully boycott the referendum. Nevertheless, some Crimean Tatars have vowed to oppose secession, with force if necessary.
According to Western press reports, some Tatars fighting with the rebels in Syria have offered to return to join the cause...
The tribute to Solzhenitsyn and the inclusion of his works in the Russian curriculum really aught to tell us something.
It tells me a lot.
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.
Kosovo independence: Russia warns of separatist storm
Christian Science Monitor ^ | February 20, 2008 | Fred Weir
Posted on 04 May 2014 02:51:18 PM by Mount Athos
Russian President Vladimir Putin charges that Western support for the newly declared state, torn from Serbia this week, is “immoral and illegal” behavior that will provoke a global storm of separatism and explode the international order.
[Mr. Dugin]”We should embrace the same double standards that the West practices,” he says. “Russia will crush separatism on its own territory even more drastically than before, while supporting pro-Russian separatists elsewhere. It will be easy to explain this to the Russian people. It’s the end of so-called morality-based foreign policy; now only power decides.”
Agreed in spades!
Perhaps the Orthodox Church in Russia doesn’t see homosexuality as a religious right?
Meet the Christian Leaders Who Are Suing for Gay Marriage as a Religious Right
http://news.yahoo.com/meet-christian-leaders-suing-gay-marriage-religious-144736933.html ^ | May 3, 2014 | Solvej Schou
Posted on 04 May 2014 06:35:06 AM by lbryce
Rev. Nancy Ellett Allison has joyfully officiated same-sex marriages in her corner of the conservative South since 2006.
It is just a delight to be able to help these couples celebrate their lives together and work with them to craft their vows, said Allison, her bright voice laced with a twang.
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Files and folders contain personal data, pictures, documents, video files, and lots more things you always want to keep. But what if something happened with your laptop or system, and you would have to leave the computer to some tech guy? Would you leave your data along with it? Sometimes you have to leave the drive as well for diagnostics.


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So what do you do when unexpectedly, everything but parks in your town is closed? If you answered: go to a park and play disc golf, we are in the same boat. You go there and you take a piece of paper and a pen to follow yours and your friends' scores. After a couple times a little imaginary bulb lights up over your head. The idea is here. Let's track it them on your phone. Golf score trackers online? Many. But then you find that they add features you will never use and they want you to pay. You want a simple tracker though. What do you do? Build one!
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I like having goals even if I'm making them for myself. I write them down on sticky notes and put them on my laptop. This way they remind me every day what I should do next. So what are they currently saying?
- SEO: I'm totally new to this. It would be nice to see my page showing up in Google, not only when I put site:myscore.golf in the search bar. Organic traffic is the traffic we always hope for. That being said, let me know if you have tips and tricks for me.
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Australian Vintage is one of Australia’s largest vineyard owners with over 2,600 hectares under vine, growing and sourcing premium grapes from some of Australia’s most iconic wine regions including Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills in South Australia, Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Murray Darling in Victoria/New South Wales and the Riverland region of South Australia.
The company’s pillar brands include Tempus Two, Nepenthe, McGuigan Wines and Barossa Valley Wine Company.
External auditors, National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) and Sci-Qual International, conducted the recent audits, with no corrective actions required, showing Australian Vintage’s true commitment and understanding of sustainable winegrowing practices from grape to glass.
Australian Vintage senior viticulture manager Jurie Germishuys said, “The SWA certification supports Australian Vintage in progressing our sustainability roadmap – incorporating regenerative agriculture practices and monitoring impact.”
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Fresh on the heels of her newly released album, “Loud,” Rihanna is making the media rounds and doing some serious talking.
From her “f– you” chain controversy to her latest flame, the pop star isn’t holding back. As it turns out, the rumored romance between Rihanna and Drake was actually real.
In an interview with radio host Angie Martinez, the singer opens up about her “What’s My Name” collaborator and whether or not the two actually dated. “We weren’t really sure what it was,” Rihanna told Martinez.
