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The lack of success in finding Noah's Ark on Turkey's Mt. Ararat has prompted various researchers to search for the Ark elsewhere. Since the biblical 'mountains of Ararat' cannot be exegetically equated with the single mountain known today as Mt. Ararat (Agri Dagh, 'the painful mountain,' in Turkish), we cannot use Scripture to prove Mt. Ararat was where the Ark landed, nor that it was even in existence as the Flood waters were abating. This ambiguity has opened the door for suggestions that other peaks could have been the site of the Ark's landing-place.
For example, Robert Cornuke has looked at several different locations, most recently at Takht-e Suleiman (see Cornuke's website and my response, Noah's Ark in Iran?). Other sites mentioned as possibilities at various times, by different researchers, include Mt. Cudi in southeastern Turkey, Mt. Damavand and Mt. Sabalon in Iran, and the mudflow at Durupinar near Mt. Ararat.
Given that there exists a known body of testimony alleging that Noah's Ark has been seen on Mt. Ararat, to seriously consider any non-Ararat locations as the landing-place of Noah's Ark requires one to either disregard or argue around those testimonies. Ararat skeptics justify doing exactly that by making several major claims:
- Allowing the use of testimonial data has no place in what should be a strictly "scientific" endeavor.
- Seemingly conflicting details found in the testimonies means they cannot be trusted.
- Many years of searching, both on the ground and by air or satellite, have not found definitive evidence of the Ark on Mt. Ararat, so it is probably not there and the "eyewitnesses" were all either mistaken or telling a fiction to gain notoriety.
- Even if the Ark was once on Ararat, by now it would have been destroyed by volcanic action, or pulverized by the grinding action of glaciers, or scavenged for its timbers, so that for one reason or another it no longer exists there, and the testimonies cannot possibly be right.
- Geology supposedly proves Mt. Ararat is a young volcanic peak that did not exist at the time of the Flood, again invalidating all testimonies that the Ark was ever on Mt. Ararat.
- A clear historical trail exists in the Western tradition, going back as early as the writings of Berossus in the third century BC, indicating the Ark was believed to be on Mt. Cudi; conversely, there was no such tradition for Mt. Ararat until much later, after the tenth century AD, meaning it was invented by the Armenians and never factual.
In view of these perceived problems with locating the Ark on Mt. Ararat, they must first be addressed before one can evaluate the considerable body of testimonial data without undue bias against it. They are superficially persuasive, and throw up a stumbling block preventing some people from objectively evaluating the testimonies. It is my conviction that simply tossing them out as irrelevant is an illegitimate way to do research—an easy way out of the hard job of searching for ways to resolve those apparent difficulties. The goal of this article is to biblically justify the use of testimonial data as a way of getting at truth; suggest how certain troubling details in the testimonies can be resolved; and demonstrate that the most oft-cited geological and historical claims against Mt. Ararat, pitting them squarely against details common to multiple testimonies, are based on incomplete data that is misleading when researchers consider it comprehensive. Some little-known geological and historical information will be presented that casts doubt on the position that this type of information precludes the Ark from ever being on Mt. Ararat.
Preface: The Danger of Scientism
Some individuals reject testimony as a valid way of evaluating truth, and will only consider what they think is "real science." When closely examined, however, "real science" often turns out to consist only of studies used to justify certain firmly-held positions or preconceptions. Their appeal to science is a smokescreen anchored in an attempt to vindicate already-held opinions, not impartially evaluate all factors via a multi-disciplinary approach. It is not the scientific method that they place on a pedestal, but a particular application of it that yields particular results.
Science indeed is a good truth—or rather, fact—determiner, but only when properly used. Strictly speaking, science can only accurately deal with repeatably measureable data, as in a lab, where all the initial conditions can be specified—e.g., amounts of chemicals, pressures, temperatures, etc. Our knowledge that the physical properties of materials can be relied on to remain constant allows us to accurately predict that when such-and-such is done, such-and-such will be the outcome, as surely as night follows day. Knowing these factors allows cause-and-effect relationships to be precisely determined. That is science in the classic, empirical sense. It is an endeavor to find out factual evidence about the world we live in and how it works.
Unfortunately, such initial conditions are the very factors which can be neither comprehensively known nor controlled when one deals with one-time events that took place in the past. Geological disasters, for example, are individually one-time events where we are never able to know all of the initial conditions, but are only in a position to suggest what MIGHT have happened based on partial knowledge from other comparable events. And for the young-Earth creationist (YEC) who accepts that virtually the entire geological column was laid down by the world-wide Flood of Noah's day, geology is an examination of the end result of one great, unrepeatable disaster! There is nothing else in the history of the world to compare it to. It may be possible to use deductive reasoning to gauge the likelihood that some process was involved in the Great Flood and its end results, but this is a far cry from the precision and predictable outcomes of laboratory science. Recognizing this is embracing common sense—accepting that the scientific method has its limitations.1
Yet, there are individuals who embrace a more strict view of science that does not allow for such a common sense approach. They instead take a rigid, simplistic view called "scientism" that assumes the scientific method can do no wrong, that it is universally applicable to understanding all events in the world (past ones included). The PBS.org website offers the following, generally applicable definition of scientism:
Unlike the use of the scientific method as only one mode of reaching knowledge, scientism claims that science alone can render truth about the world and reality. Scientism's single-minded adherence to only the empirical, or testable, makes it a strictly scientific worldview, in much the same way that a Protestant fundamentalism that rejects science can be seen as a strictly religious worldview. Scientism sees it necessary to do away with most, if not all, metaphysical, philosophical, and religious claims, as the truths they proclaim cannot be apprehended by the scientific method. In essence, scientism sees science as the absolute and only justifiable access to the truth.2
One form of scientism sometimes seen in educated Christian circles is the assumption certain disciplines provide virtually infallible information about their special focus, whether that discipline is geology, astronomy, or some other field—even when addressing unrepeatable past events. That favored discipline is regarded as always leading to valid conclusions, even when the initial conditions are only hinted at in the pages of the Bible and the conclusions depend entirely on the appearance of the end product. Scientists who are Christians are not immune to some form of scientism. I have personally experienced it in some discussions with others concerning research into both Noah's Flood and the search for remains of his Ark.
