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She'll never be a good old boy, though, maybe that's what you meant.
NASCAR driver Danica Patrick has brought a lot of attention to the sport over the years.However, there are some who are skeptical that Patrick will ever become a dominant driver. Count the son of NASCAR legend Richard Petty as one of them.On Thursday, former driver and current analyst Kyle Petty appeared on SPEED's NASCAR RaceHub program and called Patrick a "marketing machine" but not a race car driver."Danica has been the perfect example of somebody who can qualify better than what she runs," said Petty. "She can go fast, but she can't race. I think she's come a long way, but she's still not a race car driver. And I don't think she's ever going to be a race car driver."Interviewer Matt Clark then proceeded to ask Petty why he believes Patrick won't ever be a race car driver in his opinion. Petty argued that it was "too late to learn."Whoa. Those are some harsh words indeed.,Patrick, who is in her first full year as Sprint Cup driver, has seven top-10 finishes in 60 career Nationwide Series races. However, she has yet to finish in the winner's circle.For what it's worth, Petty did admit that he wasn't the best driver himself. It should be noted that it took Petty six years as a full-time Cup driver before he won his first race. Petty finished his NASCAR career with eight wins and 173 top-10 finishes in 829 races.Via USA TODAY
Well, Kyle, she already is a race car driver. If you say she will never be a successful race car driver, then she can join the ranks of the majority of race car drivers.
She'll never be a good old boy, though, maybe that's what you meant.
I agree with oldmsuher, she already IS a race car driver. But she will never be a great-champion-top-5-elite etc. race car driver.
She is a far better driver than 99% of the nation. And far worse than 95% of the professionals.
Well Kyle Really? Most of the drivers at the Top level than can fall right into that category. Eric Almirola, Landon Cassill, Timmy Hill, Travis Kvapil, Michael McDowell, Scott Speed, J.J. Yeley just to mention a few are they not Sprint Cup Drivers? She is a driver and only time will tell after all this is her first year in Cup. I get a feeling she is gonna prove you wrong and when she does the apology will be sweet!
Kyle is the only driver in nascar that consistently changed crew chiefs, car manufactures, engine suppliers, team managers, everything but the diver was changed and he blamed every other employee at petty why he could not compete with the top notch drivers. Then when he retired the drivers they put in the cars started running up front consistently. The only thing Kyle does consistently is use the networks to brag about all the Petty's and how they all should be in the hall of famed. Kyle sucks
i agree and this coming from a driver who never was and a lousy commentator at that, what a joke you are Kyle!!!!!!!!!
That's rich coming from Kyle Petty.....comical!
Maybe she will never be a top driver, however, she is already better than Kyle Petty. Sounds like Bubba don't like to get beaten by a girl!
Kyle is absolutely right.DP is a driver not a racer. She is in nascar only because of the money she brings. Tony Stewart said Jason Leffler was a great racer and yet he gave a lesser driver the ride. Why? Money. Again. Racing is the only sport that doesn't present its best talent.
Wow Kyle talk about stepping neck deep in it. You know yourself if you had not been the the son of the king, you might never got a ride or kept a ride. I respect all you are doing in your son's memory, but you might leave the lame comments up to people who know how to say stupid things, like Rusty Wallace. No, no just kidding and at least he has a championship. So he has the right.
Kyle speaks the truth. Danica is a great qualifier, and even did fairly well in open wheel racing. Considering the level of equipment she has always had available to her in Nascar though, she should be way ahead of where she is. I'm quite confident she'll never win a race, but.... since Nascar is nothing but a huge advertising machine now, she'll continue to be the darling of the media and many of the fans for some time.
Oh Kyle. You mean just like you!? You never really did anything special in your little career, courtesy of your daddy. There are lots of guys that race their tails off every week and do not get the success they hope for.
You are just a bitter old has-been, never-was that just shouldn't be in the press box for Nascar, ESPN, whoever.
These comments coming from a guy whom every week, my friends and I wager just how many cars from last he will be. He is disgracing the Petty name by making ignorant comments like that. I mean fac it, if it were not for his dad's name and the charities he is involved with, no one would probably want to back him. Hey Kyle, class up a bit, will you please?
OK correct me if I am wrong but didn't Kyle Petty finish every race he drove in almost in last place. He was never much of a driver. Far as I remember he was a lousy race car driver who rode on dads coattails!
I am a woman but I agree with Kyle. Way too much peripheral hype around Danica. I think for the most part women would be very proud to see a woman with racing talent and that would keep her clothes on. She is popular for all the wrong reasons as far as racing is concerned. We want someone who can stand on their ability alone in the sport.
I had supported her until I actually saw the photos taken of her by Go Daddy. She lost my support and my respect. DP is a pretty women, but those pictures had NOTHING to do with her ability to drive a vehicle or race. She was selling, in graphic detail her body and looks. If she felt she had driving talent, she should have promoted her driving skills, not Hey Daddy skills.
Danica won an Indy car race in Japan, she placed 4th in the Indy 500 and was the first woman to lead a lap at Indy. Exactly what does a person have to accomplish to be a "race car driver"?
Kyle is just showing what a petty little man he is. Maybe Kyle prefers his women toothless and drunk.
Definitely not a good old "boy" but definitely a fine lookin "gal." Plus not to bad a driver either. 60 races does not qualify one to be judged so harshly. Kyle, your last win was when?
If your name was not Petty, you wouldn't have been in a race car. You were not a good race car driver at all. Your in front of the camera talk is about as lousy as your driving. Women have come a long way in this world we all share, I was against her in NASCAR, now she has shown that she is tough enough to compete. Winning might come, might not, that's racing.
It is ashame that Kyle has to talk bad about Danica. She is a young woman in a mans sport, and she seems to be holding her own. Kyle I used to think you were a good guy,but I guess not after all.
If she stopped holding her own and perhaps started holding the steering wheel perhaps she'd make a respectful finish.
I am a woman, but I agree with Kyle. I just don't see talent in Danica. Yes she can drive, but she doesn't race. Cup cars are alot different than an Indy car. Nascar has benefitted by her advertising but I truly just don't see what all the hype is about. She is lucky to actually finish the race.
I firmly believe that smoke has the right idea. If you can't make money racing, then you go after the marketing and rely on the ignorant press fools to promote your special attraction!!! The gas pedal "D" baby is the one on the right....quit trying to keep from scratching the car and use the stupid thing..ignorant woman!!!!!! Petty did more in his first 3 years than this tart will do her whole career....keep rooting for her you pansies...we otta' throw you junk monkeys out of the track..fools!!!
Coming from a guy that usually placed 30th, that doesn't mean much. The sponsors must have finally become embarrassed, daddy's boy.
I couldn't agree more with what Kyle said. Danica is a nobody who can sell herself on the corner. She couldn't drive her way out of a one way tunnel with directions. Way to go Kyle!
Oh no, she's somebody....somebody that shouldn't be behind the wheel in NASCAR.
That's funny that "Boy' Petty said about Danica...Hmmm seems alot like what I've heard about him in the past...Himself, being a "rolling billboard' ...He simply raced ,only because of his father....in fact I think if you put Kyle petty...out there against this Chick, she would slam him... I would say he drove like a girl ..but I wouldn't want to elevate him ,or bring Dana down....
Poor Kyle a least he was good at staying out of the way and letting the real drivers do there thing... I'm not really sure if was because of lack of skill .. or a yellow streak that ran down his glass back !!!
I'm no Danica fan..just a Real NASCAR fan..
Oh come on Kyle.....Cole Trickle learned.
It is so sad that Adam was killed. I was counting on him to restore the Petty name to where it once was. Kyle was a joke behind the wheel and a joke in the booth.
Have u seen the South Park episode about NASCAR? It is hilarious.
This is coming from Kyle petty. i can not believe that he has thehair to say something like that. kyle was one of the worst drivers in nascar history. I think he is crying because he knows that itwill not take much for her to be better than he ever was. And as far as an appology he is not smart enough to appoligize. Kyle can not even comentate. take him off the air. The only way he ever got anywhere in life is because of who his dad was.
The man's right. She's a T&A show and anybody tuned in can see that easily. If it weren't for her marketing pics with her hair blowing in the wind (while in last place I'd imagine) or with her leather jacket unzipped to the waist she'd be another unknown. She's not now nor ever been known for racing. She's a photo-op... a can of Campbell's soup... a bare-butt Coppertone commercial... a no-talent that is known for being "Danica" rather than any demonstration of driving skill. Give me a few hundred Indy races and I'll win a few before she ever would.She'll win if the rest of the field wrecks and she's so far back she can drive around.