Regardless of their relationship title - and the fact that Drake was quoted as saying he felt like he was Rihanna’s “pawn” - RiRi says that she and the Young Money crooner were definitely into each other.
“I definitely was attracted to Drake, but I think it is what it is, like it was what it was,” she said. “We didn’t want to take it any further. It was at a really fragile time in my life, so I just didn’t want to get too serious with anything or anyone at that time.”
Rihanna is currently dating L.A. Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp (who she claims loves her duet with Drizzy).
Changing topics and radio shows, Rihanna also made a stop by the Ed Lover and Malikha Mallette set to address blogs and particularly the commenters, for whom she had some harsh choice words.
“I’m a lot more numb to it now only because I understand what it is. It’s a community for people who don’t have anything else to do and hate themselves, they hate their life, they hate their job, they hate their appearance,” she said before continuing with, “they are uncomfortable with who they are so what makes them feel good is talking smack about other people who they think they will never ever see in their life and they happen to be celebrities.”
guess no one remembers the news articles about rihanna having herpes...why do rich celebrities chase a burning badger like her? and that forehead? uggh...her eyes are chasing her chin and leaving her forehead behind.
Its unfortunate that people have to tear others down to make themselves feel better. Rihanna may not be your cup of tea and you may not think she is beautiful, but remember that people feel the same way about your and your face.. so you should take time and not worry about other people and worry about yourself. Rihanna is doing her thing, whether your like it or not. Dont be jealous cause you wish you were famous!
I think she is a very pretty girl as well. However, she Cannot Sing, she played the abused thing too hard and she presents herself in a negative light because she can't seem to chill out and focus on her career. Jumpin from one man to the next doesn't work for the poor or the rich.. I am no where near a 'hater' cause I don't give her the time of day, nor my money.
better! im sorry rihanna but....
okayy..i <3 rihanna!but i would think that my baby(: DRAKE would find sum1 WAAAAAYYYYY
EVERYTIME I SEE DRAKE SPEAK I ECXPECT FOR POO TO COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH CUZ I CANT TELL WHAT IM LOOKING AT
This might just be the most amazing writer in the history of the planet. People you are witnessing a legend.
O well she is turning into a hoe like the rest of then. She started out so sweet.girl u look nasty now riri. Lmao.
I think that Rihanna is a very attractive woman with amazing talent,and I wish her the best of luck with Matt Kemp. She probably is still cautious about dating musician's after the whole Chris Brown incident.
She is a pretty girl but in terms of singing ability imo she just doesn't have it. It's unfortunate today what the music industry settles for.
She's beautiful and I love her music. I figured she and Drake didn't get together because it was too soon after the Chris Brown incident.
Wow she's dumb. I'd leave my dude for drake any day and I love my fiancé. Lol.
Actually Drake sucks and I hate the way he ruined Imogen Heaps's Hide and Seek song with his stupid rip off.
Well if he ripped him off it was to make those songs better. And who ask you Erick? Hop off my theoretical c o c k
I love that song ,it rocks
we've posted our predictions on Rihanna:) she is wonderful and love her new song. celebs911
THE FACT THAT ANYONE CAN FIND HER ATTRACTIVE BOGGLES MY MIND I MEAN COME ON LOOK AT HER SHE LOOKS LIKE A LLAMA THAT GOT ITS HAIR DIED FIRE TRUCK
I agree I like some of her music but I don't understand how can anybody like her. She has the biggest forhead I've ever seen. And I've seen huge domes before.
YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO GET A LIFE. EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD OR BETTER ABOUT YOURSELVES TO PUT DOWN A YOUNG WOMAN.
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Reading people is tough: it’s crucially important, but impossibly difficult to teach someone how to do.
So, so hard, right? I mean, think about how you would explain to someone how to do it.
At first you’re thinking, cues like “don’t be too serious,” “don’t be too energetic,” “just always be positive,” “let’s fix this,” “be appropriate,” “make it fun,” “hang with someone as long as you can,” and “always help someone as much as you can,”
While those are all things that work 95% of the time, they’re not always the right way to deal with people.
