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Access Bio, Inc. 12/22/10
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Waterview Corporate Center 10 Waterview Blvd., 3rd Floor Parsippany, NJ 07054 Telephone (973) 331-4906 |
December 22, 2010
Via UPS
Mr. Young H. Choi
President and CEO
Access Bio, Inc.
2033 Route 130, Unit H
Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
Dear Mr. Choi:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your establishment located in Somerset, New Jersey, from August 4, through August 31, 2010. The FDA investigators determined that you manufacture in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test kits, including the CareStart HIV test kits, CareStart Syphilis test kits, CareStart Malaria test kits, and CareStart HCV test kits which are devices within the meaning of section 201(h) [21 U.S.C. 321] of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the ACT) because they are instruments intended for use in the diagnosis of disease.
Under section 513(f) of the Act, the HIV test kits are class III devices, which under section 501(f)(1)(B) are deemed to be adultered unless they have received premarket approval under section 515 or an investigational device exemption (IDE) under section 520(g). Your CareStart HIV test kits are not approved for sale in the United States and have not received an investigational device exemption from premarket approval. These statutory provisions protect the public health and ensure that new medical devices are safe and effective.
Additionally, this inspection also revealed that you have not obtained marketing approval or clearance before you began offering the CareStart Syphilis test kit, CareStart Malaria test kit, and CareStart HCV test kit for sale, which is a violation of the law. The Act requires that manufacturers of devices that are not exempt obtain marketing approval or clearance for their products from the FDA before they may offer them for sale. This helps protect the public health by ensuring that new devices are shown to be both safe and effective or substantially equivalent to other devices already legally marketed.
Specifically, the CareStart Syphilis test kit, CareStart Malaria test kit, and CareStart HCV test kit are adulterated under section 501(f)(1)(B) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 351(f)(1)(B), because you do not have an approved application for premarket approval (PMA) in effect pursuant to section 515(a) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 360e(a), or an approved application for an investigational device exemption (IDE) under section 520(g) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 360j(g). The devices are also misbranded under section 502(o) the Act, 21 U.S.C. 352(o), because you did not notify the agency of your intent to introduce the device into commercial distribution, as required by section 510(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 360(k).
For devices requiring premarket approval, the notification required by section 510(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. 360(k), is deemed satisfied when a PMA is pending before the agency. 21 C.F.R. 807.81(b). The kind of information you need to submit in order to obtain approval or clearance for your device is described on the Internet at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/devadvice/3122.html. The FDA will evaluate the information you submit and decide whether your products may be legally marketed.
Furthermore, your CareStart HIV test kits are adulterated within the meaning of section 501(h) of the Act [21 U.S.C. 351(h)], in that the methods used in, or the facilities or controls used for, their manufacture, packing, storage, or installation are not in conformity with the current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements of the Quality System Regulation (QS Regulation) found at Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 820. At the close of the inspection, FDA issued a Form FDA 483, Inspectional Observations, that described a number of significant objectionable conditions related to the facility's compliance with CGMP. These violations include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. You failed to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that the device history records (DHRs) for each batch, lot, or unit are maintained to demonstrate that the device is manufactured in accordance with the device master record (DMR) [21 CFR 820.184]. For example:
A. You failed to implement procedure QOP-42-03, Control of Records, Rev. B, effective September 1, 2006, which requires a DHR to contain purchasing records, production (batch) records, product nonconformity and rework records, sterilization records, device verification and acceptance records, and device labeling records and these records were not maintained in your DHRs for the following lots of products:
i. Lot E10IA, CareStart HIV 2 Line product, production date of May 2010;
ii. Lot B10IA, CareStart HIV 2 Line product, production date of February 2010;
iii. Lot B70IB, CareStart HIV 3 Line product, production date of February 2010;
iv. Lot H191A0, CareStart HIV 1-2-0 product, production date of August 2009;
v. Lot B10IAO, CareStart HIV 1-2-0 product, production date of February 2010.
B. Your Device Master Record (DMR) for the CareStart HIV 2 Line product lists specific forms to be used in the documentation of in-process and final acceptance activities. However, the DHRs for CareStart HIV 2 Line product lots L18IA, J19IA, L19IA, C10IA did not contain the records for the device visual inspection for the assembled kits, the pouch sealing test, the red blood cell leaking test, and the in-process testing for the (b)(4) are performed in order to demonstrate that the devices were manufactured in accordance with the DMR.
C. You failed to follow procedures QOP-42-03, Control of Records, Rev. B, effective September 1, 2006, and QOP-75-01, Production Work Order and History Record, Rev. A, effective July 1, 2005, which require DHRs to contain production work orders for device verification, inspection, and testing where the work orders become the principal manufacturing, acceptance, traceability and release record in the DHR for the distributed devices. The production work orders were not maintained as part of the DHR for your CareStart HIV 2 Line products.
2. You failed to maintain DHRs for the primary identification label and labeling used for each production unit [21 CFR 820.184(e)]. Specifically, you failed to maintain copies of labels used for each lot or batch that include the lot number or expiration date.
3. You failed to maintain DMRs to include, or refer to the location of, the following information: device specifications including appropriate drawings; production process specifications including production methods, production procedures, and production environment specifications; quality assurance procedures and specifications including acceptance criteria and the quality assurance equipment to be used; packaging and labeling specifications, including methods and processes used [21 CFR 820.181]. Specifically, you failed to adequately implement procedure QOP-42-02, Device Master Record Rev. A, effective July 1, 2005, for your CareStart HIV 2 products by not including or referencing the documents specific to device specifications, manufacturing process specifications, quality assurance procedures and specifications, and packaging and labeling specifications.
4. You failed to follow the procedures to control all documents [21 CFR 820.40]. Specifically, you failed to implement procedure QOP, Control of Documents, Rev. A, effective July 1, 2005, which states in Section 4.2 that approved and released documents are to be identified with the name (or initials) of the approving/releasing authority and the effective date. For example, your DHRs were not reviewed and approved with a signature and dated by a designated individual prior to their issuance. These documents include records of production for the following: Lot B10IA, CareStart HIV 2 Line product; Lot E10IA, CareStart HIV 2 Line product; Lot B70IA, CareStart HIV 3 Line product; Lot H19IA0, CareStart HIV 1-2-0 product; and Lot B10IA0, CareStart HIV 1-2-0 product.