Dear Kyle Petty,
Your comments regarding Danica Patrick are laughable......comming from a guy who got into the show based strictly on his fathers accomplishments. Danica has class because she didn't get any special treatment, she may not be the best, but she certainly had to earn a ride....you on the other hand, had everything handed to you on a silver platter by your father.....talk about an entittlement...go eat some Gerbers stewed carrots you bratty baby.
My respect for Kyle Petty just increased 1000%. Danica's tried to make her point of being a woman in a man's sport, but it's over now. Time for her to take up boxing or some other man's sport and see how she does there.
This coming from someone who lasted as long in racing because of his last name.
Just looked up his stats....30yrs.of racing 8 wins 8 poles,average finish 23 and u call ur self a racer? And daddy supplied his cash so he could race. And u call ur self a racer.....LOL. I call u a LOSER AND A SILVER SPOONED BRAT.
Jealousy because he's washed up? NASCAR isn't just about the race, it's also about fans, advertising, fame, etc.
At least someone had the guts to speak the truth..Well said Kyle your the man......
I'm really not much of a NASCAR fan, just as Kyle Petty was not much of a NASCAR Driver. I remember when I worked (I'm now retired)all the guys gave Jeff Gordon Hell for some reason. After watching for several years now I believe a lot of Drivers would be better off if they had the Class that Jeff Gordon has. This guy is never involved in something like this. Kyle, you might want to take a lesson from Jeff Gordon, like don't let your mouth overload your rear.
Ah jealousy, ain't it great! I guess the drivers behind Danica are racer's but she's not because she isn't in the top 10. Just shows how high the bar is set for women by "petty" little men.
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|Part 2: Reasonable, shmeasonable! I've been tracking the perfect Sabreline for three months now.
With the groundwork laid, I put the next step of my plan into play. Of course, I was at this juncture already exquisitely familiar with every Sabreline Fast Trawler for sale on the planet, thanks to the Internet. Year built? Electronics? Engine hours? Standards? Options? Price? Had you asked me for the exact dates of my children's birthdays or my mother's maiden name during this phase, I'd have stumbled. Had you asked me any of the aforementioned questions, about any of the aforementioned boats, I'd have answered with surgical precision. And, what's more, I'd have tossed in hull color, mast style, dinghy type, and a raft of other essentials based on the excellent photos I'd found.
So here's what I did. With clockwork regularity, I toted my Wi-Fi-capable laptop to bed each night for weeks so that, in close proximity to my wife, I could blather while perusing Internet imagery of the several Sabrelines I was obsessed with.
My wife: "That is a cute one, Bill—nice and traditional looking."
Me: "Yep…she's a beauty isn't she, Beej? Fast, too—cruise speed's 18 knots and wide open throttle's 22 knots. And check it out—brand new Raymarine C80 radar/plotter!"
Truth to tell, my wife doesn't care about radar/plotters, particularly when she's tired. And I was fully aware that she probably understood exactly why I was lugging my laptop to bed night after night. But, even so, there's a good deal to be gained on the personal-persuasion front from plain ol' repetition. Think about it: Why else do big-league advertisers propagandize the whole nation with nightly TV spots consisting of repetitive images and words? It works!
So how are things going? How successful have I been at getting my wife safely onboard the maritime equivalent of the American dream (i.e., buying a new boat and using her to cruise whither whim directs)?
My wife: "Let's buy the Sabreline in November, Bill. After hurricane season. That way we'll have time to settle in, finish the work that needs doing on the house, and not have to worry about boats and bad weather. We can spend Christmas afloat! Or Thanksgiving!"
Me (as if in happy agreement): "Yep, sounds reasonable, Beej."
Reasonable, shmeasonable! I've been tracking the perfect Sabreline for three months now. My patience is wearin' thin. And what's more, the broker and I are now on a nickname basis. He called a few days ago to congratulate me on the purchase of our new house. He called a few days before that to congratulate me on the sale of our old house. He's told me how much his daughter's wedding is gonna cost—to the last penny! How much longer can I go on draggin' my feet and disappointing my very best friend in all the world?
And get this! He called this morning to let me know that danged if there isn't some guy outta Texas sniffin' around! The guy wants to test drive my boat! Soon
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WEYMOUTH 2 (Beals 72, Nichols 74)
HAMWORTHY UNITED 4 (Hayson 11, Cook 22, Martin 51, 64)
THE Hammers knocked a young Weymouth side out of the semi-finals of the Senior Cup this evening at the Bob Lucas Stadium.
With tomorrow night's league trip to Cambridge City clearly taking precedence, the Terras chose to rest the majority of their first-team squad and Wessex League outfit Hamworthy duly took advantage.
Apart from Michael Walker, Luke Winsper and Carl McClements, the rest of the Weymouth starting line-up was made up of reserves and within 22 minutes they were two down.
Dan Hayson opened the scoring with an unmarked header from a corner before Russell Cook doubled the advantage with a simple tap-in after Alex Martin had forced an error out of home stopper Ryan Park.
That second goal was harsh on Park because before that he had made a couple of outstanding saves to deny Ben Osborne, both from point-blank range.
At the other end, Walker and Aston Butcher both sent efforts over the top but the Hammers continued to look the stronger side for much of the first half.
The Terras did enjoy a good spell before the break but they were unable to make it count, with Winsper seeing a half-volley pushed over the bar, and McClements going agonisingly close to capitalising on a rebound off the keeper.
Hamworthy always looked in control though, and, just six minutes into the second half, they made it 3-0 through Martin, who skipped past a couple of players before firing the ball into the roof of the net.
The diminutive left-winger was the most impressive player on the pitch and, 13 minutes later, he repeated the trick, skipping past several challenges in the box and sliding the ball past a beleaguered Park.
Despite those two virtuoso efforts, the Terras refused to lie down and they were finally rewarded with two goals in as many minutes.
Lloyd Beals tucked home the first of them on 72 minutes, after some fine work down the right, before Sam Nichols slotted in the second from the edge of the area.
However, the hosts were unable to keep up the pressure and, in the remaining minutes, the game drifted to a close.
Terras: Park, Harvey, J Will, M Walker (Anstey 77), Butcher, G Will, Beals (P Ford 88), Winsper (O Preece 59), Nichols, McClements, Zima. Subs not used: Matthews
Hamworthy: Thomas, Penney, Hester, Walker, Hayson, Corby, Diaper, Allen (Yelland 79), Osborne (Cole 68), Cook, Martin. Subs not used: Biles, Legg, Rockingham.
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Great teamwork builds business faster than any technology. And as we slowly emerge from the Great Recession, corporate team-building activities are making a comeback.
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Phoenix International Raceway
Rev up your office mates by letting them enjoy the NASCAR experience at PIR. Not only will they get to see great races, they will also enjoy great food and drink, games and good company. With basic seating to high-end luxury seating available, Phoenix International Raceway will fit the needs of your corporate outing, and, as a result, they will never want to leave.
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Grand Canyon Railway
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iPic Theaters
iPic Theaters in Scottsdale offers a discount for employees who work at the Scottsdale Quarter. Members also enjoy perks, such as discounted pricing Monday-Thursdays, and every Tuesday, members get discounted pricing on drinks and food. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
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Make your corporate outing a memorable one at Fleming's. Fleming's can custom design your night out with either a choice of three different set of menus or build one that everyone can enjoy. Or, enjoy a wine tasting with small plates. Either way, you'll forget about all office work with this night out at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar.
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You think your office is a jungle? Then enjoy a fun outing with "real" animals at the Phoenix Zoo. The Phoenix Zoo offers full-catered company picnics along with team building activities outdoors. With discount admission from $18 to $12 for adults, the Phoenix Zoo offers a one-of-a kind adventure for your corporate outing, and animal company at the same time.
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What better way to take in the beautiful sights of Sedona than with a Pink Jeep Tour. Pink Jeep Tours offers a discount of 20 percent off for groups of 12 or more. Groups can customize their tours by including a BBQ cookout or box lunches, team building activities, scavenger hunts and more.
Taliesin West
Discover the masterpiece Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built in 1937. Tours can be custom designed for prearranged groups. With a group of 15 or more, take a 1 1/2-hour tour along with additional options, such as renting out space in the evenings, to take in the night sky with a catered dinner. Have your coworkers experience Frank Lloyd Wright's personal home in the beautiful Sonoran desert.
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The Cullinan Diamond, the largest diamond ever found (at the Premier Mine in Cullinan, not too far from Pretoria) is also known as the Star of Africa.
Health and wellness in Pretoria is big business, and the city abounds with spas and wellness retreats right on its doorstep. Pretoria girls (and some of the boys) take their beauty routines very seriously, which accounts for the innumerable beauty salons, nail bars and treatment centres that populate the place.
In Pretoria, spas include a variety of urban spas and day spas and, as you head out of town, you'll find a number of country spas. The Life Spa in Brooklyn provides holistic treatments and healing therapies. It's the perfect spot for some serious 'me time' if you're feeling a bit frazzled and weary.