“Don’t be too serious.” There are plenty of situations that call for people to handle things with a great deal of seriousness: finding out someone’s experiencing some sort of tragedy, hearing about an injury or illness someone’s dealing with, when someone gets their heart broken, when you’re in the middle of a really hard workout and it’s taking every ounce of your energy to just stay focused.
“Don’t be too energetic” and “make it fun.” People have tough days. It’s not that it’s ok for them to be complaining or acting miserable, but they have a right to not be forced into someone who thinks all they need is constant joking around, or overwhelming amounts of dancing and singing. Most of the time, they can certainly remove themselves from the “energy” and the “fun”, but not always. Sometimes energy and fun can save a person’s day…and sometimes it can make it even worse.
“Just always be positive.” It’s super helpful to surround yourself by positive people. Absolutely. There’s nothing worse than people that are always on board with a bitch session or are easily pulled down into the rut that you’ve been living in for days on end. But there are those rare moments where you just want someone to say, “Yeah, that sucks.” This one’s a tough one to say that about, though, because I’m literally talking about once-in-a-blue-moon sort of stuff. I almost never, ever want my friends to give in to my moments of depressive weakness, but a really good friend knows when you need an ally…and, not a problem-solver.
Speaking of “problem solvers” and “helping someone as much as you can.” This is one of my big ones. Ben rides this line so dangerously, but is super consistent with being able to read into when people really want and are looking for help, versus when they should just try and figure it out on their own. And, having seen it go drastically different directions, I’d rather have someone back off and allow me to be the one responsible for asking for help than feeling like I have to dodge and run away from someone who can’t see that I really just need and want to figure it out on my own.
“Be appropriate.” Uggghhh. Even as I write this one, I cringe because it totally depends on who you’re dealing with and where that person is in any given moment. Even me; I would 99% of the time prefer people that can tastefully be any level of inappropriate, but there are rare moments when I’m just not up for it. And, there are plenty of other people that are just totally uncomfortable with being inappropriate…and, they deserve the right to being treated with “appropriate” behavior.
Finally, “hang with someone as long as you can.” This is another biggie. There’s a time to stay, and a time to go. If someone wants you to stay, they’ll make it abundantly clear that they want that to happen. If you’re not getting that signal from them…like, the clear-as-day sort of signal…it’s best to just go. If they really do want you to stay, they’ll let you know. There’s a very delicate balance that needs to be found between helping someone “enough” so that they know you’re there to support them, and enabling behavior that promotes dependency and laziness.

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Delicious sushi cut to order along with a great selection of wines and cocktails. Tataki-Urumaki is a favorite at this popular restaurant with locations in Gràcia and Poblenou. The menu of Kibuka Goya stands out for its freshly cut sushi and for its broad and original variety of makis.
Japanese-Brazilian fusion of scandalous sushi & cocktails. Ikibana has locations, in El Born, Paral·lel and Sarrià. A meeting of experiences, flavors and styles from the East and the West: the Ikibana concept is cosmopolitan, contemporary and unique.
Shunka is considered by many as not only the best Japanese restaurant in Barcelona, but in the whole of Spain!
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Fukamura is a small, cozy Japanese restaurant in Gràcia, serving traditional Japanese cuisine.
Japanese cuisine with a Mediterranean twist.
Japanese cuisine with soul and a slight western accent.
Kitsune is inspired in the traditional model of the Japanese izakayas, popular bars in which the Japanese gather around the tables and share different dishes, drinks and conversations.
At Sensato there is only seating for 8 people at a time and the sushi is made right in front of you.
Situated in a quiet street near Plaça de la Bonanova, Yushu offers a unique sushi menu made with fresh, high-quality products such as Balfegó tuna.
Tou Kichi Rou, Toyo and Edo restaurants offer sushi buffets.
Roots & Rolls and Veganashi offer delicious vegan sushi.
Koy Shunka, Majide and Dos Palillos.