I personally find it hard to see how scientism can be embraced by any who claim to want to pursue Truth; I think it should be sought by whatever means, not just certain means—by a multi-disciplinary approach, not exclusive reliance on just one as the filter for all other data. This conviction is the wellspring of this paper. (For those who want to investigate scientism further, there is a thoughtful essay, Blinded by Scientism.) With that said, let us take a look at reasons to accept testimonial data as a valid help in determining the truth about something generally, and about the landing-place of Noah's Ark specifically.
Is Testimony a Valid Means for Finding Truth?
A General Defense of Testimony—The Exodus
Those who have followed the work of ABR know that, when it comes to reconciling the Bible with the findings of archaeology, absence of evidence does NOT equate with evidence of absence.3 If trustworthy historical/testimonial data about a non-repeatable event exists, as it does in the pages of the Bible, then the lack of hard scientific evidence an event happened only allows us to conclude the evidence has not yet been found. We have no basis for saying anything more; certainly none for saying that the event never occurred.
Such is the case, for example, with the Exodus wanderings of the Israelites. We have a long and reliable textual record upholding the historicity of the Exodus, as well as continuing traditions that independently point back to that time, such as the feasts of the Jews and their arcane dietary laws that are still followed to this day. These traditions must have begun somewhere, and it makes far more sense that they arose from a real historical event than via fictions imposed on the people from above—and by presumably God-reverencing priests serving the Lord who declared in Lev 19:11, "You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another." The Exodus record is thus based on an experience shared by a great many people over a long period of time, yet at the same time was recorded for posterity in the written testimony of just a single historian—Moses. Since the longstanding Jewish feasts and archaeological remains of the places the Jews conquered immediately following the Exodus exist,4 not to mention the Jewish people themselves, we have excellent objective reasons to accept the testimony of Moses in the Torah about historical events, even though conclusive archaeological evidence of the Exodus he reported has not yet been found.5
The "Two or Three" Principle
It should also be observed that Moses sets forth, with God's authority undergirding his words, the following principle: agreement of the testimonies of two or three witnesses is sufficient to establish the factuality of an event. This applied in cases of capital punishment: "On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness" (Dt 17:6). (All Scripture citations are from the NASB.) It also applied to civil disputes generally: "A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed" (Dt 19:15).
Lest one protest that this principle only applied to Old Testament law which was superseded by different New Testament principles, examine the following New Testament quotes:
- Mt 18:16: "But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED." This is a quote from Jesus Himself, indicating corroborating testimony was accepted by Christ as an adequate basis for establishing the factuality of something. And if it was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for us.
- 1 Cor 14:29: "Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment."
- 2 Cor 13:1: "This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES."
- 1Tm 5:19: "Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses."
- Heb 10:28: "Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses."
Can anyone read all of these verses and have any doubt that the "two or three" principle is God's standard for using testimony as a determinant of truth, and has wide application to many situations? Since all human beings have been sinners with a penchant toward lying, or at least stretching the truth, since the Garden, it is not as if human nature has gotten fundamentally worse with time, giving us cause to say the "two or three" principle no longer applies in our day because fewer honest men can be found! The problem of lying witnesses was recognized not only by Moses (Dt 19:18–19), but also Solomon in multiple Proverbs, e.g. 14:5, "A trustworthy witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies," and 19:5, "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who tells lies will not escape." This did not dissuade Christ and the apostles from affirming the continuing validity of the use of testimony for finding out factual truth, and it must not prevent us from affirming it either.
Nor are we in any position to simplistically claim that the rise of modern science has rendered the old, tried-and-true testimony standards passé. Scientism is incompatible with the scriptural teaching on the proper use of testimony. It is clearly impossible, biblically speaking, for science to be the sole arbiter of what is or is not true. And speaking practically, scientific "proof" can only be had, as mentioned earlier, for repeatable events where the initial conditions are known, an impossibility when dealing with non-repeatable historical events. This should be self-evident, but there are many people, Noah's Ark researchers included, with a personality akin to that of Doubting Thomas. He adamantly refused to believe testimony, even from others he knew well. Let us read once more the familiar passage in John 20:24–29:
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing." Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."