The ultra-luxurious Kievits Kroon Country Estate Health Spa lies just outside the city and has every treatment and facility imaginable, from spa baths and steam rooms to holistic healing therapies and beauty treatments. Accommodation on the premises is a hedonist's delight and every effort is made to keep guests happy. Another extremely popular wellness option is the Camdeboo Spa at Irene Country Lodge - a well-equipped spa in gorgeous surroundings.
Further afield is the Vusalela Day Spa. Set in tranquil surrounds, this establishment works with local products and practises both local healing techniques as well as international therapies. Here you'll find there's nothing better than to bask in the winter sun in the afternoon and enjoy a cup of rooibos herbal tea. A leisurely walk at sunset to explore the surrounds will do much to calm your senses.
The Hoogland Health Spa is situated 25 kilometres south of Pretoria and is something of an institution in these parts. In the unspoilt Dinokeng area near the town of Cullinan, you can book time at the intimate Zau Spa, located in a restored mining house, as well as a few other quirky day spas that make up the Dinokeng spa offering.
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Who to contact
Kievits Kroon
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Tel: +27 (0)12 667 6464
How to get here
Pretoria is easily accessible along major roads in Gauteng. Alternatively fly directly from the other host cities into OR Tambo International Airport. Pretoria is 45 minutes to an hour away depending on traffic.
Best time to visit
When visiting a spa, please make enquiries regarding opening and closing times. Booking is essential at South African spas.
Around the area
If you're into health and wellness, there are a number of nature reserves around the city of Pretoria offering excellent hikes out in the nature.
What will it cost
Basic manicures and pedicures cost in the region of R150/R180. Day packages can set you back from R650 per day.
Length of stay
It's a great idea to invest in a day package at one of the spas or hydros surrounding the city.
Where to stay
Kievits Kroon is an excellent country retreat, not too far from Pretoria. If you want a stringent health & wellness regime the Hoogland Health Spa is a good bet. Mount Grace Country Hotel & Spa in Magaliesberg is a bit of a drive, but it's an excellent spa getaway.
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Fake or untrue celebrity news, gossip, or rumours.
George Clooney vs The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reported the other day that Amal Alamuddin's ma is pissed that she's engaged to George Clooney because she was hoping her daughter would marry someone from a different background. Obviously not true. They couldn't stick with some sh-t about Amal and George fighting over flower arrangements and the guest list. Full Story
George Clooney's rogue aunt says Brad Pitt might be the best man
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The Rogue Relative. So many celebrities have one. The Rogue Relative often makes his/her appearance whenever there's a celebration or a tragedy. The Rogue Relative is always good for a soundbite. The Rogue Relative isn't discerning about who s/he gives the soundbite to, which is why the Rogue Relative usually shows up in one of the trashier tabloids, or the Daily Mail. Full Story
Fetch: Robert Pattinson & Katy Perry
Robert Pattinson is in New York on the morning show circuit to promote The Rover. I quite like his sock choice. Out of Cannes, everyone was saying that his performance in the film is the best of his career. He has a supporting role in both The Rover and Maps To The Stars and seems to be settling nicely into a non-lead position. Full Story
Cersei goes to Kimmel and hot with Oberyn
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Lena Headey was on Kimmel last night and he asked her to drink wine like Cersei Lannister and talk to him in character. F-ck I just like hearing her talk. I like watching her just be… Cersei who, as Duana says, might be the best character on the show. There is always great tension in Cersei's scenes. Full Story
Gwyneth's weekend with Beyonce?
I'm telling you up front: the following story comes from The Sun in the UK so, you know, we're not exactly dealing with a great track record on accuracy here. They're saying that Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce are going on a retreat for four days to some spa in California where they'll spend time doing yoga and hiking and drinking wine and chilling out before B goes on tour with Jay. Full Story
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Nicole Kidman accompanied Keith Urban to the CMT Awards last night. As I reported earlier this week – click here for a refresher – the two were together at a wedding this past weekend and were fine. Totally together, no signs of trouble, even though some tabloids keep insisting it's done. Full Story
Back to Zoe?
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So Rihanna and Drake are not happening. Again. Just before they happened again though, Drake was spending a lot of time with Zoe Kravitz. Last night Zoe and her band Lolawolf played in Toronto at the Mod Club. Both Kate and Natalie emailed me about this. And Zoe recently Instagrammed a shot of Drake to her account: Meaning…? I know what you might think it means. Full Story
Alexander Skarsgard pre-Tarzan
Here's someone we haven't heard from in a while. Check out Alexander Skarsgard who IS NOT DATING ELLEN PAGE, though there was a very hardcore group of people who desperately wanted to believe this, leaving the gym yesterday. True Blood usually premieres in June. They're almost half way through shooting Season 7, the final season of the series. Full Story
Ryan at Eva's
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The first problem is that the story came from INTOUCH or LIFE&STYLE. They suck. The second problem is that it's based only on the fact that they've not been photographed together. But does that really mean it's over? I already wrote about her rep's denial and him driving her car last week -- click here Full Story
Jude & Ruth v2.0
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Almost exactly two years ago, it was reported that Jude Law and Ruth Wilson were dating. Click here for a refresher. It didn't really go anywhere and I'm not sure if it's because Ruth isn't as much of a headliner as, say, Sienna Miller or if it's because they didn't actually Go Anywhere. Full Story
Will Mrs Timberlake be there?
It's the People's Choice Awards tomorrow. Justin Timberlake is expected to be there. Will Mrs Timberlake join him? There have been rumours that their relationship is not right based only on the fact that Mrs T did not join her husband at the American Music Awards and also wasn't around for Saturday Night Live. Full Story


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How damn exciting: checked the PO box today and the latest issue of Plastic Knife zine has arrived! Issue #6 is a split with Black Paint Gold Wire #8 and is, as usual, a lovely wedge of obscure ziney goodness: weird ideas for art projects/short films, apparently random clippings from trashy magazines and newspapers, scraps of things that look like they were picked up off the side of the road, all given an air of profundity by their purposeful placement within the sturdy, utilitarian covers of the zine. More ideas than you can shake a heavy-duty stapler at. We've only got 6 copies so get in quick (obviously, we can get more copies when we run out, but if I say that it doesn't really convey the appropriate sense of urgency).
Ok, also exciting is the knowledge that any day now we could check the PO box and the following will be lying in wait for us:
Rhetorical #4 and Outshine the Sun #2 (more cut n paste, musical musings and scratchy pen drawing radness from Chiara), Indie Kids #1 (a comic poking fun at indie kids, possibly from the perspective of an indie kid – the author seems to know too much), The Church of Hysteria's new recording titled 'Of a Photocopy', feat. such luminaries as Lou Smith and a drummer called Pigfucker, Sex Industry Apologist (still), a whole stack of zines from Emma Jane Falconer, she who has stuff to do with the Brighton Zine Fair and writes the hilarious/wonderful Fanzine Ynfytyn, and finally, more copies/issue of Culture Slut from Amber in Canada which will take a while, unfortunately, but will surely be worth the wait!
In the meantime, get a copy of Plastic Knife #6, and remember, all orders receive a copy of the Take Care Zine Distro Zine for free.


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Medical Definition of Systole
Systole: The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts.
The final letter in "systole" is pronounced as a long "e" as in "lee." The adjective for systole is systolic.
The systolic pressure is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure is typically the first number recorded. For example, with a blood pressure of 120/80 ("120 over 80"), the systolic pressure is 120. By "120" is meant 120 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury).
A systolic murmur is a heart murmur heard during systole, the time the heart contracts, between the normal first and second heart sounds.
"Systole" came without change from the Greek systole meaning "a drawing together or a contraction." The term has been in use since the 16th century to denote the contraction of the heart muscle.
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Mocking cancer victims on television during Game 4 of the World Series of Mostly American Baseball takes a special kind of maliciousness. Using a Stand Up 2 Cancer sign to make a funny about a Molina having cancer requires next level wanton ignorance. Hijacking a solemn dedication to cancer victims and cancer awareness for your next "look at me" moment? That's your $6 StubHub ticket to eternal condemnation.
Bachelor contestant Sarah Newlon, consider yourself my be-atch.
After you finish apologizing to the Molina family, the SU2C organization, MLB, Cardinals fans, Red Sox fans, and every other living being on the planet, go make me a sammich. When you are done, take a moment to reflect on the terrible life decision(s) that brought you to this point.
During a rather emotional and poignant Stand Up 2 Cancer moment, Newlon shared a good laugh with her Bro Dog partner in crime by standing up for "Molina".