5. You failed to establish and maintain procedures to ensure that all purchased or otherwise received product and services conform to specified requirements [21 CFR 820.50]. Specifically, you failed to establish a Supplier Quality File for (b)(4) a supplier of the (b)(4) used in the manufacturer of CareStart HIV 2 Line product. In addition, they were not listed on your approved supplier list form, QF-74-01-1, dated January 31, 2006, Rev. B. In addition, no acceptance activities were performed for incoming raw materials for the CareStart HIV 2 Line product, including identity testing of the (b)(4). Your firm approves incoming raw materials based on a specification of bulk materials, and Certificate of Analysis from the supplier.
This inspection also revealed that you did not obtain marketing approval before you began offering the CareStart HIV test kits for sale, which is a violation of the law. The Act requires that manufacturers of devices that are not exempt obtain marketing approval or clearance for their products from the FDA before they may offer them for sale. This helps protect the public health by ensuring that new devices are shown to be both safe and effective or substantially equivalent to other devices already legally marketed.
In addition, the FDA investigators conducted an assessment of your compliance with the export requirements listed in Section 802 of the Act for your CareStart HIV test kits. You do not meet the requirements of Section 802 of the Act because the device is not manufactured, processed, packed, or held in substantial conformity with CGMP requirements.
Furthermore, medical devices are not deemed adulterated and may be exported if they are in compliance with Section 801(e)(1) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 381(e)(1). However, because the outer shipping package for your CareStart Malaria pLDH/HRP2 combo Kit was not labeled for "export only" (intended for export), you cannot export your device unless you comply with the requirements under Section 801(e)(1) of the Act.
We acknowledge receipt of your written response dated September 15, 2010, which addresses the inspectional observations on the Form FDA 483 issued at the close of the inspection. We have reviewed your response and have the following comments. The items are numbered to correspond with the observations listed on the Form FDA 483.
FDA 483 item #1
You state that you plan to voluntarily withdraw from the market and destroy all implicated CareStart HIV test kit lots that you have in inventory, along with all CareStart HIV product labeling. Please keep in mind that the manufacture and future shipments of unapproved devices would be considered a violation of the Act.
FDA 483 item #2
Your response states that the CareStart HIV test kits are not for sale and distribution in the U.S. However, our inspection documented the sale of CareStart HIV test kits in the U.S. and overseas. CareStart HIV test kits, Lot E10IA, were sold on June 16, 2010, in (b)(4), and on March 1, 2010, to (b)(4). In addition, CareStart HIV test kits were shipped overseas on April 8, 2010, to (b)(4). Your response does not provide any evidence that you have performed any corrective actions for the observations cited on the Form FDA 483.
FDA 483 item #3
Your response states that you were "…not certain of the unsigned or non-dated records shown during the inspection. The employee who supplied these records has been terminated and is no longer involved with the company." However, no evidence was provided to show that any preventive actions have been implemented to prevent the recurrence of the same issue.
FDA 483 item #5
Your response does not provide any assurance that you will implement your written procedure for purchasing controls. In order to ensure that purchased or otherwise received product or services conform to specifications, purchasing must be carried out under adequate controls, including the assessment and selection of suppliers, contractors, and consultants. The specifications for the finished device cannot be met unless the individual parts of the finished device meet specifications.
You should take prompt action to correct the violations addressed in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in regulatory action being initiated by the Food and Drug Administration without further notice. These actions include, but are not limited to, seizure, injunction, and/or civil money penalties. Also, federal agencies are advised of the issuance of all Warning Letters about devices so that they may take this information into account when considering the award of contracts. Additionally, premarket approval applications for class III devices to which the Quality System Regulation deviations are reasonably related will not be approved until the violations have been corrected. Requests for Certificates to Foreign Governments will not be granted until the violations related to the subject devices have been corrected.
Please notify this office in writing within fifteen (15) working days from the date you receive this letter of the specific steps you have taken to correct the noted violations, including an explanation of how you plan to prevent these violations, or similar violations, from occurring again. Include documentation of the corrective action you have taken. If your planned corrections will occur over time, please include a timetable for implementation of those corrections. If corrective action cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which the corrections will be completed.
Your response should be sent to: Robert J. Maffei, Compliance Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10 Waterview Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Parsippany, New Jersey, 07054. If you have any questions about the content of this letter, please contact Mr. Maffei via telephone at 973-331-4906 or via fax at 973-331-4969.
Finally, you should know that this letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the violations at your facility. It is your responsibility to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations administered by FDA. The specific violations noted in this letter and in the FDA 483, issued at the closeout of the inspection may be symptomatic of serious problems in your firm's manufacturing and quality assurance systems. You should investigate and determine the causes of the violations, and take prompt actions to correct the violations and to bring your products into compliance.
Sincerely yours,
Diana Amador-Toro
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Today, Miller too accepts that his 1953 experiment was very far from explaining the origin of life.
American chemist Stanley Miller conducted an experiment in 1953 to support the scenario of molecular evolution. Miller assumed that the primordial earth atmosphere was composed of methane, ammonia, and hydrogen gases. He combined these gases in an experiment set-up and gave electricity to the mixture. Almost a week later, he observed that some amino acids formed in this mixture.
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14) J. S. Ferris, C. T. Chen, "Photochemistry of Methane, Nitrogen, and Water Mixture As a Model for the Atmosphere of the Primitive Earth", Journal of American Chemical Society, Bd. 97:11, 1975, S. 2964
15) "New Evidence on Evolution of Early Atmosphere and Life", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Bd. 63, November 1982, S. 1328 ff.
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Not really retracted. I rather liked the term 'Judao-Goblinite'. I bet it turns out you can actually get to Diagon Alley through some secret door near Goldman Sachs Tower.