Therefore, on the basis of the words of Christ Himself, if there is no obvious reason to distrust what someone says—the person's character is known to be reliable, and others testify to the same or very similar things—then it is more blessed to have the believing attitude of a child than a fundamental distrusting skepticism of everything one cannot personally prove. So, let us bring that kind of attitude to the testimonies of the Ark's survival on Mt. Ararat, without at the same time being naïve. We are told to be innocent as doves, yet also as wise as serpents (Mt 10:16).
Applying This to the Search for the Ark
At the risk of sounding too strong, if we claim to follow the Bible as our guide to life, these principles should obligate us to accept testimony as a valid basis for evaluating truth claims, including those concerning the possible survival and location of Noah's Ark. To reject them as not applying to the search for the Ark is to reject what God has revealed as a lasting principle for men and women to follow. God nowhere hints that the "two or three" principle has been set aside in our day in favor of science, or was ever to be restricted only to a certain time or only to "religious" matters; rather, it has wide application to determining truth in civil disputes and diverse other issues. Corroborating testimony, after all, underlies the whole foundation of our modern system of jurisprudence: the principle that repeated, believable testimony from multiple eyewitnesses, supplemented by objective factual data when possible, provides an adequate reason to say that something really happened.
Now, applying all of this to the search for Noah's Ark, the very first step is to determine if there are obvious reasons not to believe a testimony—to see if the claims are being made by people out to make a buck or for other personal reasons. It is true that there have been a number of frauds and deceivers in the history of Noah's Ark research. George Jammal in the early 1990's pulled a fast one that duped a number of people, and 2011 has seen the ongoing saga of "Parasut" Ahmet Ertugrul and the Chinese Ark research team. But in both cases, it took just a little investigation by unbiased researchers to uncover the fact that things looked less than kosher.6
This is not true of the bulk of the recorded eyewitness testimonies concerning sightings of Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat. Many were made by well-disciplined military men with no apparent motive for lying, such as White Russian Army Col. Alexander Koor, US Army Sgt. Ed Davis, and several US Navy and Air Force servicemen. Their military training, plus advanced equipment at their disposal in some cases, made them careful observers. In the cases of George Hagopian and Ed Davis, not only were interviews with those who knew them performed as a character check, such things as financial records and obscure details in their stories were closely examined to check on their trustworthiness. As if that was not enough, they were also subjected to lie-detector tests (Corbin 79, 81, 108–109) that they passed. This constitutes far more than adequate character investigation. On this basis we can accept provisionally that these diverse individuals were reporting something they actually saw, although this does not itself rule out the possibility that they misinterpreted their sightings.
But that is beside the point. The crucial thing to note is that each of these "alleged" eyewitnesses was deemed reliable by those in a position to draw such a conclusion, with no known evidence to disqualify their testimony. Each acceptable testimony provides a data point for evaluation. On the authority of Scripture, we must accept their data as valid input in the efforts to find Noah's Ark. After all the obviously shaky witnesses are removed from the table, we are obligated to look at all the rest and see if we can find the "two or three"—or more—that agree. We must not refuse to do this, if we are looking for truth and not merely self-vindication of a firmly-held opinion.
Do the "Ark on Ararat" Testimonies Pass the Test?
It is time to get an overview of the testimonies recorded in the book by B.J. Corbin, The Explorers of Ararat and the Search for Noah's Ark (second edition, 1999), and ask if they can pass the "two or three" test. A summary chart of the testimonies can be found at http://noahsarksearch.com/Eyewitnesses.htm. Following is an abbreviated version of it:
One immediately notices the many repetitions of the very same features—the general location being on Mt. Ararat, at least partly in ice, having a box/barge shape, in a valley/depression, being near a ledge, cliff or both, and being either unbroken before about 1917 or broken thereafter. All of these factors pass the "two or three" test. It may be significant that the only two testimonies saying the sighting was NOT in ice were also two (of only four) which stated the Ark was NOT broken, so these factors may be related. Although not made clear on the chart, in the text of the George Hagopian testimony in Corbin (66–69, 368–374) it is clear that Hagopian considered the Ark to be unbroken and mostly ice-free in the early 1900s as well.
A Close Look at One Testimony—George Hagopian
Let us now examine the Hagopian testimony in some detail, for it has unique features that make it stand out from most others. A native Armenian, he claimed to have twice climbed Mt. Ararat as a young boy in the early 1900s and to have actually climbed on top of the Ark (Corbin 370). His testimony has been closely scrutinized by many researchers, and has stood up remarkably well. Below is a photo of him with researcher Elfred Lee.
The first thing to note is that, unlike in the case of Ed Davis, there is absolutely no ambiguity that the mountain he claimed to climb was Mt. Ararat. Hagopian demonstrated this certainty in many ways, including his use of the native Armenian name for Mt. Ararat, Masis (sometimes spelled "Massis"), and his intimate knowledge of things in the area of Lake Van. From journalist Rene Noorbergen's interview with Hagopian (The Ark File, Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1955), we glean the following:
I first went there when I was about ten years old. It must have been around 1902. My grandfather was the minister of the big Armenian Orthodox Church in Van, and he always told me stories about the holy ship on the holy mountain. And then one day my uncle said, "Georgie, I'm going to take you to the holy mountain," and he took me with him, packed his supplies on his donkey, and together we started our trek toward Mount Ararat. "Uncle, that's the holy mountain," I said, pointing to what seemed to be our destination up ahead of us. "That's right, Georgie," he said. "Massis is the holy mountain" (165).