Not even Beelzebub thinks that's funny, Sarah. Perhaps you should stick to your day job of flaunting your wares in short skirts and bikinis. Alternatively, you can try to make amends. Here's a few ideas for starters…
- Head to the nearest tattoo shop and get a "Cancer Sucks" tramp stamp (unless you already have one). This will guarantee that hundreds, nay thousands of people get the message.
- Go on some scandalous reality tv show and list your top 20 indiscretions and/or transgressions, beginning with the time you were on tv during the World Series.
- Go on Jimmy Fallon's show and admit freely that you are actually a man.
- Adopt 50 puppies and kitties, and then spend the rest of your life hoarding them but treating them well.
- Use your fame (and infamy) to make the world a better place by spreading the word about how terrible the Hardee's commercials really are.


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No one knows better than you how much first impressions matter. When a prospective client visits the office on a rainy day, it makes your business look good when an umbrella stand is positioned near the front door. A small coat rack gives everyone a place to shed and store outerwear, and it also keeps the floors dry and safe. Rolling garment racks are a smart storage choice for days when other branches converge on your office, while stationary organizers are ideal for everyday use. The storage solution that's absolutely essential though is a bookcase where all your employees can display certificates of achievement, pictures from home and treasured souvenirs.
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When one of the many hats you wear is that of safety captain, you're always on the lookout for products to help maintain a safe work environment. You're always thinking of that client who visits on a rainy day. Protect that valuable client is with Quill's selection of entryway mats for every entrance to your office. Long mats and carpet protectors keep floors clean in other areas of the office. This keeps the place looking professional and your colleagues wondering if you're some type of superhero. Provide employees with chair mats for their work areas, whether they cover just the immediate area around the desk or the whole cubicle, and help them glide easily from computer to phone to file cabinet. Fewer injuries from people twisting in chairs and hurting their backs just confirms your superhero status.
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Not unlike a restaurant or retail store greeter, you set the tone for visitors to your office. A steel sign directing guests to the conference room shows that yours is a business that is organized and prepared. A vase in every room that you fill with fresh flowers each week shows your business also cares. Decorate bookshelves with plants and flowers that look fresh picked, hang wreaths on doors just because, and adorn the walls in every office with inspiring pictures. Just as decorative items and pictures can make your home feel inviting, these office accessories can make everyone who comes to your office feel welcome.


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A great many Islamic scholars, scholars of the hadiths, scholars of different schools and historians of Islam have written dozens of books and treatises about Hazrat Mahdi (as). They have revealed, with full supporting evidence, that belief in Hazrat Mahdi (as) is one of the obligations of the Islamic faith. Some scholars have devoted separate sections to the subject of Mahdism in their works and have even considered the subject in greater depth in separate books written about Hazrat Mahdi (as). Many of these sections have been published in book form and many others have yet to be published.
Below is a list containing brief information about some of the Ahl Al-Sunnah sources that deal with the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as). The works are set out according to their date of composition. This list alone is enough to show what sound and deep-rooted foundations and what reliable and accurate information the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as) is based on in Islam:
Abu Bakr Abd ar-Razzak ibn Hammam ibn Nafi' as-San'ani al-Yemeni (Hijri 126-211)
He is a famous hadith scholar from Yemen's al-San'A who learned 17,000 hadiths off by heart, and Bukhari learned hadiths from him.
Zahabi says the following with regard to his work: "Many hadith scholars have accepted his reliability, hadiths from him are narrated in books of trustworthy hadiths, and he is one of the known sources of knowledge."
Ibn Khallikan says: "In his time, Sufyan ibn Uyaynah, Ahmad Ibn Hanbali and many Islamic scholars related hadiths from him."
Sunan ibn Majah
Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah al-Rabi al-Qazwini (Hijri 209-273)
Patronymic: Abu Abdullah
His most famous book is the two-volume Sunan al-Mustafa, known as the Sunan Ibn Majah. It is one of the sources of hadiths known as the Al-Kutub As-Sittah (Six Books) of the People of the Sunnah. One chapter of that part of the book known as "al-Fitan" related hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud, Sulayman ibn Ash'asth al-Azadi, Al-Sijistani (202-275 Hijri)
Abu Dawud is the author of the "Sunan Abu Dawud" from the Al-Kutub As-Sittah (Six Books), one of his best-known works.
In this collected work, 13 hadiths regarding the features of Hazrat Mahdi (as), the portents of his appearance, and what he will do after his coming are related in the "Kitab al-Mahdi" section.
Sunan al-Tirmidhi
Abu Isa Muhammed ibn Isa ibn Sawrah ibn Musa ibn al-Dhahhak al-Sulami al-Tirmidhi (Hijri 209-297)
A famed hadith scholar and imam, he attained fame through his preservation of the hadiths. He was born in the village of Bagh by the city of "Termez" to the east of the River Ceyhan, visited such places as Khorasan, Iraq and Hijaz in order to study the hadiths, was taught by Mohammad ibn Ismail al-Bukhari and was also instructed together with various other hadith scholars, benefiting from Ahmad ibn Hanbali, ad-Darimi and third century scholars.
He also wrote books about science of hadith, history and the hadiths. These include the books al-Shama'il, al-`Ilal, at-Tarih and Jami' al-Sahih. This last text in particular enjoys great value and fame among Ahl Al-Sunnah. It is also one of the Al-Kutub As-Sittah (Six Books). A great many commentaries have been written about this book. Hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as) are related in the fourth volume of the Sunan.
Kitab al-Badi wa at-Tarikh
Abu Zayd Ahmad Ibn Sahl al-Balkhi
This book is described to belong to the collector in question in a specimen in the Damat Ibrahim Pasha Library in Istanbul and in Ibn al-Wardi's book "Kharidat al-Ajaib wa Faridatal-Gharaib" (The Pearl of Wonders and the Uniqueness of Things Strange). In Volume 1, page 227, of his Kashf al-Zunun, Haji Khalfah states that Abu Zayd was the compiler of the book. In their chronicles and biographies Abu Zayd was regarded as the most eminent by historians, and was regarded as a most eminent figure in the fields of religion, the Law of Allah, philosophy, literature and other fields. However, the French orientalist Clamon Hewar concludes in his research that the compiler of the book was the historian Mutahhar ibn Takhir al-Mukaddas. Because according to various biographical sources, Abu Zayd died in Hijri 322 or 340. Yet the date of compilation of the book is recorded as Hijri 355. In his work "Kashf al-zunun," Haji Khalfah also gave that as the date of Abu Zayd's death.
But al-Mukaddas' author is unknown to us too. After being printed in France in six volumes with a commentary through the work of the orientalist Clamon Hewar between 1899 and 1919, the book was then published in Baghdad. One part has still not been published.
Whoever the compiler of the book may have been, a large part of the book is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Al-Mu'jam al- Kabeer
Abu al-Qasim Sulaiman ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Tabarani (Hijri 260-360)
A great scholar and memoriser of hadiths. He was born in the Tiberias (Tabariyyah) district of Damascus, visited Damascus, Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt and Yemen to study the hadiths and later died in Isfahan at the age of 100.
This book, the most important of his works, was published by the Iraqi Foundations Ministry in 10 volumes. The Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat and the Al-Mu'jam as-Saghir were published in two volumes in Egypt and Delhi. The hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as) are considered in Volume 10. There are also other hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as) in other volumes.
Ma'alim al-Sunan Sharh Kitab Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Sulaiman Hamd ibn Muhammad al-Khatabi al-Busti (Hijri 319-388)
He was born and died in the Best region, affiliated to Kabul in Afghanistan. He was trained in the fields of the hadiths, canonical law, literature and lexicography. Zahabi describes him as a trustworthy scholar. He narrates hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as) in one section of this book.
Masabih al-Sunnah
Husayn ibn Mas'ud Shafi (Hijri 436-510 or 516)
"He adopted the pen name Muhyi's Sunnah (reviver of the Prophetic example)."
Born in the village of Bag, affiliated to the city of Herat in Afghanistan he died in the city of Khorasan Rey.
Ibn-i Khallikan describes him as an ocean of knowledge. Published in Egypt in Hijri 1318, one chapter of his book is devoted to hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Jami' al-Usul min al-Hadith al-Rasul
Abu Saadet al-Mubarak ibn Muhammad, known as Ibn al-Athir al-Jazari (Hijri 544-606)
The famous historian, a brother of Ibn Asir, trained in Qur'anic commentary, canonical law, the hadiths, syntax and lexicography. Born on the island of Ibn al-Omar, he settled in the city of Mosul, where he eventually died. He compiled this book, the most important of his works, from the Al-Kutub As-Sittah (Six Books), devoting part of it, published in Beirut in 13 volumes, to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Al- Futuhat al-Makkiyya
Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Tai al-Hatimi, known as Muhyiddin ibn Arabi and Sheikh Aqbar (Hijri 560-638)
The best-known scholar. He is said to have written some 400 treatises and books on such subjects as philosophy, the words of the Scriptures, commentary, literature and poetry. Born in the city of Murcia in Andalusia, he lived and died in Dimashq.