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Wear OS comes with a focus on fitness features, but unfortunately Huawei managed to simultaneously move too far in this direction and also fall short of it. It doesn’t come with a rotating side button for navigation, which is a shame as we really love the button on the LG Watch Sport. It does, however, come with great battery life and a stellar feature set otherwise.
Aside from its jack-of-all-fitness-trades, master-of-none nature, the Gear Sport has other drawbacks. Chief among them is that voice dictation is significantly less reliable than on the Apple Watch or Wear OS and is best used for short phrases and quick replies. Then there’s S Voice, the digital assistant that can’t do much—and you probably don’t have time to learn how to make it do the few things it can do. And major apps still do not have a presence in Samsung’s marketplace—the Sport runs Samsung’s Tizen operating system instead of Wear OS—so any app or device you want to control directly on your phone is a gamble on an indie developer having the same need.
The Misfit Vapor was originally launched with a proprietary operating system, but that was ditched for Android Wear 2.0. The Vapor has a 1.39-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, 4GB of storage, 512mb of RAM, and a heart rate sensor. Those specs are fairly standard for Android Wear, but the Vapor also includes 5ATM water resistance which is a huge plus, and an assortment of software features added by Misfit.
The Charge 3's module weighs in at 20 percent lighter than that of the Charge 2, so it won't weigh down your wrist when you're wearing it. I barely noticed it on my wrist when I paired it with Fitbit's woven bands, which are made of a feather-light fabric material. If you're looking for the band that both complements the device's weightlessness and remains fashionably flexible enough to go from the gym to the office, I'd go with a woven option instead of the standard silicone one.
At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, Razer released the Nabu Watch, a dual-screen smartwatch: integrates an always-on illuminated backlit display, that takes care of some pretty standard features as date and time, and a second OLED screen, which is activated by raising your wrist, allows access to extra smart features. Luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer released TAG Heuer Connected, a smartwatch powered by Android Wear.
Pebble (watch) was an innovative smartwatch that raised the most money at the time on Kickstarter reaching $10.3 Million between April 12 and May 18, 2012. The watch has a 32-millimetre (1.26 in) 144 × 168 pixel black and white memory LCD using an ultra low-power "transflective LCD" manufactured by Sharp with a backlight, a vibrating motor, a magnetometer, ambient light sensors, and a three-axis accelerometer. It can communicate with an Android or iOS device using both Bluetooth 2.1 and Bluetooth 4.0 (Bluetooth Low Energy) using Stonestreet One's Bluetopia+MFi software stack. Bluetooth 4.0 with low energy (LE) support was not initially enabled, but a firmware update in November 2013 enabled it. The watch is charged using a modified USB-cable that attaches magnetically to the watch to maintain water resistance capability. The battery was reported in April 2012 to last seven days. Based on feedback from Kickstarter backers, the developers added water-resistance to the list of features. The Pebble has a waterproof rating of 5 atm, which means it can be submerged down to 40 metres (130 ft) and has been tested in both fresh and salt water, allowing one to shower, dive or swim while wearing the watch.
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What’s on display?: Most smartwatches have full-colour displays, though the underlying technology will determine how good the screen looks. There has been a move towards AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diode) displays, as used in the Apple Watch which present a bright screen, crisp text and accurate colours. Fitness trackers tend to have lower-quality screens and may not present in full-colour, partly to save battery life.
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier: Until we see what Google can pack into a smartwatch with its long-awaited Pixel Watch, the best smartwatch for Android users is the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier. It pretty much has everything a user with an Android phone needs in a smartwatch - GPS, heart rate monitor, water resistance, near field communications, an always-on digital display, messaging alerts and app support. I don’t see a real need to opt for the 3G version yet, which would untether you from your phone completely but adds around $100 to the price. ($549)
This watch won’t work unless you have an iPhone. However, it is hands-down the best smart watch for an iPhone. Other watches (including the Fossil Q Venture) will work with an iPhone, but won’t be able to answer calls or respond to texts, and if you want to customize the apps on your watch, you’ll need to navigate the Google Play store through the watch screen.