We can therefore immediately rule out the idea that he placed his Ark discovery on any mountain other than Ararat. I also believe we can trust Noorbergen's reporting, as he was a professional journalist, foreign correspondent and photographer who handled magazine and newspaper assignments in more than 80 countries over a period of at least 22 years (ibid., dust jacket back flap). Researcher Elfred Lee likewise recorded some of Hagopian's testimony, delivered in a thick Armenian accent which can be hard to understand. Here is a brief transcript (Corbin 370, cf. Noorbergen 166 ff):
And then we got to the ark..My uncle dropped his pack, and together we began to haul stones to the side of the ship. Within a short time we had stacked a high pile of rocks against the side of the ship. "Georgie, come here," he said, grabbing me by the arm. "You are going on top of the holy ark."...I stood up straight and looked all over the ship. It was long. The height was about forty feet. "Look inside the ark," my uncle called up to me. "Look for the holes. Look for the big one. Look inside and tell me what you see."...Yes, there was the hole, big and gaping. I peeked into the blackness of the hole, but saw nothing. Then I knelt down and kissed the holy ark...The top of the ark was covered with a very thin coat of fresh fallen snow. But when I brushed some of it away I could see a green moss growing right on top. When I pulled a piece off...it was made of wood. The grain was right there.
By claiming he actually climbed onto the Ark, his story leaves no room for any misidentification of the Ark itself. This might be claimed against sightings from the air or photos taken from a distance, where rocks and shadows can play tricks on the eyes and yield that bane of researchers, a "phantom Ark," but is not a factor here. Below are a few such "phantom Arks" which got researchers briefly excited in the past:
Hagopian's story was also consistent; he did not vary his story in retelling it. This greatly impressed Ararat skeptic Bill Crouse (Ararat Report 32, May 1993), who observed,
Hagopian's story is difficult to falsify. As he told and retold his story he never deviated from his original account.
Not only this, Hagopian was eminently credible. In an interview about his experiences working with Hagopian and tape-recording his testimony, Elfred Lee noted:
He was not one who would fabricate or lie. We checked him out as well. He had a very good reputation in town. We verified his bank accounts and income to make sure he was not making anything off of his statement. We also went to Lake Van in Turkey and specific sites he discussed to verify his authenticity (Corbin 69).
Lee added,
As to his integrity, he [Hagopian] had a PSE test, the lie detector test...and he passed the test. Also, his personal life, his reputation, his friends, and business acquaintances bore witness that he was an honest man who would not lie or fabricate. And he was not looking for any personal gain from it (Corbin 79).
Taking all of the above into account, one gets the impression that here we have someone worth listening to regarding Noah's Ark. Bill Crouse admitted:
His knowledge of the Ararat area as he describes it is accurate and detailed. Other aspects of his story given to researchers seem to substantiate his credibility (1993).
We conclude that the story is quite believable in every way—EXCEPT for the subject matter! For the Ararat skeptics in particular, it seems to cry out for SOME reasons to fault it. Bill Crouse gave it his best shot:
The fact that he [Hagopian] is no longer with us makes it difficult to render any kind of judgement....The story itself is interesting, but it still provides no empirical evidence, and even if credible, is not helpful in the critical subject of location. Some things that trouble me are the fact that the testimony itself is secondhand...The George Hagopian story remains an interesting, but unverifiable story (ibid.).
Crouse's comments merit discussion, because they go to a core issue: how we evaluate the trustworthiness of historical sources and eyewitness testimony. Why should Hagopian's death make rendering a judgment about his testimony more difficult than when we evaluate historical documents we accept as valid? Since interviews with Hagopian were tape-recorded by both Elfred Lee and Rene Noorbergen, we are much closer to having firsthand testimony with him than with anything we have from ancient historians, such as Berossus, on whom the Mt. Cudi believers rely. The transcribed interviews of Noorbergen and Lee confirm that Hagopian did not vary his story for different hearers. Thus, I am convinced that the real issue is not so much about VERIFYING the Hagopian story, but simply BELIEVING it. This is very hard to do, particularly for those who have staked out a contrary position on the issue in their writings. But honesty demands it.
We face the predicament of being unable to completely verify a story, and thus having to exercise a certain measure of faith that it is true, with the writings of every dead historian of the ages. Yet, we don't let the fact they are long dead stop us from using their information. We just try to make sound judgments about the sources, based largely on three factors: (1) their "reputation"; (2) their internal consistency; and (3) their external coherence with other known facts. The only essential difference between historical documents and eyewitness reports is the patina of antiquity possessed by the former. But that should have no bearing whatsoever on the trustworthiness of a source. What Berossus and Josephus wrote should not be given more weight than the firsthand testimony of George Hagopian. Since it also passes the "two or three" test in terms of its broad details—a mostly exposed, barge-shaped, unbroken Ark before about 1917, cf. the Eywitnesses chart—it demands to be taken into consideration by any truly honest researcher.
With these foundational matters out of the way, we end Part 1 of this study. Part 2 will build upon it, and address a few important issues critics have focused on as reasons for refusing to deal with the Mt. Ararat testimonies.