He documented this subject with rational and reported evidence in the third volume of the chapter about Hazrat Mahdi (as) in this work.
Matalib as-Sa'wul fi Manaqib al-Rasul
Muhammad ibn Talhah, ash-Shafii (Hijri 582-652)
One of the greatest hadith scholars, he achieved fame in such spheres as the application of canonical law and literature. Originally from Nusaybin, he later settled in Dimashq and Halab (Aleppo), where he died. This book was first lithographically printed in Hijri 1287, in 91 pages, together with Ibn al-Jawzi's "Tadhkirat al-Khawass al-'Ummah", and subsequently reprinted in Najaf.
The 12th section of this book with the headline, "Muhammad Ibn Hasan al-Ashkar al-Mahdi: The Twelveth Imam"
Tadhkirat al-Khawass al-'Ummah
Sibt ibn al-Jawzi al-Hanafi al-Dimashqi (Hijri 581-654)
A famous hadithic scholar and memoriser of hadiths who contributed to the sciences of canonical law, commentary, history and the hadiths. Born in Baghdad, he died in Dimashq. One of his works, Al-Fiqh 'Ala Al-Madhahib al-Arba (Isar al-Insaf fi Asar al-Hilaf), was translated into Turkish and reprinted several times.
The above-mentioned work contains the virtues and attributes of the twelve imams. The final chapter concerns Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Sharh al-Nahj al-Balagah
Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu'tazili (Hijri 586-655)
A well-known figure in the fields of history and literature, as well as of other spheres. Born in Medayin, he lived in Baghdad and served as scribe to the Abbasid caliphs.
His best-known work, the Nahj al-Balagha compilation, is regarded as the most extensive compilation on the subject after Allame Hoi's 22-volume Nahj al-Balaghah. It was reprinted several times in Egypt, Beirut and Iran.
The book devotes one chapter to Hazrat Ali's (ra) comments regarding the End Times as well as considerable space in other chapters to views concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Mukhtasar Sunan Abu Dawud
Abdul Azim al-Munzir ash-Shafi (Hijri 581-656)
A leading scholar in the fields of canon law, history, memorising the hadiths and knowledge thereof. Volume 6 of this book, which occupies an important place among his works, devotes considerable space to subjects concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Tadhkirat al-Qurtubi
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abu Bakr ibn Faraj al-Ansari al-Qurtubi (dec. Hijri 671)
One of the great Qur'anic commentators of the Maliki school. Al-Zaraq has this to say about him: One of the devout, he was born in Qurtuba (Cordoba) from where he migrated to the East and settled in the region of Ibn Hasib, to the north of the Egyptian town of Asyut, where he died.
The "Tafsir al-Jami' li-Ahkam al-Qur'an," one of his works, was published in 20 volumes and is known as the Qurtubi Commentary. The work indicated above was published in Egypt under the name of the "At-Tadhkirah Fih Alil Mawta Wal-Akhira". One chapter of the second volume is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Wafayat al-A'ayan
Ibn Khallikan (Hijri 608-681)
Originally from Irbil, Iraq he went to Egypt from where he studied in Damascus, serving as a qadi or religious judge for a time. He was a great student of history and literature.
This book is regarded by scholars and researchers as one of the most accurate, reliable and best known biographies. A short chapter in Volume 4 is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Dhakha'ir al-Uqba
Muhibbuddin Ahmad ibn Abdullah at-Tabari (Hijri 615-694)
Born and died in Mecca. He was a great hadith scholar, a sheikh in the Shafii school and a mufti of Hijaz. He wrote various important works on the hadiths and canon law.
In this book which was published in Egypt in Hijri 1350, a section about the features of Ahl al-Bayt is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Fara'id al-Samtain
Ibrahim ibn Saad al-din al-Hamawaini (Hijri 644-732)
A memoriser of the hadiths and Ahl al-Sunnah scholar. Al-Zahabi refers to him in Volume 4 of his "Tadhkira" as follows: "He is a leading imam of the hadiths, a pride of Islam and saintlike. He was instrumental in the conversion of the Sultan Gazan into Islam."
In his "al-Durar al-Kamina," Ibn al-Hajar al-Asqalani corroborates Zahabi's words and adds that most Ahl Al-Sunnah hadith scholars sought his permission to relate hadiths.
This work was published in Beirut in Hijri 1398 and previously in Lahore.
The book in question is devoted to the virtues of Hazrat Zahra (ra) and Hazrat Ali (ra) and their children, while one chapter is devoted to the appearance and struggle of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Mishkat al-Masabih
Wali ad-Din Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Khatib al-Tabrizi (dec. Hijri 741)
A great hadithic scholar. Part of the third volume of this book is devoted to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Kharidat al-Ajaib wa Faridat al-Gharaib
Sirajuddin Omar ibn Muzaffar ash-Shafi Ibn al-Wardi (dec. Hijri 749 )
Born in the Numan region of Syria he produced works dealing with canonical law, literature, poetry, lexicography, syntax and history and also served as a religious judge.
He died in the Syrian city of Halab (Aleppo). One of his works dealing with the portents of the Judgment Day and including a chapter on Hazrat Mahdi (as) is that cited above.
Al-Manar al-Munif fi al-Sahih wa al-Dha'if
Compiled by: Shamsuddin Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr; well-known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya. (Hijri 691-751)
One of the great scholars of the Hanbali school. Because he had studied canon law with Ibn Taymiyyah and shared his opinions he was imprisoned in Dimashq castle but released on Ibn Taymiyyah's death.
Chapter 50 of this book deals with the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Kitab al-Nihaya (al-Fitan wa al-Malahim)
Abul al-Fida Ismail ibn Umar; famous as Ibn Kathir (Hijri 701-774)
Hadith scholar, historian, commentator and expounder of canon law. He was born in the Basra region of Iraq. In Hijri 706 he settled in Dimashq where he continued his studies. This book of his was printed in Egypt and Beirut. The hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as) considered in Volume 1 of this book under the heading "Hazrat Mahdi (as) Who Will Appear in the End Times."
Mawaddat al-Qurba
Sayyid Ali ibn Shahab ibn Muhammad al-Husayn (Hijri 714-786)
A scholar from Khorasan. He settled in Kashmir and converted the majority of the people of the region to Islam as a result of his tireless work. He produced several works in Arabic and Persian. This is his most famous book, first published together with Qunduzi's Yanabi al-Muwadda by the Ahtar Publishing House in Istanbul in Hijri 1301. Hazrat Mahdi (as) is considered in the chapter "The Number of the Imams, and the Mahdi Who Is One of Them."
Sharj al-Maqasid
Sa'ad al-Din Masud ibn Umar ibn Abd Allah al-Taftazani (Hijri 712-793)
Born in the village of Taftazan, affiliated to Nesa in Khorasan, from where he settled in Saraks. He was later exiled to Samarqand by Tamburlaine, where he died, though his body was carried to Saraks and buried there.
He was one of the greatest figures in the spheres of the words of the scriptures, logic, rhetoric and Arab literature. Part of the final chapter of his two-volume work on the subject of the imams, regarded as a major reference in the science of the words of the scriptures, is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
This work was printed at the Olmandesher printing house in Istanbul in Hijri 1277 and was subsequently lithographed in Egypt.
Al-Fusul al-Muhimma
Nuraddin Ali ibn Muhammad (known as Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki) (Hijri 784-855)
Originally from the African region of Sefaga, he was born and died in Mecca. An expounder of canon law and memoriser of hadiths from the Maliki school, many Ahl al-Sunnah scholars, such as al-Halabi, al-Samhudi, Hamzawi and al-Shablanji sought his permission to relate hadiths.
Many biographers also refer to him.
This book describes the twelve imams, and one chapter is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Al-Arf al-Wardi fi Akhbar al-Mahdi
Jalal al-Din, Abd ar-Rahman ibn Kamal ad-din Muhammad al-Suyuti ash-Shafi (Hijri 849-911)
A scholar in the fields of literature and history, and an expounder of canon law expert in the hadiths. He grew up as an orphan in Cairo, being educated by local hadith experts and scholars. His biography can be found in many books of accounts and histories. There are almost no libraries in the Islamic world that do not hold works by him.
The treatise in question exists in two volumes, the "Al-Hawi lil-fatawi," and considers the hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Aimma al-Isna Ashar
Shams al-din Muhammad ibn Tulun (Hijri 880-953)
A student of the hadiths, canon law, history and literature, also learned in medicine and the interpretation of dreams. He lived and died in Dimashk. This book, one of his most important works, deals with the lives of the 12 imams, with one chapter being set aside for subjects regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as).