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Yes, you can. We Judao Goblinites hold the secret. Sell me a chubby baby and I will let you know how. *sings* you gotta pick a pocket or two etc
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ok, so i may have over reacted to the money hoarding bit, especially not being a kike myself, but i think the main point which i tried to get across, and failed miserably,(AND went off on a tangent) was that it was just an easy shot at the jewish hegemony, which will engulf der fatherland, unless, und zis is ein BIG unless, ve come up mit ein final zolution!ein volk, ein reich, ein stein!
(sorry i meant jewish LOVE of money! dont quite know what happened there.)
personally, i am more worried about the jews hoarding of foreskins, which they snip take off of all their boys, what the hell do they do with all of them?????
is there a bank vault stuffed with millions of them, somewhere in geneva?
we need to be told, the public has a right to know!
are they making small purses from them, which, when rubbed, turn into large suitcases?
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Excellent stuff from all.
I love reading the feedback more than the sub most of the time.
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Gosh, I haven't seen "kike" written down in ages and ages. Have to read the whole string now to see what's what.
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Well, I've read the whole thing now. All I can say is that I have offered a prayer to Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln to help end all the hatred here.
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i'm old, ok? i cling to archaic racist terms like shit clings to a blanket.
at least i didn't yet say ni.........................
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"Gosh, I haven't seen "Icke" written down in ages and ages. Have to read the whole string now to see what's what."
Lets leave David Icke out of this, please.
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best lizard coventry ever had in goal.
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Wow!! There's been a whole argument come and gone, and I've only just realised.
I must apologise, it's terribly remiss of me to have missed out on inserting my tuppence worth.Actually, I liked the basis of the idea, thought that it could have been written up better, which the author has admitted him/herself, but that it may still have ended up as a fairly weak sub.
Nice to see that you boys can still get all worked up about something though, keep it up boys!
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Arthurminnit that bank you speak of is HSBC. Holding Small Boys' Clippings
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Is this the most comments ever for a sub that wasn't actually used? Perhaps I should re-write the story...?
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good idea, just dont mention the money hoarding jews!
i called them kikes earlier on, but i think i got away with it!
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Salted or cheesy?
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- 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine
- Faster acceleration
- Competitive fuel economy
The exterior of the 2013 Buick Verano has a sleek, streamlined look featuring the traditional Buick black chrome waterfall front grille, along with chrome accents and jewel-styled headlights. It comes with 18-inch polished alloy wheels and optional flush mount rear spoiler. Additional exterior options packages are available. Options for the Leather Group trim include split multi-spoke forged alloy wheels and a power sun roof. Exterior body color possibilities include Carbon Black Metallic, Crystal Red Tintcoat, Luxo Blue Metallic, and Quicksilver Metallic.
Interior & Cargo
One nice feature of the 2013 Buick Verano interior is the adaptive remote start system which, among other things, automatically heats the leather front seats when temperatures fall below a certain level, so you can start driving right away in comfort. The highlight of the Verano's interior is probably the integrated center stack featuring Buick's IntelliLink system. You'll find a high resolution, seven-inch color display with a simple touch screen that allows you to choose from a variety of music options or phone communication, as well as optional GPS navigation that can be controlled with just the push of a button or using voice activated commands.
The interior of the Buick Verano is also nice and quiet, thanks to acoustic laminated glass and triple sealed doors, so all you'll hear is the premium sound (available nine-speaker Bose Premium Audio) coming from the radio, or nothing at all. The sounds your family makes on those long, otherwise quiet drives are your responsibility.
The OnStar system highlights Buick Verano's safety features. OnStar allows you instant access to emergency roadside assistance, as well as the ability to remotely lock, unlock, start, and even locate the vehicle. You'll find a full ten airbags in the 2013 Buick Verano, including knee airbags, outboard rear seat side impact air bags, and head curtain side air bags that deploy in the case of a rollover situation. Other safety features include a four-wheel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), stability and traction control, electronic brake force distribution and emergency brake assist. For driving with children, the Verano is compatible with the LATCH system for child safety seats and has rear door child safety locks. In addition to remote start, vehicle location and locking/unlocking for theft protection, you'll find an alarm system and engine immobilizer. Like the 2012 model, the 2013 Buick Verano is an IIHS Top Safety Pick.
Driving Experience
You'll get a nice, smooth ride with the Buick Verano thanks to the Stabilitrak with traction control for high-performance handling, even in difficult road conditions. The Verano comes with a fairly powerful EcoTec 2.4-liter, direct injection, four-cylinder engine linked to a six-speed shiftable automatic transmission, which delivers 180 horsepower and 171 lb-ft of torque. The Verano offers a very respectable 21/32 mpg city/highway with E85 fuel compatibility. The new Premium model with a turbocharged, 2.0-liter, direct injection, four cylinder engine produces a heftier 250 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque, which makes it a nice upgrade option for those who want the comfort and convenience of the standard Verano but with some extra pep. A six-speed manual transmission is available on the Premium for those who really want to turn their Verano into the ultimate compact sports sedan. The Premium still gets about 21/30 mpg city/hwy.
Key Competitors For The 2013 Buick Verano
- Acura TSX
- Kia Optima
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NFPA Chair Philip Stittleburg used his time on stage at the Aerie Crown Theater at the McCormick Place Convention Center to talk about NFPA's influence.
"We have more than 300 codes and standards," he said, "but many may seem remote from what we do day-to-day. Let me tell you how they affect me close to home."
Mr. Stittleburg said that the issue of wildfire fires is growing worse across the United States. In fact, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 70,000 wildfires burned more than 9 million acres across the U.S. in 2012. In Wisconsin, where Mr. Stittleburg serves as Chief of the La Farge Fire Department, they've experienced the most-damaging wildfire season in years.
"I appreciate the important NFPA standards that deal with this threat," he said, noting eight separate documents that deal with wildfire issues from every angle, includingNFPA 1051, Wildfire Fire Fighter Professional Qualificatons; NFPA 1143, Wildland Fire Management; and NFPA 1977, Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting. Free access to all of these documents.
"NFPA also offers important programs, like Firewise Communities, to complement these standards," he said. "NFPA is deeply involved in meeting the wildland fire challenge, and all of these efforts make me appreciate again NFPA's relevance to my world."