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1. For more on this important issue, see: Greg Bahnsen, Revelation, Speculation and Science in the Fall 2011 issue of Bible and Spade.
2. Found offsite at: http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/gengloss/sciism-body.html. The reader should observe that this definition refers to "scientism," and has nothing to do with the relationship between true science and faith, which are quite compatible.
3. For more on this pervasive problem, see: Brian Janeway, Relearning Old Lessons: Archaeologists Fail to Use Sound Reasoning.
4. See http://creation.com/noahs-ark-or-what for more information on this apparent hoax. (Offsite link).


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The effectiveness of the No. 1 brake test, which is conducted on trains to ensure they are up to safety regulations to operate, has been called into question recently by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB).
The TSB released a letter, which was issued on April 17, 2020, is a part of the ongoing investigation into the CP train derailment that occurred near Field on Feb. 4, 2019, fatally injuring conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer.
Read more: TSB released update on Field derailment investigation
"Given this information, Transport Canada (TC) is advised that an alternate approach to determining the effectiveness of freight car air brakes is required to ensure that departing trains have sufficient effective brakes to operate safely," the board wrote.
"The TSB would appreciate being advised of TC's position on this issue, and what action, if any, will be taken in this regard."
The train involved in the derailment was a distributed power train with one lead, one mid and one tail-end locomotive, had received and passed a No. 1 brake test before departing Calgary and heading toward Field.
A review of CP's Health and Safety Committee hazard notifications revealed multiple instances of crews controlling speed descending the Field Hill in winter operating conditions.
According to these hazard notifications, there were issues with air brake performance on other unit grain trains travelling the same line, all of which had passed the No. 1 brake test.
Read more: Runaway rail car reported on same train line as fatal 2019 derailment near Field
To pass the No. 1 brake test, the regulations require that at least 95 per cent of air brakes to be operative on trains departing designated safety inspection locations. The actual brake force or its effect is not physically measured.
The TSB has advised TC that the No. 1 brake test does not reliably identify ineffective brakes in rail cars.
TC has not yet responded to the letter, although they are not required to do so. According to a TC spokeswoman Frederica Depuis, the ministry is reviewing the letter.
"Rail safety is the top priority for the minister of transport and the department is continuously looking for ways to make our railway system safer for Canadians," she said.
"We share the Transportation Safety Board of Canada's commitment to advancing the safety of Canada's transportation system and are committed to working with our partners to further enhance the safety of Canada's railway system."
The investigation is still ongoing, with a full investigation report expected upon completion.
The derailment became a national story earlier this year, when it became the source of a fifth-estate investigation through the CBC. Golden resident and former CP Police Service officer has been critical of CP's processes that led to the derailment, believing an internal cover-up cut his investigation into the derailment short.
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All the New 2018 Celebrity Couples, Because Yeah, It's a Lot to Keep Up With
We're just over midway through 2018, and it's already been a whirlwind year for Hollywood romance. Longtime partners like Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have announced internet-shattering splits, while new couples like Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson and Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin have jumped in head-first with breakneck engagements. If you're having trouble keeping up, don't worry: You're certainly not alone.
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Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum
Released March 2018
The Choir of Westminster Abbey discovers the forgotten works of lesser-known Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford in this recording.
Ninefold Kyrie
Alleluia. Ora pro nobis
Hac clara die turma
Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis
Missa Videte miraculum
Nicholas Ludford (c.1490–1557)
James O'Donnell conductor/organ
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
Lesser-known Tudor composer Nicholas Ludford spent his career at the epicentre of English musical life yet is barely known to today's audiences. Born at the start of Henry VII's reign, his life spanned one of the most turbulent periods in the country's history, encompassing Henry VIII's break with Rome, the rise of Protestantism under Edward VI and the Catholic Revival under Mary Tudor. Ludford had strong links with Westminster, working at St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster, and later at St Margaret's Church.
While his name may not be as familiar to modern audiences as his Tudor near-contemporaries Taverner and Tallis, this disc demonstrates that Ludford's music is equally worthy of attention for its intricacy, opulence and sheer inventiveness.
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Podcast with James O'Donnell
"An exceptional work [Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis] and a superb performance"
"The Choir of Westminster Abbey under James O'Donnell is in its element here"
"James O'Donnell and the Choir…show the contrapuntal richness of this music. Here the choir…is at its glorious best"
- The Guardian (Fiona Maddocks)
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In his new book, radio host Bob McCown rates Martin Brodeur as the third best goalie of all-time. One of his arguments is Brodeur's consistency, and he cites as evidence the fact that Brodeur has only once had a GAA higher than 2.50. This, of course, is a ridiculous argument. The reason Brodeur has had low GAAs is because he has faced few shots throughout his career. In most years, he would have had to have been terrible to have a GAA even close to 2.50. Here are the save percentages Brodeur would have needed to post in each year in his career for his GAA to be 2.50:
.912, .900, .905, .902, .890, .898, .900, .898, .891, .893, .897, .914, .910, .902
For seven years in a row, Brodeur only needed to hit .900 or better to have a sub-2.50 GAA. So giving him credit for achieving that arbitrary mark is misguided.