The book was published by the Beirut Daru's-Sadr publishing house in 1958.
Al-Yawagit wa al-Jawahir
Imam Abd al-wahhab ash- Sha'rani ash-Shafi (Hijri 898-973)
Born in Egypt and died in Cairo. He enjoyed great fame as an expounder of canon law, a hadithic expert and mystic.
One chapter in the second part of this two-volume work on the subject of the tenets of Islam deals with that of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
As-Sawaiq al-Muhriqa
Ahmad ibn Hajar al-Haytami al-Makki ash-Shafi (Hijri 909-974)
An eminent name in the fields of canon law and the hadiths, he analysed various matters regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as) in one part, "al-Fatawa al-Hadith," of the above work.
Kanz al-Ummal
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (Hijri 885-975)
Attained scholarly fame in the fields of canon law, preaching and many others. He was born in the Indian city of Burhanpur, and after a scholarly education settled in Mecca and Madina, where he continued his education with a number of scholars in the areas of mysticism, the hadiths and commentary. Returning to India, he engaged in teaching Islam and died in Mecca.
The 14-volume encyclopedic work in question is regarded as one of the main sources of hadiths. One chapter of Volume 14 is titled "Hazrat Mahdi (as) Who Will Appear in the End Times." He also examined the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as) in another of his works, the "Talkhis al-Bayan wa al-Burhan fi Alamet al-Mahdi."
Akhbar ad-Duwal wa-Athar al-Uwal
Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Dimashqi (Hijri 939-1019)
He is known as Karamani.
A well-known historian. Haji Khalfah, the author of the work "Kashf al-Zunun" says of this book "I have never before seen such a book on the subject of the states in the Islamic world."
This work considers states' pre- and post-Islamic histories and structures. One extensive section of the book deals with the 12 imams and Hazrat Mahdi (as). The book was printed lithographically in 500 large pages in Hijri 1282 in Baghdad.
Risalat Mashrab al-Wardi
Ali ibn Sultan Muhammad Al-Qari al-Haravi (dec. Hijri 1014)
A scholar in various fields of expertise. He was born in the city of Herat in Afghanistan, later settling and dying in Mecca. Volume 5 of this five-volume work consists of hadiths regarding Hazrat Mahdi (as). Another of his works, "Risalat Mashrab al-Wardi," is totally devoted to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Al-Asharatul Fi Asharat Al-Sa'aa
Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Rasul ash-Shafi (Hijri 1040-1103 )
A commentator on the Qur'an, hadith scholar, student of literature and lexicographer. He travelled for studies to Baghdad, Istanbul, Damascus and Egypt, before settling in Madina, where he taught and eventually died. This book was published in 300 pages in Egypt in Hijri 1370. As can be seen from its title, it considers the portents of the End Times and the appearance and activities of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Fath al-Manan, Sharh al-Fawzi wa al-Aman
Ahmed ibn Ali Abu Al-Najah al-Hanafi (Hijri 1089-1173)
Born in one of the villages around city of Trablus (Tripoli) in Syria, he was a great scholar, poet, man of literature and memoriser of the hadiths. He set aside one chapter of this book, one of his famous works, for the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Lawaih al-Anwar al-Ilahiyya
Shamsaddin Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Nablus (Hijri 1114-1188)
A well-known expert in Islamic canon law from the Hanbali school, a sufi and a historian. He was born in one of the villages around the city of Nablus in Palestine and later settled in Dimashq, where he died.
This valuable work was printed in two volumes in Hijri 1324 in Egypt, and one chapter in the second volume discusses the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Isaf al-Ragibin
Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Sabban al-Misri ash-Shafi
One of the greatest Egyptian scholars, he achieved high levels of knowledge in the fields of lexicography, syntax, verse harmonics, rhetoric, logic, the life and attributes of our Prophet (saas), the hadiths, astronomy and many others.
He was born and died in the Egyptian city of Cairo. In this book he discusses the moral conduct and activities of the Prophet (saas) and his descendants, devoting one chapter to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as). This book was lithographically printed in Egypt, together with the "Nur al-Absar."
Nur al-Absar
Sayyid Mu'min ibn Hasan al-Shabalnaji (dec. Hijri 1290)
A hadithic scholar, historian and literary figure. This book, one of his most important works, deals with the moral conduct and activities of the Prophet (saas) and his descendants. The chapter considering Hazrat Mahdi (as) is titled "The Legends of Muhammad ibn Hasan (as)." The book was lithographically printed in Cairo.
Al-Fayd Al-Qadir, Sharh Al-Jami Al-Saghir
Muhammad Abd al-Ra'uf Muhammad al-Munawi ash-Shafi (Hijri 952-1031)
An eminent hadith scholar, he trained and wrote works in such fields as the hadiths, grammar, Islamic jurisprudence and history. Volume 6 of this work contains a chapter about Hazrat Mahdi (as). It was published for the second time by the Daru'l-Maarif publishing house in Beirut in 1972.
Mashariq al-Anwar
Sheikh Hasan al-Adwi al-Misri (Hijri 1221-1303)
An expert in the words of the Scriptures, memoriser of the hadiths and Maliki school scholar, he was educated in Al-Azhar, and taught and died in Cairo. One chapter of this valuable book is devoted to Hazrat Mahdi (as). The book was published by the Ottoman Publishing House in Hijri 1307.
Al-Iza'a Lima Kana Wa Ma Yakunu
Sayyid Muhammad Sıddiq Khan ibn Hasan al-Qanuji (Hijri 1248-1307)
Born in the Indian town of Qanuj he was educated in Delhi, producing various works in the spheres of Islamic learning in Hindu, Farsi and Arabic. His Arabic books were published in Cairo and Beirut. This book includes the subject of the "Strife before The Judgment Day and the portents of the End Times," with one chapter being devoted to the matter of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
This book was first published in India in Hijri 1293, with the second edition being published in Egypt by the al-Saudi publishing house in Hijri 1379.
Ghayat Al-Mawaız
Hayraddin Numan al-Alusi al-Hanafi (Hijri 1252-1217)
A preacher, expert on the Qur'an and a religious judge, he was a scholar from the Hanafi school. Reliable biographies have praised the author in such terms as, "His mind was greater than his knowledge, his knowledge was more eloquent than his prose, and his prose was sounder than his verse."
This book was first published in Egypt in Hijri 1301, with one chapter of the first volume dealing with the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Awn Al-Ma'bud
Muhammad Shams Ul Haqq al-Hindi (Hijri 1273-1329)
This individual, regarded as one of the great hadith scholars, wrote this book as an exposition of Abu Dawud's Sunan, devoting one chapter in Volume 11 to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Nazm al-Mutanathir min al-Hadith al-Mutawatir
Compiler: Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Jafar ibn Idris ibn Muhammad al-Fasi al-Maliki (Hijri 1274-1345)
A historian, expert in Islamic canon law and hadithic scholar. He was born and died in Morocco. This book, one of his most important works, was published in Morocco in Hijri 1328. The book states that the hadiths concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as) are absolutely trustworthy.
Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi
Compiler: Abu 'Ali Muhammad Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Rahim al-Mubarakfuri (Hijri 1283-1353)
Born in the Indian town of Mubarakfur, he was a great scholar who enjoyed considerable renown in the fields of Arabic, logic, philosophy, astronomy and canon law.
This book was written as a commentary on the Tirmidhi and was published in India, Cairo and Saudi Arabia. One chapter in Volume 6 is devoted to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Nazrat fi Ahadith al-Mahdi
Muhammad al-Khidr al-Husayn al-Misri (Hijri 1292-1377)
Originally Algerian, he was born in Tunisia. He continued his education in the Tunisian Zaytuna Institute of Learning, and later taught in al-Azhar in Egypt, where he died. He wrote many works and articles. This article about Hazrat Mahdi (as) was printed in Syria in 1370 Hijri in the journal "Majallat al-Tamaddun al-Islami."
Al-Taj al-Jami' li al-Usul
Sheikh Mansoor Ali Nasif (dec. Hijri 1371 Hijri)
One of al-Azhar's great scholars and professors. One chapter in Volume 5 of this book is devoted to the subject of Hazrat Mahdi (as).
Ibraz al-Wahm al-Maknun Min Kalam Ibn Khaldun
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn as-Siddiq ash-Shafi al-Maghribi (dec. Hijri 1380)
One of the leading memorisers of the hadiths, hadith scholar and man of learning of Marrakech. This book was written as a refutation of Ibn-i Khaldun's doubt concerning Hazrat Mahdi (as). It was published in Hijri 1347 in Damascus, by the Matbaat alt-Taraqqi.