Mr. Stittleburg said another recent incident brought home the power of NFPA's influence. He said that he had a casual conversation with a representative from Organic Valley, the largest co-op of organic farmers in the United States, which is headquarted in La Farge. Their talk turned to business continuity, as the NFPA Board had recently talk about NFPA's own plan on how its business operations might recover in case of a disaster. That plan was based on NFPA 1600, Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs. Free access to NFPA 1600.
Mr. Stittleburg gave a copy of NFPA 1600 to the Organic Valley representative, although their risk of business operation seemed low, as its headquarters building was less than five years old and full-sprinklered. But the plan was implemented. And just four weeks ago, there was a large fire at the Organic Valley headquarters.
"The fire was in my protection district and my department responded," said Mr. Stittleburg. "It was a large event that lasted 18 hours with 11 fire departments responding, 116 firefighters and EMS workers." The headquarters had substantial damage but the company was soon on its way to a speedy and complete recovery. " In fact, he said, Organic Valley lost only 2.5 hours of business time and missed no milk or egg pick-ups. "Pre-planning for this unlikely event had a major impact," he said. "and NFPA 1600 was a part of that success."
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North Folk Winery is located in east central Minnesota, approximately 40 miles North of the Twin Cities. Our award winning wine is well received and poured in a unique and inviting timber-frame tasting room. We are dedicated to providing the best of everything local in one place including the fruit made to produce our wine, the ingredients for our menu, the display of art in the tasting room, and the best of live entertainment.
A Note from the Owners
"Making wine from local fruit has been a hobby and a passion of ours for many years. As our hobby evolved, Mike and I had this crazy idea that we'd open a winery so we could have fun and enjoy our retirement years. Little did we know that we'd be working harder than we've ever worked in our lives! But the journey has been fun and we are so grateful to our family and friends who've helped us immensely along the way. It has been so rewarding to share not only our wine, but our wine stories with our customers, who constantly affirm our decision to bring a winery to our beloved community in east central Minnesota."
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Mauritius President meets Pranab Mukherjee, Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, Jan 4 : President of the Republic of Mauritius, Rajkeswur Purryag, met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday.
The visiting dignitary was accorded a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
The Mauritius President, who arrived in India on Thursday on a weeklong state visit to India, also met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid also called on President Purryag today.
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar are also scheduled to call on President Purryag later in the day.
The Mauritius President is accompanied by his wife, Aneetah Purryag, and the Ministers of Arts and Culture and of Social Integration and Economic Empowerment, and senior officials.
President Purryag will be the chief guest at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013 on January 8-9 and will be honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award.
President Purryag will also be visiting Patna, Tirupati and Kochi during his state visit. In Bihar, he will also visit his ancestral village, Bojeetpore, which is near Patna. (ANI)
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Bruce A. Tate is a kayaker, mountain biker, father, author, and Java programmer in Austin, Texas. His five books include the Jolt award-winning Better, Faster, Lighter Java (O'Reilly) and the bestselling Bitter Java (Manning). His 17 years of experience include stints at IBM, two failed startups, and his own independent consulting practice, called J2Life, LLC.


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Birth Date: | 09/10/1982 |
Height: | 5-3 |
Year: | Senior |
Hometown: | Danville, Calif. |
High School: | Carondelet |
Position: | Forward |
College: | 3V |
AS A SENIOR IN 2004: An honorable mention All-WCC selection... received the Coaches Award, an honor voted by teammates... started 24 contests at forward and saw action in all 25 contests... netted five goals and three assists for 13 points, fourth best on the team... earned All-Tournament honors at Rutgers Classic... shot against Rutgers in the final minutes almost proved to be the equalizer... attempt got past keeper and was rolling toward goal line when a Knight defender saved the score at the last second... scored one goal and two assists against Rhode Island... all four points were earned in the match's first 28 minutes... scored in the second half against Yale... drew a foul in the box that led to game-winning PK against CS Fullerton... drew a foul in the box that was awarded a penalty kick against No. 7 California... scored in the 27th minute at Saint Mary's... scored game-winner on Senior Night against Pepperdine to clinch WCC Championship... earned WCC's Co-Player of the Week honor for that effort... assisted on the game-winner against Stanford in the second round... a key factor in starting the play that led to the game-winner at No. 1 North Carolina... added Broncos' second goal against Illinois in NCAA quarterfinal with a side volley off a rebound.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2003: Started 14 matches and saw action in 15 contests... missed seven matches due to a hamstring injury, returning against Cal Poly... also missed final two matches after tearing ACL in right knee during a Nov. 18 practice... had five goals and four assists for 14 points... netted first career hat trick at San Jose State, scoring all three goals in the first 29 minutes of contest, including the game-winner... added an assist in the second half... assisted on two goals within one minute of each other at San Diego... scored fourth goal against Pepperdine... added game-winner at Gonzaga to help the Broncos clinch their third straight league title.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2002: An honorable mention All-WCC team selection... also earned SCU's Coaches' Award... started against Stanford, despite tearing ACL just four months earlier... was expected to miss the first month of the season... started 22 of the 24 contests she played... registered three goals and four assists for 10 points... cracked ribs on her right side against Clemson... sat out match at Cal, but returned and started against Cal Poly two days later... broke nose against Tennessee, but continued playing... the injury requires surgery, but no date was set during the season... played with a face mask against UCLA but decided against using it for the rest of the season... assisted on Leslie Osborne's second goal against the Toreros... earned two assists against San Jose State... scored first goal of the season against San Francisco on the counterattack... scored game-winner against fourth-ranked Portland in the 10th minute... was named the WCC Player of the Week for that performance... added a score against Arizona State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament... assisted on Veronica Zepeda's first goal against North Carolina in the College Cup semifinal.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2001: Earned honorable mention-team All-WCC honors... scored first collegiate goal in team's season opener against Cal Poly... saw action in all 25 matches... started 12 matches, including her first against California and both College Cup contests... capped Bronco scoring against Fresno State with the team's sixth goal of the night... added a goal against USF and two against Gonzaga... posted 11 points on the season from five goals and one assist.
OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM EXPERIENCE: A two-year member of the Region IV (West) ODP team... a four-year member of the Cal North State Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for head coaches John Tomei and Rusty Taylor at Carondolet High School in Concord, Calif... scored an overtime game-winning goal in the 1999 NCS Championship to give Carondolet its third straight title and a No. 1 national ranking... a four-time All-Bay View League honoree and took the league MVP honors as a senior... was also the team's captain and leading scorer as a senior, taking Carondolet to their second NCS title while ranking in the top five nationally... while playing club with the AC Thunderbirds, was a part of three State Cup titles and was the leading scorer in the 2000 State Cup Regional Tournament... finished club career as a member of the Pleasanton Rage... speed could also be seen on the track, where she owns her school's record in the 200 meter event, racing in 25.7 seconds.
PERSONAL: Full name is Briana Lynn Horvath... born September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Mo... daughter of Ron and Judy Horvath... father played soccer and baseball at Benedictine... has two sisters, Megan and Nicole... Megan was an SCU graduate and played for the WUSA's Bay Area CyberRays in 2001... majoring in marketing.
Horvath's Career Statistics
Year | M-S | Shots | Goals | GW Goals | Assists | Points |
2001 | 25-12 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
2002 | 24-22 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
2003 | 15-14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
2004 | 25-24 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Career | 89-72 | 106 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Horvath's Career Honors
All-WCC Honorable Mention, 2002
WCC Player of the Week 11/4/02, 2002
SCU Coaches' Award, 2002
All-WCC Honorable Mention, 2001


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knit circular knitting needles1/1/1970 How to Knit on Circular Needles . For basic information on circular knitting , go to Knitting World. This page has good pictures of what your knitting will But circular needles aren't just for knitting circularly. Anything that can be knitted on two straight needles can be knitted back and forth on circulars If nothing else, please learn how to use a circular knitting needle for large with knit and purl rows) on a circular item where you'll only be knitting. Q. Hello, I am trying to knit an afghan using circular needles. I am quite used to using straight knitting needles but thought since my project is a large Knitting with circular needles is a little mysterious for the beginning knitter. Patterns assume that you know how to knit with circular needles , Tags : picture
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This action-packed new trailer for Dead Island developer Techland's upcoming open-world zombie survival game Dying Light has taught me a few things.
For starters, I did not know you had a Batman-esque grappling hook that can be used to quickly reach rooftops. I also didn't know there was a gargantuan zombie type that chases you, swinging its concrete pole hammer in the hopes of crushing your stupid, parkouring face in with it.
Oh, and it looks like there are child zombies to worry about now, too.
You can see all of these things in action in the video below.
Dying Light releases on the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in February 2015.
Were you a fan of Dead Island? Personally, I loved it. Can't wait for this to come out.
I enjoyed the first Dead Island, but Riptide was pretty disappointing. This series frustrates me — it's always had serious potential, but the way it's been handled (with Riptide and Epidemic) is not the direction I would've taken the series.
I only played the first one. For as buggy as it was I really loved the gameplay and island setting. Disappointing to hear about Riptide and I wasn't sure what to expect from the MOBA, Epidemic, at all. Hopefully dying light is a better successor for the series.
as a gamer newbie (PS3) i'm definitely planning on buying this! looks awesome!
Adam (or anyone) since i just bought PS3 what is the huge difference going to be between PS4 & PS3?
Oh geez. A lot! Off the top of my head, some improvements/features that were made with the PS4: it's supposedly about 10x more powerful than the PS3, it's easier for developers to make games for it (could lead to higher quality games), the games themselves look fantastic (noticeably better than PS3), it'll have exclusives the PS3 won't (InFamous, Killzone, etc.), the controller is a MASSIVE improvement over the PS3's controller, livestreaming from the console, etc.
It's also worth mentioning that as we move forward into this new console cycle, the number of releases the PS3 sees will begin to dwindle as more devs/pubs shift their focus to the new consoles.
Tesla Sledgehammer in this or it didn't happen!
Adam, i am excited as well. Even more now that i saw this trailer. I don't mind that it got pushed to 2015 as long as that means that it will be better. One thing that i noticed that has improved is the combat, when the very first trailers released i noticed that the combat looked like a copy and paste from the Dead Island series, just a bunch of swaying back and forth and now it looks a lot better.
That looks so awesome.
Yeah…I'm still not sold. Techland are sloppy developers and their games look atrocious in reality because they insist on using their own horrendous engine; Chrome.
I would love to explore this city! Parkouring my way with improvised weapons! Graphically looks outstanding! I just wish there is more interactivity with the environment – ps the zombie cannot catch you if you are behind a table rather than run over it!
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Today's announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize going to three women champions of democracy and peace is another testament to the important role that women can and should play in peace-building and democratization. "We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men," read the Nobel Committee's official announcement. This year's winners are Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia and Africa's first democratically elected female leader; Leymah Gbowee, founder of a peace movement in Liberia that played an important role in ending that country's brutal civil war (and helped elect Sirleaf as president in 2005); and Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni journalist and pro-democracy activist who for years has led a non-violent protest movement against the autocratic government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
I have had the pleasure of meeting all three winners over the years. Since her election as president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been a frequent speaker at the Council on Foreign Relations, discussing not only the challenges of rebuilding her war-torn country, but the critical role that women have played in her political success. One topic she likes to focus on is Liberia's Market Women's Fund, an effort to improve the women-led informal markets in Monrovia. Backed by an international board of high-powered African and American women, the Market Women's Fund has raised millions of dollars to improve market infrastructure, including provisions for water, toilets, electricity, and storage. The Fund has also supported adult education, financial literacy, and child care. The market women have been important political supporters of Sirleaf, campaigning on her behalf in 2005, and contributing to her strong election results. Now up for re-election, Sirleaf is facing a tough fight from opponents who attack her for not dealing sufficiently with graft in her administration, and who channel the public's dissatisfaction with the slow pace of reconstruction. Sirleaf's high-profile international reputation has not translated into equal popularity at home. The Nobel Peace Prize might put enough wind in her sails to carry her across the finish line in next week's election ahead of her challengers, but polls show a tight race.