I raise a skeptical eyebrow any time someone uses the word "consistency" (could be the Fire Joe Morgan influence). This is another example of consistency inappropriately being used to praise a player, as his performance actually shows a reasonably high degree of variance. From 1994-95 to 2003-04, the average number of shots he faced per game ranged from a low of 22.8 to a high of 26.4. That is a pretty narrow range, and was well below league average every single season. His save percentages in that span ranged from .902 to .927, i.e. from below average to excellent. Four times he was at .906 or lower, three times .917 or higher, and three times in between, showing a fairly broad range of success, and it was the stingy defence that always kept him at 2.4 goals against or lower.
Brodeur has consistently played a lot of games, but that is about the only thing he has done consistently (unless you count being a member of a great defensive team). He has had a couple of outstanding seasons, as well as several mediocre ones, which is fairly typical of goalies. His low shot totals tend to hide his off-years, and make commentators gush about his consistency, but they are wrong: The consistency truly lies in New Jersey shot prevention, not in New Jersey goaltending success.


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Sisal is traditionally used in rope making and the same qualities of strength make it ideal for floor covering. Durable and hardwearing, it is also immensely versatile and can be woven into an extraordinary range of styles and patterns. Grown in Brazil and East Africa, sisal is the leaf fiber of the plant AgaveSisalana. The fibers are extracted by crushing the pulpy leaf and then are washed, dried and graded before being spun into yarn. Sisal also takes color well and can be dyed. The quality of sisal floor covering depends on the origin of the sisal and sophistication of the manufacture. European - manufactured sisal are traditionally top of the range, using the best East African fibers. Sisal from Brazil is exceptionally strong. Sisal is recommended for any area in your home, except bathrooms and kitchens.
As the name implies, sea grass carpet is indeed a grass and sea water does play a part in its production. It is grown in China in paddy fields and at a certain point during the growing season, the fields are flooded with sea water. After harvesting and drying, the sea grass is spun into strong yarn, suitable for weaving. Its impermeability makes it hard to dye by conventional techniques so most products come in their original state. As with all plant fiber floor coverings, there are natural inconsistencies in color and occasionally in the spinning and weaving, but these tend to add rather than distract from it's overall charm. Suitable for any area in your home. Except Kitchen and Bathroom. Can be stuck directly tot he floor. If you require a little more comfort it can be fitted onto an underlay. The underlay must be stuck to the floor and then the carpet stuck fully to the underlay.
With its soft silky luster, jute is a fine natural fiber. It is best suited to areas of the house such as sitting rooms and bedrooms, rather than the more heavily used areas such as halls and passageways. Jute is a very versatile, adaptable yarn which weaves well, looks and feels good and comes in natural tones. It can also be mixed with wool and linen, enabling more color variations, and improving durability, so the jute/wool/linen mix can be used throughout the home except for in kitchens or bathrooms.
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Open a world of possibilities, limited only by your imagination. NinjaFlex, a cutting-edge filament for 3D printers, is a specially formulated thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) that produces flexible prints with elastic properties. Patent pending technology allows for smooth feeding and clean, high-quality printed parts.
NinjaFlex's unique flexibility and smooth feeding characteristics enable you to create in ways you never thought possible.
Best Suited For:- Fused Deposition 3D printers that use 1.75mm or 3mm filament.
- 3D printers that accept other types of filaments such as ABS and PLA
Have a question on NinjaFlex? Read our Frequently Asked Questions below
Features:- Filament shore hardness of approximately 85A
- Consistent diameter and material properties provide reliable, high quality prints
- Patent pending technology allows for smooth feeding
- Low tack, low CoF exterior allows smooth feed through filament guides
- High elasticity and excellent abrasion resistance
- Excellent build platform adhesion and bonding between layers
- REACH and RoHS 2002/95/EC Directive Compliant
- 1.75mm filament spool = .50 kg
- 3.00mm filament spool = .75 kg
- Recommended extruder temperature: 210 - 225°C
- Recommended platform temperature: 30 - 40°C
Extruders that utilize a spring loaded roller bearing to create pressure against the extruder drive gear. Because of its flexibility, the filament must also be supported between the exit of the drive gear and the entrance to the melt chamber. A good example of this type of extruder mechanism is shown here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:147518
Is it necessary to coat the build platform with Kapton® tape or hairspray?NinjaFlex bonds well to most surfaces (including aluminum and glass), so coating the build platform is not necessary. Kapton tape can be used with NinjaFlex, but the adhesion of the printed part to the tape may be stronger than the adhesive holding the tape to the build platform.
Will NinjaFlex feed well through plastic guide tubes?While the low coefficient of friction surface of NinjaFlex has been formulated to reduce surface tack and allow the filament to feed more easily, the use of PTFE guide tubes may be beneficial to further reduce pull at the extruder.
Is NinjaFlex rated for food contact?Although NinjaFlex does not contain BPA or other toxins, it is not recommended for food contact applications.
Are there any special printer settings that need to be adjusted for NinjaFlex?NinjaFlex generally works well at similar extruder settings to ABS, however adjusting the printers retraction settings can improve stop/start print quality.
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WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident pleaded guilty today for his role in a $71 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch, Acting Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos of the FBI's New York Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Thomas O'Donnell of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG).
Yuri Khandrius, 50, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon in the Eastern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks.