Huwa al-Mahdi
Master, Sheikh Nasruddin al-Albani
A contemporary scholar who has written works and articles on various subjects. This article was penned as a response to questions about Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the journal "Majallat al-Tamaddun al-Islami" published in Damascus.
Akhidat al-Ahl al-Sunnah Fi al-Mahdi
Sheikh Abdul-Muhsin ibn Hamd
A teacher at the Islamic University in Madina. This article dealt with the subject of "Hazrat Mahdi (as) in the Belief of the People of the Sunnah," and was published in the journal "Jamiat Al-Islam" in Hijri 1388, together with an affirmation by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, ibn Baaz. In this work he revealed Ahl Al-Sunnah's conviction about Hazrat Mahdi (as). In another article he responds to those who reject the hadiths about Hazrat Mahdi (as). That article was published in Hijri 1400 in the same journal.


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Nearly every Friday I perform my regular "ritual of dinner," making challah, bread for my family's Friday night Shabbat meal. I've done it so many times now that I know the recipe quantities by heart. I can make it wherever I go—even when it means translating my recipes into Czech to find ingredients in the markets of Prague, as I had to do when I was there writing and teaching as a visiting rabbi at the liberal synagogue Bejt Praha in the summer of 2010.
Homemade food has a kind of friend-making power that comes from the labor, care, art, love and intention you put into it. My bread-baking ritual satisfies a twofold desire: It allows me to both embrace something familiar, comfortable and personally nourishing, as well as to reach out beyond myself to connect with others, by sharing the food I spend time preparing.
In a way, my latest project translating Rabbenu Bahya ben Asher's Shulhan Shel Arba (Table of Four), a sacred Jewish text about mindful eating, is as much a "ritual of dinner" as my weekly challah baking. Rituals in general, and eating together in particular, prompt us to reflect deeply about the connections between what we're doing, with whom, and why we're doing it.
Not only is this kind of reflection at the heart of my classroom teaching, my scholarship and the translation of this book, it is also the factor that adds value to living and learning together as a small liberal arts college community, and on a larger scale, as a society.
I'm convinced that rituals, especially the rituals of eating together, make communities—regardless of whether they're secular or religious. At Wheaton, we teach and learn, eat, drink and live together in close physical proximity. We assume that this closeness provides an invaluable educational benefit. However, that is only true, if and only if, we pay attention to what we're doing.
That's why Rabbenu Bahya's book has had such an impact on me and why I want to share it with a larger audience. Shulhan Shel Arba reminds us that the possibility for the kind of examined life that a liberal arts education seeks to instill unfolds before us every day in something as seemingly mundane as cooking or eating.
I received Shulhan Shel Arba from my best friends and frequent dinner partners for my 33rd birthday back in 1992. It has changed my life.
It has helped me focus my passionate but scattered interests in meals—both inside and outside of academia; informed the many Shabbat and holiday meals my wife Maia and I have made; and has become central to my academic research on food and religion, as well as a subject for my teaching. I have been mining this book over the past decade or so for my research and publications on Jewish meals. It also has become an inspiration and a kind of model for the First Year Seminar "Rituals of Dinner," which I designed and have taught since starting at Wheaton.
Shulhan Shel Arba reveals that meals can elevate our relationships with one another and the world around us, by cultivating our relationship with God. It develops in both imaginative and very concrete ways the famous Jewish idea that the dinner table is a "mikdash me'at"—a "mini-Temple." Like the Temple service, the table's purpose is to help people have a relationship with each other and with God. And that's exactly what this book has done for me: It has deepened and elevated my most important relationships with other people, and through them, with God, through the physical and sensory experiences of food and talk at shared meals.
Rabbenu Bahya sensually describes the words to be said at a meal, like blessings and food-related Torah discussions, as if they were the smells and sights of aromatic oils and smoke wafting up to the heavens at the altar of the Temple. Likewise, he discusses how the physical gesture of raising the 10 fingers of your hands up for washing before a meal (netilat yada'im) kinetically turns your attention upward. The upward motion is key. He has you imagine energy flowing up from your 10 toes through your body, through your 10 fingers, reaching up to connect back to their Source, the 10 Sefirot (the kabbalistic symbolic terms describing God). What we see, say and sense at the table should stimulate our imagination, the author tells us.
He suggestively connects the imperative to go out of your way to be hospitable to both the mundane activity of lingering over your dinner table after a pleasant meal and to a powerful reminder of our own mortality:
"Whoever prolongs his time at the table, his days and years are prolonged for him…. By prolonging one's time at the table, it is more likely that a poor person will come and he'll give him a piece of food so he'll be provided for."
Inviting guests is in effect also "inviting" God to the dinner table. Through the author's imaginative re-envisioning of the ordinary things we can do at the dinner table, we might truly experience our Jewish table as indeed a kind of "table before the Lord" (Ezekiel 41:22). Whether or not you take this literally, the words are meant to honor the human participants in the meal, as sharers in a special, emotionally elevating experience. Some religious communities call this "God" or "the gods," others need no theistic or supernatural language at all for it. Regardless, Shulhan Shel Arba's metaphors refer not to some unattainable Something "out there," but rather to something we can experience palpably through our companionship with other flesh-and-blood people, and in the natural world around us.
The fact is, food makes a great conversation starter. Most people care quite deeply about what they eat, and if they don't, that too prompts an interesting conversation. And the conversations are even better, more likely to go deeper, if they're over a meal, a drink, at a table where we see each other face-to-face. Talking about eating while you're eating pushes you to be both reflective and materially engaged all at once.
No matter how esoteric the reflections are (as they should be, if our imaginations are to flourish), the sounds, tastes, smells, touch and the sight of our food, drink and companions remind us to "keep it real."
The meal surrounds us in a network of concentric circles: our senses, our bodies, our social commitments and the natural world. Through mental reflection precisely on what is right in front of us, we connect.
The pedagogical, the moral value of the pleasures of the table rests in the power of "storied food [to] feed us both body and soul, the threads of narrative knitting us together as a group, and knitting the group into the larger fabric of the given world," to quote Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma (Wheaton summer reading for incoming freshmen in 2007 and 2008).
Even religious rabbis and atheist evolutionary biologists can connect in lunch conversations in the Emerson Faculty Dining Room, or over lambic beer and smelly cheeses from La Laiterie.
Jonathan Smith, a leading scholar of comparative religious studies, has aptly defined ritual as "mode of paying attention." In that, the rituals I do, I teach, I translate have an affinity with the practice of the scientists and artists I know. Though we may pay attention to different things in different ways, what we seem to share is a careful, focused attention to details, a sort of kinesthetic awareness that requires movement and registering what we gather through our senses, and a goal orientation without actually knowing exactly what our results will be until we get there.
There is a method, a discipline that we presume will get us from A to B. But while we imagine, envision and hypothesize what B might be, we have to remain open to whatever results present themselves, whether they are pretty much what we expected, or something quite different.
The rituals of dinner, and all the necessary rituals of living together, let's say, on a residential liberal arts college campus like Wheaton, accustom us to a disciplined openness to the concentric circles of worlds right in front of our very senses.
While I find all the connections and associations in my translation (really a kind of meditation) incredibly exciting, the real challenge has been trying to convey this to others.
I think I turned a corner and got closer to that goal when I started to think about my translation of Shulhan Shel Arba as a work of art and a ritual object, rather than just an academic resource for a modern audience interested in food, culture and ethics.
This is where the illustrations of Rosemary Liss '11 come in. Reading Rabbenu Bahya's book, you can make the verbal and thematic associations only to the extent that you already have "acquired" in your mind the things, the sounds, the tastes to which he alludes. So a contemporary English translation and interpretation of Shulhan Shel Arba alone would not be enough to hook a modern audience unfamiliar with rabbinic and kabbalistic symbolism and ways of thinking. However, if Rabbenu Bahya's "old" ideas can be visually associated with more contemporary images, the same visionary experience of "directed free association" might be evoked in contemporary readers.
That's why I invited Rosemary, a studio art major who was in my "Rituals of Dinner," to compose seven original illustrations for my translation.
Rosemary's illustrations were informed by her sensibilities as a modern, nonorthodox Jewish woman interested in sustainable, local, slow food. By filtering Rabbenu Bahya's Shulhan Shel Arba through her creative vision, Rosemary updated its allusive ideas in a sort of "visual midrash." (All thanks to a Mars grant for student-faculty research collaboration.)
Her models for the illustrations were the illuminated Passover Haggadot (Jewish texts that set forth the order of the Passover Seder) by Rabbenu Bahya's contemporaries in 13th- and 14th-century northern Spain, which she studied as part of this project, as well as the English text of my translation of Shulhan Shel Arba.