Leymah Gbowee, another remarkable Liberian, organized a grassroots movement of Christian and Muslim women to shame the country's warlords into peace during Liberia's civil war. Gbowee is the central character in the moving documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. When we screened the film at CFR a few years ago, she spoke movingly of how, every day, she encouraged more women to join her in sitting silently along the main avenue in Monrovia where the warlords inevitably passed by in their motorcades. Wearing white t-shirts to symbolize peace, her group grew to thousands of women, demanding with their silence that the warring factions move to negotiations. Gbowee then led a delegation of supporters to Ghana, where the peace talks were held, to continue to pressure the warlords to a peace agreement. Her movement is widely credited with pushing the stalled negotiations forward.
Tawakul Karman is equally determined and fearless. I met Karman this January in Sana'a, where she was leading protests against the authoritarian regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Karman had been doing this for several years, but with the winds of revolt spreading across the Arab world, her demonstrations took on new significance. Just after our visit, Karman was arrested and held for a few days in prison, but her supporters took to the streets with such determination that she was quickly released. Sometimes called the "mother" of Yemen's revolution, Karman is also a member of Islah, a conservative Islamist movement, but she insists that she wants a secular democracy to replace Saleh's corrupt government. "After Saleh, civil society and human rights must be given priority," she told me in January. "Although I belong to an Islamic party, no way am I for a religious government. I am for a secular system, where the rights of all are protected." Still, some members of Yemen's opposition remain suspicious about Islah's intentions. In awarding the Nobel Prize to Karman, Thorbjorn Jagland, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said this should be seen as a signal that both women and Islam have a role to play in the ongoing Arab revolts. Karman graciously accepted news of the prize on behalf of all the "youth of revolution in Yemen."
Sirleaf, Gbowee, and Karman are deserving of the prize in their own ways. I extend my congratulations to each of them for this honor.


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This introduction to Pd is in the form of a series of Pd patches.
- Save the lecture (a series of Pd patches archived here: pd_lecture.tar.gz) in your personal directory (in our examples the
directory): OS X might automatically save it to your Desktop. So, you may have to move it first to'~/clarence'
- Extract files like this:
~> mv ~/Desktop/pd_lecture.tar.gz ~/clarence ~> cd ~/clarence ~/clarence> tar xzf pd_lecture.tar.gz
- Start Pd by clicking on the Pd icon on the Dock.
- Read and try the patches.
- Look through the Pd Examples from the 'Help' Menu.
You might like to experiment with a collection of STK Physical and FM synthesis objects. To make them available in Max/MSP, you will need to install PeRColate. Or to make them available in Pd, you will need to install
The names of the objects are as follows:
- BandedWG~
- BeeThree~ (may not work on Mac)
- BlowBottle~
- BlowHole~
- Bowed~
- Brass~
- Clarinet~
- Flute~
- FMVoices~ (may not work on Mac)
- HevyMetl~ (may not work on Mac)
- Mandolin~ (may not work on Mac)
- ModalBar~
- Moog~ (may not work on Mac)
- PercFlut~
- Plucked~
- Resonate~
- Rhodey~ (may not work on Mac)
- Saxofony~
- Shakers~
- Simple~ (may not work on Mac)
- Sitar~
- StifKarp~
- TubeBell~ (may not work on Mac)
- VoicForm~ (may not work on Mac)
- Whistle~
- Wurley~ (may not work on Mac)
- http://www.puredata.org/ -- the Pd Community Site
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/ -- Official Pd Documentation
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/pdrp/latest/doc/ -- Pd Repertory Project; Patches that can run selected pieces of the live electronic music repertory using Pd
- http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm -- Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music by Miller Puckette; online (and print) book with examples in Pd
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How to Shade
Description: This is going to be a wicked fun tutorial for some of you all. What I will be giving you a lesson on next is a simple guide to teach you "how to shade step by step". I do a lot of drawing tutorials and almost all of my art has some form of shading to accentuate the person, place or object that I am drawing or just drew. I get a lot of e-mails that ask me how I shade the way I do and all I can say is practice and a lot of reading from art technique books that I constantly buy once every month. I have read so many different books to teach myself how to draw, shade, color, and sketch. I have not yet perfected any of these techniques yet, though I am pretty close to being at the level I want to be when it comes to coloring. I think my coloring skills are pretty good and the more days that go by, the better I become. I am always coloring every single lesson I create and layout. That is another tutorial that I will submit in the near future because I think that everyone needs to learn "how to color the right way". What I can teach you guys from my tutorials, would take someone many days, months, hours, minutes, and seconds to achieve and learn on their own without books. I love drawing and I am very pleased to take my skills and put some use to what I love to do. This lesson will show you different types of shading techniques on three different objects. I do hope you learn something new from this lesson that will teach you "<b>how to shade step by step</b>". There is nothing better than shading in a drawing the right way especially when that drawing took you a long time to finish. Well time for me to go, and it's time for you to get shading. I will be joining you guys later with two more lessons. Peace out and happy drawing, I mean shading!
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Description: This step just explains some cool facts about shading. I will retype what I wrote in the image above for those of you that cannot see too well. It say "When you shade, you always have to define your light source. This will make your shading more realistic and alive looking".
Step 2.
Description: This is just a quick reference to how you are supposed to shade. I used an elf girl as a reference just to show you what I mean. This step says "When you shade this way, you normally scratch on a piece of paper in a small area. This is a typical type of shading that almost everyone uses. Use a cotton swab to blend in the graphite for a smooth blended look.
Step 3.
Description: This is a cool step that talks about circular shading. "Shading in a circular motion is also commonly used by different artists. When using this shading technique, take your pencil and use it in a light spin motion in small circles. To blend, use a cotton swab".
Step 4.
Description: Crosshatch shading is another technique used in drawing. "When you crosshatch, you are stroking small lines over and over in different directions. If you shade small lines horizontally, you will have to flip the paper vertically and draw over the set of lines you originally created".
Step 6.
Description: Start the shading process start off dark at the edges and lighter as you move into the circle.