Bottom line: Some fitness trackers work equally well with an iPhone or Android device, but some smartwatches are built to pair with Android phones so you won’t enjoy full functionality and pairing on an iPhone. The Apple Watch only pairs with the iPhone so is off limits to Android users. Your existing phone choice will play an important part in choosing a smartwatch. You can check your smartphone’s compatibility with a range of Google Wear-powered smartwatches at g.co/WearCheck
Smart watches are here to change the way you live. Now you can power through your workouts while the latest technology keeps track of your every move, check your calendar and keep an eye on the weather forecast wherever you are. You can also sync your smartphone with your watch, so you can check your texts, see who’s calling and receive notifications while keeping your iPhone 6 Plus safely tucked away.


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The garden really revs up in June but it can still take a while for some of the herbaceous perennials to get to full height or flowering stage. Having some tall border plants in the garden really adds depth and interest.
Here are some of my favourite tall border plants in the garden this first weekend in June.
Punching up through emerging perennials each June, with an intense shock of blue, Delphiniums are always admired and are classic cottage garden style tall border plants. Mine rarely last long into July but in early summer they grace the back of this border with statuesque grace.
This variety was inherited with the house but I have increased the number by division and seed collection so that this long border is punctuated with its tall spires each June. I don’t know which variety this is but searches online reveal it could possibly be ‘Chelsea Star’.
Blackmore and Langdon nursery puts on an incredible display at the Chelsea Flower Show each year showing the diverse range of cool colour palette delphiniums from whites, pale pinks, and baby blues through to intense blues and darker purples.
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I usually have a few more foxgloves in this area, all self seeded. I fear I may have weeded too many away. But this picture, showing a lone common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, illustrates how well this simple to grow flower holds its own amongst other garden plants. Of course there are a number of garden hybrids available, including this white one, Digitalis purpurea ‘Dalmation White’ with burgundy speckled landing strip to guide in the bees.
This plant is so easy to look after, comes back year after year without fail, is tall yet requires no staking, adds an intense splash of colour and is the favourite lunch bar for bumble bees. It ticks so many boxes for me.
Here it is teamed with alliums, both wafting above dahlias, left to overwinter in the soil below. First the alliums fade and then the cirsium flowers develop their tufted seed heads as the dahlias take over – flowering from July until the first frosts.
Irises are great tall plants to introduce into a border. The flowers are so interesting in themselves but the spear shaped leaves add interest, even when flowering is over.
Although not as tall as Delphiniums or foxgloves, Iris sibirica is a particular favourite as it is a reliable flowerer with densely packed narrow leaves. The intense blue flowers are beautifully marked with yellowy markings, almost tiger-like in appearance. They build up nicely over time, although these were split last autumn so are still fairly small clumps.
Taller still, at about a metre tall, is this second variety, which I believe to be some sort of flag Iris. This has wider, flatter leaves and looks powerful and dominant here at the front of this shadier border. It would work equally well at the back of a border though.
My top mixed border rose is one called ‘Lark Ascending’. As the name suggests, it is a tall plant and emerges above most of the plants around it each year. A pearlescent peachy orange colour, it blends with many colour schemes.
Another idea is to go for standard roses, as these stand above emerging perennials and add structure at chest height throughout winter. This picture, taken a decade ago at my old front garden in London, shows the standard Rosa ‘bonica’ plants that I cherished. These exploded in small pink flowers in early June. I would say it still looked interesting before and after flowering as long as the faded blooms are pruned away. I often got a second flush of flowering this way.
It’s easy to forget about bulbs but they are worth remembering in mixed borders. Alliums are star performers for early summer colour. Most are over flowering in May but just coming into its own in June is this unusual but delicately pretty allium called nectaroscordum. Mine grow between 80 and 100cm tall, high enough to waft over some of the smaller perennials planted around them.
A few more of these added into the delphinium border shown above would really add some extra colour and texture before dying down and letting the blowsier summer flowers take over.
Six on Saturday is a link up of gardeners from around the world, sharing the best of their gardens each week. If you want to read other contributions to go to the page of host The Propagator.