We also imitated the process used in the composing of these medieval illuminated Spanish Haggadot, which probably were commissioned collaborations between artists and rabbinic scholars somewhat similar to Rosemary's and mine. Hence, for the duration of the project, we either met, or, when I was working on the translation in Prague, corresponded electronically to discuss which parts to illustrate, rationales for her artistic choices, and for general brainstorming and "give-and-take" about the art and the text.
Working with an artist like Rosemary helped me integrate my desire to create something that aims to be both a scholarly work and a work of art. The best part about the collaboration was that it inspired us to produce more and better work than I think we could have done on our own.
The whole was definitely greater than the sum of its parts. Working with her supplied a whole set of internal motivations, built-in incentives that came not only from the rewards of camaraderie, but also from the mutual esteem we had for each other's work. To be honest, whether you're a graduating senior or a full professor, you both benefit from the mutual exchange of respect for each other's work, talent and vision inherent in the activity of collaboration.
We're still looking for a publisher who will share our vision of an art book for the dinner table, a sort of modern illuminated Haggadah, but our work-in-progress is publicly available online CLICK HERE to take a look .
No matter what happens, the collaboration and the translation process have been worthwhile for us both in our professional and personal development, and the reflection, like a good meal with friends, has been invaluable.
Professor of Religion Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, who is a rabbi, teaches courses on the Hebrew Bible and New Testament (in translation), on Judaism, Islam, responses to the Holocaust, comparison of religions, religion in modern literature, and "Rituals of Dinner"; conducts informal weekly Torah study sessions over lunch at Wheaton; and contributes to the blog "The Jew and the Carrot: Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues". He admits to being a little obsessed with food, both in theory and in practice.
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Photos by Nicki Pardo, challah photo by Maia Brumberg-Kraus
Illustrations by Rosemary Liss '11


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Farming Standards
As the fourth and eighth biggest counties in England, Devon & Somerset form part of one of the largest farming regions in the country, with tens of thousands of holdings, regular livestock markets held across the two counties each week, a number of slaughterhouses and important agricultural events held throughout the year.
As a result, advice, guidance and enforcement on Animal Health, Welfare and Disease Control legislation is a high priority for our Service. At the same time we ensure that animal feed and any food produced on farms meet both safety and hygiene controls.
Our aim is to protect the health and welfare of livestock in Devon & Somerset, including farm animals being transported or exposed for sale at a market.
We actively investigate any serious breach of legislation and deal with many complaints and referrals each year, taking enforcement action against offenders (including prosecution in serious cases) if necessary. We work in close co-operation with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), the Food Standards Agency, the British Cattle Movement Service, other Local Authorities, the RSPCA and the Police.
Animal Health & Welfare
Trading Standards is responsible for monitoring and investigating animal health and welfare of livestock (particularly at markets and during transport) across Devon & Somerset, ensuring animals are treated correctly and not caused unnecessary suffering. You can find out more about this, as well as how to report any farmed animal welfare concerns at Animal health and welfare.
Animal Movement
Most forms of livestock now need to be traceable from birth onwards, with records kept of when they are moved or sold. They may also be subject to a six-day (or 20-days for pigs) standstill period each time they are moved onto a holding. All livestock owners must be aware of the rules and keep the required records for their animals, while livestock hauliers must also follow appropriate legal requirements. Find out more (including how to get animal movement record books) here.
Animal Feed & Hygiene
Keeping animal feed safe is vital for the welfare of livestock, the protection of consumers and to prevent and contain outbreaks of disease. As a result Trading Standards carefully monitors the manufacture, transportation and storage of animal feed, including feed produced or mixed on farms. You can find more information about legal obligations and good feed storage practice here.
Animal Disease Containment
There are a number of animal diseases which can affect livestock, but having plans in place if an outbreak does occur, helps ensure that the spread is limited and contained. As the 2001 Foot & Mouth outbreak showed, the cost of animal disease can be enormous both monetarily and in its effects on farmers. Trading Standards works hard to ensure contingency plans are in place for various diseases, both trying to stop them reaching the UK and containing them if they get here. Find out more.
Farming Standards Guidance Leaflets
For advice on all manner of farming matters that Trading Standards is involved with – from the rules regarding slaughter outside licensed abattoirs to advice on avoiding and recognising different animal diseases – we have a range of leaflets to help you.


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Scientists who observe the behavior of living things always admit they come across miracles. One of those living that amazes scientists is a crow called Betty.
These crows, which belong to the species Corvus moneduloides live on the island of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. They were already known to use twigs to dig food out holes they could not reach otherwise. The metal rod Betty bent in the laboratory, however, is a tool not found in nature. What is more, the twigs found in nature are not as flexible as a metal rod. This is therefore a most astonishing finding. Because an animal selects a metal rod from all the other objects around it and uses it as a tool to resolve a particular problem. The mental basis for Betty's behavior is a complete mystery to scientists.
This amazing performance by a crow is one of the manifest proofs of the perfection in the order created by Allah in the earth and sky. It is Allah Who inspires the crow to use these tools. Allah reveals how he inspires intelligence in living things in these verses:
" Your Lord revealed to the bees: 'Build dwellings in the mountains and the trees, and also in the structures which men erect. Then eat from every kind of fruit and travel the paths of your Lord, which have been made easy for you to follow.' From inside them comes a drink of varying colors, containing healing for mankind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people who reflect." (Sura an-Nahl, 68-69)


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The Burris Fastfire Base is designed to allow for the use of a Burris Fastfire Sight on guns with the the appropriate rear sight cut. Mounts in place of the rear sight and is for use with the Burris Fastfire ONLY.
Note: Ruger Mark I, II, III (119655) does not work with 22/45.
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Coccidioidos is better known as valley fever, this disease causes flu-like symptoms including fever, cough, headache, rash, muscle aches, and joint pain. It is caused when a fungus found in the soil of dry, low-rainfall areas, like that of the Desert Southwest, is inhaled into the lungs.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 20,000 cases of valley fever were reported in the United States in 2011, but many more cases—more than 150,000—probably went undiagnosed. At least 30 to 60 percent of the people who live in the region where the fungus is found, including Utah, are exposed at some point during their lives.
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Valley fever is not passed from person to person, and is usually a self-limited illness that stays in the lungs, causing a dry cough, fever, and sometimes pneumonia. In rare cases the infection can escape the lungs and go to the bones or nervous system, causing complications like meningitis, infections in the bones or joints, or even death.
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If you have had routine exposure to dirt or dust, including that from construction, are symptomatic, or are part of the high-risk population for valley fever and you have concerns, you may want to consult your healthcare provider to be tested. Valley fever is a reportable disease, and cases are tracked by the health department. A blood test can confirm valley fever, but it is not part of routine blood work.
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THE proposed move of Thwaites from its central Blackburn site brings to an end centuries of brewing history in the town.
By 1875, it had the basis of its three flagship three breweries with Duttons founded in 1799 and Matthew Brown.
In 1807 Daniel Thwaites became a partner at the Eanam Brewery talking sole control in 1824, starting 190 years of family ownership.
The firm expanded in 1863 when it took over the Snig Brook Brewery and in 1897 the Yerburgh family married into the company.
Growing further in the early 1900s, it became famous across the North West for its warm brown bitter and two milds, the staple of its Blackburn trade for years. The dark creamy Best was often mistaken by the unwary for Guinness and the sharper ordinary was a favourite of traditional drinkers.
In 1925 the company started bottling beers including favourites 'Big Ben', 'Danny Brown' and the then the 150th anniversary strong ale 'Old Dan' Eanam became the Star Brewery in 1966 with £1.5 million expansion and the building of the distinctively visible Thwaites tower.
During the real ale revival of the 1970's, the cask bitter and milds became firm Campaign for Real Ale favourites winning a UK-wide following.
In 1984 Thwaites took over Lancaster's Yates and Jackson brewery and in 1985 the dray horses won the freedom of Blackburn.
By its 1986 £4million refurbishment, it had outlasted Duttons, closed by owners Whitbread in 1978 and Matthew Brown, controversially axed by Scottish and Newcastle in 1992.
Thwaites celebrated its 200th birthday in 2007 by developing fine craft ales such as 'Lancaster Bomber' and 'Wainwright'.
In 2011 it announced plans to sell the Star Brewery in Penny Street which came closer to reality yesterday.
Ale drinkers will be hoping the Thwaites' promise that beers from the new brewery will match the current ones is fulfilled, ensuring the taste of Blackburn, famous for 200 years, lingers on.


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Recessed housing for remodel application where back side of ceiling is not accessible. Installed through an opening in the ceiling from below. Design for use in non-insulated areas. If installed where insulation is present, the insulation must be pulled back 3" from all sides of the housing. To be used with Juno Lighting recessed light trim.
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