Step 7.
Description: You will now shade in the mid section even more darker as you see here. The light source is as you see coming from the upper right hand side of the circle.
Step 8.
Description: Add more shading to the entire sphere and then blend the shading in as you see here. There is nothing to erase, just move to the final step to see what the end results look like.
Step 9.
Description: Here is what your shaded sphere looks like when you are completely done. All you have to do now is use the technique you just learned with this lesson that taught you "how to shade step by step".
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2 Esdras (also called 4 Esdras, Latin Esdras, or Latin Ezra) is the name of an apocalyptic book in many English versions of the Bible[1] (see Naming conventions below).[2][3] Its authorship is ascribed to Ezra.[4] It is reckoned among the apocrypha by Roman Catholics, Protestants, and most Eastern Orthodox Christians.[5] Although Second Esdras was preserved in Latin as an appendix to the Vulgate and passed down as a unified book, it is generally considered to be a tripartite work.
Naming conventions[edit]
As with 1 Esdras, there is some confusion about the numbering of this book. The Vulgate of Jerome includes 1, 2, 3 and 4 Esdras. Protestant writers, after the Geneva Bible, called 1 and 2 Esdras of the Vulgate Ezra and Nehemiah, and called 3 and 4 Esdras of the Vulgate 1 and 2 Esdras which became common in English Bibles.[6]
Jerome and the medieval Latin manuscripts denoted it 4 Esdras, which to this day is the name used for it in modern critical editions,[7][8] which are typically in Latin, the language of its most complete exemplars.[9]
It appears in the Appendix to the Old Testament in the Slavonic Bible, where it is called 3 Esdras, and the Georgian Orthodox Bible numbers it 3 Ezra. This text is sometimes also known as Apocalypse of Ezra (chapters 3–14 known as the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra or 4 Ezra, chapters 1–2 as 5 Ezra, and chapters 15–16 as 6 Ezra).
5 Ezra[edit]
The first two chapters of 2 Esdras are found only in the Latin version of the book, and are called 5 Ezra by scholars.[10] They are considered by most scholars to be Christian in origin; they assert God's rejection of the Jews and describe a vision of the Son of God. These are generally considered to be late additions (possibly third century) to the work.
4 Ezra[edit]
Chapters 3–14, or the great bulk of 2 Esdras, is a Jewish apocalypse also sometimes known as 4 Ezra,[10] or the Jewish Apocalypse of Ezra.[11] The latter name should not be confused with a later work called the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra.
The Ethiopian Church considers 4 Ezra to be canonical, written during the Babylonian captivity, and calls it Izra Sutuel (ዕዝራ ሱቱኤል). It was also often cited by the Fathers of the Church. In the Eastern Armenian tradition it is called 3 Ezra. It is conjectured by Protestant scholars to have been written in the late 1st century CE following the destruction of the Second Temple.[12]
Among Greek Fathers of the Church, 4 Ezra is generally cited as Προφήτης Ἔσδρας Prophetes Esdras ("The Prophet Ezra") or Ἀποκάλυψις Ἔσδρα Apokalupsis Esdra ("Apocalypse of Ezra"). Wellhausen, Charles, and Gunkel[citation needed] have shown that the original composition was in Hebrew, which was translated into Greek, and then to Latin, Armenian, Ethiopian and Georgian, but the Hebrew and Greek editions have been lost.
Slightly differing Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, Georgian, and Armenian translations have survived; the Greek version can be reconstructed (without absolute certainty, of course) from these different translations, while the Hebrew text remains a bit more elusive.
4 Ezra consists of seven visions of Ezra the scribe. The first vision takes place as Ezra is still in Babylon. He asks God how Israel can be kept in misery if God is just. The archangel Uriel is sent to answer the question, responding that God's ways cannot be understood by the human mind. Soon, however, the end would come, and God's justice would be made manifest. Similarly, in the second vision, Ezra asks why Israel was delivered up to the Babylonians, and is again told that man cannot understand this and that the end is near. In the third vision Ezra asks why Israel does not possess the world. Uriel responds that the current state is a period of transition. Here follows a description of the fate of evil-doers and the righteous. Ezra asks whether the righteous may intercede for the unrighteous on Judgment Day, but is told that "Judgment Day is final".[13]
The next three visions are more symbolic in nature. The fourth is of a woman mourning for her only son, who is transformed into a city when she hears of the desolation of Zion. Uriel says that the woman is a symbol of Zion. The fifth vision concerns an eagle with three heads and twenty wings (twelve large wings and eight smaller wings "over against them"). The eagle is rebuked by a lion and then burned. The explanation of this vision is that the eagle refers to the fourth kingdom of the vision of Daniel, with the wings and heads as rulers. The final scene is the triumph of the Messiah over the empire. The sixth vision is of a man, representing the Messiah, who breathes fire on a crowd that is attacking him. This man then turns to another peaceful multitude, which accepts him.
Finally, there is a vision of the restoration of scripture. God appears to Ezra in a bush and commands him to restore the Law. Ezra gathers five scribes and begins to dictate. After forty days, he has produced ninety-four books: the twenty-four books of the Tanakh and seventy secret works:
Make public the twenty-four books that you wrote first, and let the worthy and the unworthy read them; but keep the seventy that were written last, in order to give them to the wise among your people." (2 Esdras 14:45–46 RSV; 4 Ezra 12:45–46)
The "seventy" might refer to the Septuagint, most of the apocrypha, or the Lost Books that are described in the Bible.
Most Latin editions of the text have a large lacuna[14] of seventy verses between 7:35 and 7:36 that is missing due to the fact that they trace their common origin to one early manuscript, Codex Sangermanensis I, which was missing an entire page. In 1895 Robert Lubbock Bensly and James published a critical edition restoring the lost verses; it is this edition that is used in the Stuttgart edition of the Vulgate. The restored verses are numbered 7:35 to 7:105, with the former verses 7:36–7:70 renumbered to 7:106–7:140.[15] For more information, see the article Codex Sangermanensis I.