Khandrius was an employee of a clinic in Brooklyn that operated under three corporate names: Bay Medical Care PC, SVS Wellcare Medical PLLC and SZS Medical Care PLLC (Bay Medical clinic). According to court documents, owners, operators and employees of the Bay Medical clinic paid cash kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries and used the beneficiaries' names to bill Medicare for more than $71 million in services that were medically unnecessary or never provided. The defendants billed Medicare for a wide variety of fraudulent medical services and procedures, including physician office visits, physical therapy and diagnostic tests.
According to the criminal complaint, the co-conspirators allegedly paid kickbacks to corrupt Medicare beneficiaries in a room at the clinic known as the "kickback room," in which the conspirators paid approximately 1,000 kickbacks totaling more than $500,000 during a period of approximately six weeks from April to June 2010.
Khandrius admitted in court that he conspired with co-workers at Bay Medical to commit health care fraud and to pay cash kickbacks to Medicare beneficiaries as part of the scheme.
At sentencing, Khandrius faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for March 11, 2013.
In total, 16 individuals have been charged in the Bay Medical scheme, including two doctors, nine clinic owners/operators/employees and five external money launderers. To date, 11 defendants have pleaded guilty for their roles in the conspiracy. Five individuals await trial before Judge Gershon on Jan. 22, 2013.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Jones of the Eastern District of New York and Trial Attorney Sarah M. Hall of the Criminal Division's Fraud Section. The case was investigated by the FBI and HHS-OIG.
The case was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, supervised by the Criminal Division's Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations are part of the Health Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), a joint initiative announced in May 2009 between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent and deter fraud and enforce current anti-fraud laws around the country.
Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, now operating in nine cities across the country, has charged more than 1,480 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $4.8 billion. In addition, HHS's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, is taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers.
To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), go to: www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.


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The standard issue all-in-one is supposed to be more handy than it is performance-oriented, sacrificing image quality for convenience and space-saving. Home office users and small businesses are the general target audience for that breed of workaday machine. Contrarily, the Epson 810 aims to provide high-end, creative types the ability to realize a variety of laser-sharp objets d'art. Not that it wouldn't multi-task more than adequately in a business setting! To boot, the 810 also has automatic double-sided printing if you like saving trees while you toil away. It's good to be green, no?
As I happen to traffic in the dark alleys of the music business for my creative jollies, the 810's ability to print crisp images onto a CD appeals to me particularly, and works flawlessly. You can use Epson's included Print CD software, or import an existing JPG into the Epson realm, then print it directly to disc. Serious photographers will be equally giddy. The degree of control, speed and level of image quality is astounding. All that and a USB port to charge your straggling peripherals and you've got more than an all-in-one, you've got an all-in-one that's all-that (and considerably more).
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"Jesus Tomb" Controversy Erupts—Again
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Introduction. A carefully planned and highly successful symposium in Jerusalem—on Jewish views of the afterlife and burial practices near Jerusalem before the destruction of the area by Roman armies in 70 CE—has been high-jacked by two disturbing and unexpected developments. First, the widow of the archaeologist who excavated a tomb in Talpiot, in southeast modern Jerusalem, unexpectedly read a prepared statement. She shocked the audience by claiming that her husband had found "the burial tomb of Jesus Christ." While everyone has a right to voice an opinion, it is inappropriate to let a non-participant's opinion discolor a symposium and caricature a major event.
Second, before the concluding panel discussion, the hall was flooded surprisingly with television cameras and reporters. In the auditorium and before the concluding session, I stated through one of the television crews that the symposium had been a success. It brought together specialists representing many diverse disciplines necessary to explore the complex issues being discussed. I also noted that this is one of the best ways for scholars to learn about methodologies and insights in disciplines outside of their own field. After the conclusion, I was taken upstairs to be interviewed by a reporter from Time magazine. Later, I was astounded to learn that some reporters contended that the symposium had been focused on one tomb and that it belonged to Jesus and Mary Magdalene. To report that the symposium "legitimized" this conclusion is preposterous; such releases are examples of how the media can grotesquely misrepresent the purpose and the subtleties demanded by disinterested scientific and biblical research at the highest level. Along with esteemed colleagues, I protest the misrepresentations of the conference proceedings in some of the media. Having cleared the air from such distortions, we might now reflect back on the symposium.
Retrospect. The event was the third in a series of privately funded symposia on Judaism and Christian Origins. The setting was the appealing ambience of the artists' quarter outside the western walls of Jerusalem; the dates were Jan 13-16, 2008. The conference was attended by some fifty international and Israeli scholars. The general subject of the symposium was "Jewish Views of the Afterlife and Burial Practices in Second Temple Judaism." Obviously included were the recently discovered tomb of King Herod the Great and an evaluation of the alleged "tomb of Jesus" in Talpiot. Lectures, presentations, and panel discussions focused on a wide range of topics. Textual experts focused on the diverse views of the afterlife in Second Temple Biblical Literature, Jewish Apocryphal Works, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament, Gnostic texts, and early Christian Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Archaeologists and scientists trained in assessing the ancient past discussed tombs, tomb architecture, ossuaries, and burial practices in the Second Temple Period.