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Broderick: Collmenter is Arizona's opening day starter
Josh Collmenter is going from never throwing a pitch on Opening Day to becoming the starting pitcher on Opening Day.
Collmenter, the former Homer High School standout, will get the start of his lifetime when he takes the mound on Opening Day for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It's the continuation of a career that has taken him from a small town in Michigan to the brightest lights of professional sports.
"It is just incredibly humbling for me to have this happen. I have been here for Opening Days before, but I've never even pitched in one and now I get to do it as a starter," Collmenter said from the Arizona Diamondbacks spring training complex in Arizona. "It's just everything that goes into that, that makes this incredible to be a part of. It's just special to be asked to be the one to kick off a new year for our team."
Collmenter will take the mound for the Diamondbacks in the home opener against last year's World Series champs, the San Francisco Giants, on April 6.
There is a certain honor that goes with being named the opening day starter for a Major League Baseball team. It is a nod by the manager that you are the ace of the staff and the player he wants send out on the diamond to allow the team to have the best possible start to a new campaign.
It is usually reserved for veterans who have enjoyed success at the big league level. While Collmenter, 29, saw success as a starter last season, he is relatively new to that role. But he was the easy choice for first-year Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale.
"He's our leader, he's going to be our No. 1 guy out of the chute," Hale said at a recent press conference. "We are taking on the World Champions and we expect Josh to pitch well against them and we expect him to be a leader on the staff.
"We have a lot of unproven starters at the major league level and we hope he can help them navigate their way through the season."
Collmenter is the leader of a young staff and does have the most experience on the team despite not becoming a full-time starter until last year.
The former Central Michigan University hurler first made it to the major league level with the Diamondbacks in 2011 and was a part-time starter that season. He pitched out of the bullpen in 2012 and 2013 and was elevated to a starter again last year, going 11-9 with a 3.46 ERA.
"It's interesting to see how quickly that transition has been made from me being one of the young guys to now where I am one of the guys the other guys look up to. It's fun to be in that position," Collmenter said. "Going into spring training, I thought, with the guys we had returning and only a couple of us with starting experience, that this might happen. In the back of my mind I thought if things went well in spring training that I might get the spot on opening day."
Collmenter has had a good spring, starting two games heading into this weekend and only allowing three hits in six innings of scoreless baseball.
"Things are going really well in spring training. I feel like I'm developing my curve ball really well and using it more this spring and that can be more of a weapon for me this season," Collmenter said.
Collmenter, who will become only the seventh Opening Day starter in team history, is excited that the franchise has this kind of faith in him. He's hoping to take the opportunity and run with it.
"It was a great opportunity last year to get back in the starting rotation and show I can have that success. I am excited to go into this year and get things off on a good note for the team and get myself off to a good start. Want to show I can be the kind of guy the team can rely on every fifth day, to do something good for the team," Collmenter said.
And when he does, he will have the entire community of Homer cheering for him, either from Michigan or in person in Arizona.
"I am so excited for Josh and this opportunity. I am actually flying out Easter Sunday to be in attendance for his start," said his former high school baseball coach from Homer, Scott Salow. "I am so proud of Josh and how far he has come. It couldn't happen to a better person. He is highly respected in Arizona for being a tremendous teammate and role model. He continues to be a positive influence in the city of Phoenix. In just his fifth year, he has moved up the ladder to become the most senior member of the Diamondback organization.
"Being an Opening Day starter is every pitcher's dream. The entire town of Homer is behind Josh."
And according to Collmenter, a lot of Homer might just be there, or at other stops during the season at National League parks closer to Michigan like Chicago and Milwaukee.
"Coming from such a small town, it's great to see how the community has embraced what I have been able to do. They couldn't be more happy or more proud and that's special to see," Collmenter said. "Whenever I come back to the Midwest there is always a handful of people from back home that come to the games, and we even see some in spring training, too.
"It's exciting to know that there will be a good group of people from back home there for Opening Day. It will make that day even more special."


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