Second Esdras turns around a radical spiritual conversion of Ezra in a vision, where he stops to comfort a sobbing woman who turns instantly into a great city (2 Esd. 10:25–27). On this pivotal event, one scholar writes that Ezra
is badly frightened, he loses consciousness and calls for his angelic guide. The experience described is unique not just in 4 Ezra but in the whole Jewish apocalyptic literature. Its intensity complements the pressure of unrelieved stress evident in the first part of the vision, and it resembles the major orientation of personality usually connected with religious conversion.[16]
The following verses (10:28–59) reveal that Ezra had a vision of the heavenly Jerusalem, the true city of Zion, which the angel of the Lord invites him to explore. As the angel tells Ezra at the end of Chapter 10 in the Authorised Version:
And therefore fear not,
let not thine heart be affrighted,
but go thy way in,
and see the beauty and greatness of the building,
as much as thine eyes be able to see;
and then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend.
For thou art blessed above many other
and art called with the Highest and so are but few.
But tomorrow at night thou shalt remain here and so shall the Highest show thee visions of the high things which the Most High will do unto them that dwell upon earth in the last days. So I slept that night and another like as he commanded me (2 Esd. 10:55–59).
6 Ezra[edit]
The last two chapters, also called 6 Ezra by scholars,[10] and found in the Latin, but not in the Eastern texts, predict wars and rebuke sinners. Many assume that they probably date from a much later period (perhaps late third century) and may be Christian in origin; it is possible, though not certain, that they were added at the same time as the first two chapters of the Latin version. It is possible that they are Jewish in origin, however; 15:57–59 have been found in Greek, which most scholars agree was translated from a Hebrew original.
Author and criticism[edit]
The main body of the book appears to be written for consolation in a period of great distress (one scholarly hypothesis is that it dates to Titus' destruction of the Second Temple in AD 70).[17] The author seeks answers, similar to Job's quest for understanding the meaning of suffering, but the author doesn't like or desire only the answer that was given to Job.
Critics question whether even the main body of the book, not counting the chapters that exist only in the Latin version and in Greek fragments, has a single author. Kalisch, De Faye, and Charles hold that no fewer than five people worked on the text. However, Gunkel points to the unity in character and holds that the book is written by a single author; it has also been suggested that the author of II Esdras wrote the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch.[17] In any case, the two texts may date from about the same time, and one almost certainly depends on the other.[17]
Critics have widely debated the origin of the book. Hidden under two layers of translation it is impossible to determine if the author was Roman, Alexandrian, or Palestinian.
The scholarly interpretation of the eagle being the Roman Empire (the eagle in the fifth vision, whose heads might be Vespasian, Titus and Domitian if such is the case) and the destruction of the temple would indicate that the probable date of composition lies toward the end of the first century, perhaps 90–96, though some suggest a date as late as 218.[17]
The book is considered one of the gems of Jewish apocalyptic literature. Except for the Orthodox Slavonic Bible (Ostrog Bible, Elizabeth Bible, and later consequently Russian Synodal Bible), it was not received into European Christian canons. The chapters corresponding to 4 Ezra, i.e. 2 Esdras 3–14, make up the Book of II Izra, aka Izra Sutuel, canonical in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church; it was also widely cited by early Fathers of the Church, particularly Ambrose of Milan. It may also be found in many larger English Bibles included as part of the Biblical Apocrypha, as they exist in the King James version, the Revised Standard Version, and the earliest editions of the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible, among others.[1]
The introitus of the traditional Requiem Mass in the Catholic Church is loosely based on 2:34–35: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them." Several other liturgical prayers are taken from the book. In his Vulgate, Clement VIII placed the book in an appendix after the New Testament with the rest of the Biblical apocrypha, "lest they perish entirely".[18]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Including the KJB, RSV, NRSV, NEB, REB, and GNB
- ^ NETBible, Apocalyptic Esdras
- ^ 4 Ezra is the title used in modern English translations as in Charlesworth's (ISBN 978-0-385-09630-0). See also bibliography there.
- ^ Stone, Michael Edward (1990). Fourth Ezra; A Commentary on the Book of Fourth Ezra. Hermeneia. Fortress Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-8006-6026-9.
- ^ For example, it is listed with the apocrypha in the Anglican Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.
- ^ Esdras. Catholic Encyclopedia [1]
- ^ Bensley, R. The Fourth Book of Ezra, the Latin Edition edited form the MSS Cambridge 1895
- ^ Metzger, the Fourth Book of Ezra in J. Charlesworth the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha vol 1 pag 517ss
- ^ See for example the article Esdras in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
- ^ a b c See for example B. M. Metzger, "The Fourth Book of Ezra", in Charlesworth, James H. (ed.) The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol 1 (1983). Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 517. ISBN 978-0-385-09630-0
- ^ Theodore A. Bergren (2010). Michael D. Coogan, ed. The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. New York, USA: Oxford University Press. pp. 317–318. ISBN 9780195289619.
- ^ Bergren
- ^ 2 Esd 7:102–104, GNB
- ^ Article from Early Jewish Writings
- ^ Biblia Sacra Vulgata, 4th edition, 1994, ISBN 3-438-05303-9.
- ^ Stone, 31.
- ^ a b c d Jewish Encyclopedia article
- ^ Clementine Vulgate, Note to the Appendix
External links[edit]
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- Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, O.T. Part 2 at Project Gutenberg. (See in the appendix: The Fovrth Booke of Esdras in a 1610 translation. Also included is Robert Lubbock Bensly's 1874 translation of a "rediscovered" 70-verse fragment (7:36–105) on a page that was omitted from the 1610 translation, though present in all earlier versions.)
- Revised Standard Version (includes the missing page with 7:36–105)
- 2 Esdras at earlyjewishwritings.com
- Latin text of 2 (4) Esdras
- World Wide Study Bible: 2 Esdras
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Esdras: The Books of Esdras: IV Esdras
- Jewish Encyclopedia: Esdras, Books of: II Esdras
- 2 Esdras 1—NRSV
- King James version of 2 Esdras.
- Ezra/Esdras Chart
- 2 Ezra: 2012 Critical Translation with Audio Drama at biblicalaudio


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