Among the most interesting discussions were those dedicated to the topic of Mary Magdalene in early Gnostic and Christian traditions. Each of the panelists expressed skepticism concerning the identification of "Mariamene" (allegedly inscribed on one of the Talpiot tomb's ossuaries) with Mary Magdalene of the Christian tradition. The insights of the Magdalene Panel harmonized with a previous session in which the paleographers and epigraphers agreed that the precise reading "Mariamene" is probably incorrect. Thus, almost all invited scholars deemed it highly unlikely that this tomb is related in any way to Mary Magdalene.
Specialists spoke on diverse scientific methodologies, including forensic anthropology and Paleo-DNA evidence. Specialists on DNA stated that the Talpiot samples were contaminated; thus, there is no validity to the sensational claim that the bone samples reveal a relation between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Specialists on the statistical significance of the combination of personal names on ossuaries in any tomb stated that a priori names to be included dictate the mathematical results. Since most in attendance did not think Mary Magdalene is represented in this tomb, they judged the statistical results to be inconclusive.
A rich variety of scientific methods were represented over the course of the four-day conference. Scholars openly shared their opinions and listened to each other. The atmosphere remained academic and constructive. Virtually all participants would share the opinion of Geza Vermes, the much-esteemed Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies from Oxford University, that as a whole the conference was very "useful in airing the latest views on ancient Jewish burial practices and modern science."
At this point, we need to stress that despite reports to the contrary, the "missing" tenth ossuary of the Talpiot Tomb was cataloged. Its existence is recorded in Rachmani's catalogue published in 1994. The Israeli Department of Antiquities retained nine ossuaries (Nos. 701-709) recovered from the Talpiot Tomb in 1980; in addition, a broken specimen was also recovered. It was without decoration or inscription and thus cannot be identified as the ossuary bearing the name "James." When hundreds of ossuaries pour into the Rockefeller Museum, those that are insignificant are sometimes put aside in preference to those deemed significant.
While many methods, subjects, and tombs were discussed, the topic those outside the scholarly community want to hear about is the Talpiot Tomb; that preoccupation distorts the purpose and results of the constructive discussions. As the chairperson and chief organizer of the symposium, let me stress that on most issues there was broad consensus among the vast majority of scholars in attendance. I have been quoted correctly as reporting: "Most archaeologists, epigraphers, and other scientists argued persuasively that there is no reason to conclude that the Talpiot Tomb was Jesus' tomb."
The proceedings of the symposium, with illustrations, will be edited by myself and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (Grand Rapids, Michigan and Cambridge, U.K.) in a format similar to Jesus and Archaeology (2006).
Prospect. What may be learned from this exceptional international congress? Three insights seem especially noteworthy: 1) Following the end of the Babylonian Exile in the late-sixth century BCE, Jews in Palestine expressed mutually exclusive perceptions regarding the afterlife. These thoughts should not be reduced to some coherency or system, since such views range from the belief that death ended human existence (the Sadducees) to the concept of the resurrection of all or only the righteous that began to become widely popular after 200 BCE (viz., 1 Enoch, Daniel, 2 Maccabees, Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs, On Resurrection [4Q521], Psalms of Solomon, Life of Adam and Eve, Lives of the Prophets, Biblical Antiquities, the New Testament, Amidah, 4 Ezra, 2 Baruch, and Josephus [cf. Memar Marqa]). The early Jews who believed in a resurrection of the dead to an immortal existence had to struggle against Greeks and Romans who were convinced that the soul was immortal and thus did not have to be resurrected.
2) All invitees agreed that the study and assessment of the hundreds of Jerusalem's tombs, some now empty and others unexplored, must proceed without contaminating evidence and continue without preconceptions or fascination with possible scenarios or stories. Research dedicated to ancient tombs should be enriched by teams of scholars who bring insight from many scientific methodologies, including DNA, AMS-C14 (the mass spectrometer), patina examination, dating and typology of ossuaries and architecture, forensic anthropology, computer enhanced digital imaging, sociology, geology, thermoluminescence, and paleography along with epigraphy. These disciplines help clarify the context of ancient texts. Textual studies and archaeology, however, are different disciplines; one of them should not provisionally be accorded a privileged status as specialists strive to comprehend and recreate the ancient past.
3) Biblical scholars, archaeologists, and other scientists who explore the world of pre-70 Palestinian Judaism, especially the emotionally charged evaluation of the Palestinian Jesus Movement, should not allow amateurs to monopolize the publication of popular articles and books. In representing ground-breaking research, scholars must not empower reporters to dictate questions and issues or to issue reports that are journalistically sensational.
Along with the cherished task of advancing research, experts must communicate more swiftly and engagingly to the masses that may not know how to read the Bible but are influenced by fictional depictions of the past—ostensible searches for truth—from Nikos Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ (1960) to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (2003). Luminaries should also disseminate challenging discoveries through reporters who have proven skills in representing the necessary subtleties and qualifications in depicting the past, and who are aware of the obscurities always hindering any recreation of an ancient world. These communicators also need to create language that transcends the jargon of the academy and develop skills in speaking plainly and lucidly.
J. H. Charlesworth, Princeton Theological Seminary, taken from the SBL Web site [based on my earlier report, as chairman of the steering committee, and issued through the ptsem.edu web page with other rebuttals of sensational media distortions]
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