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They say that home theater rooms are becoming a necessity in large homes. Whether in use or not, the space to have a theater/media room is something sought after in huge domiciles. Makes sense. We all enjoy sitting in the comfort of our home– no matter the size – and taking in a flick. Many of us line up to get some of the hot releases the day they come out on video. But what if you had the money and were able to get first run movies in the comfort of your own luxurious home theater? Yep, you can.
The PRIMA Cinema system is the perfect companion for high-end home theaters. PRIMA's focus is on new Theatrical releases. Yes, you pay for it – with PRIMA reportedly running $35,000. Minor in comparison to the entire luxury home theater investment however. This media room must provides a rack-mountable PRIMA Cinema Player and Biometric Reader. Via broadband, members automatically receive and can watch (for $500 per) films on opening weekend. Connect to the system via HDMI and output 1080p and 24fps, 3D when necessary plus lossless PCM or Dolby TrueHD. Movies are also displayed in the master aspect ratio for the true theatrical experience. And the biometric security protection ensures there's no errant orders too. At $500 a pop I would hope there is protection. Having been designed at BMW DesignWorksUSA you know it looks the sleek, sexy part. I'm willing to bet the big movie moguls have PRIMA Cinema in their homes. Because when you have the money why not?

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PDP says government is winning the corruption battle!
President Goodluck Jonathan only last week told us that the country is safe. That such a statement came from the president despite the spate of kidnappings, armed robberies and other violent crimes that have made it impossible for Nigerians to sleep with their two eyes closed was, to say the least, shocking. And, just as we were still trying to put the angst of this sad statement behind us, the president's party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), speaking on behalf of the government, said on Tuesday that the government is winning the war on corruption.
Obviously the president and his party are either living in self-denial or they do not know what they are saying. How can anyone living in Nigeria say that the Jonathan administration is winning the battle on corruption? The question is: is there any battle against corruption under this regime? We are afraid, no.
Indeed, Transparency International (TI) confirmed that much in its current rating, which placed Nigeria as the 35th most corrupt nation in the world. Many Nigerians would readily agree that this is a very generous assessment, given the monumental corruption that has been going on under the nose of President Jonathan, and to which he appears completely clueless.
As a matter of fact, the TI's rating formed the plank of the criticism of the administration by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). The leading opposition party had berated the government for not doing enough to curb corruption. Then, the national publicity secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, replied that the party was winning the corruption battle. He listed what in his view constituted the party's efforts in this regard. These included the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). According to him: "no matter the criticisms trailing their performance, these bodies have posted degrees of successes. Most importantly, these institutions are meant to outgrow partisan practices and given time, become inviolable winnower on the chaff of corruption."
What Metuh and the PDP seem not to realise is that it is one thing to create institutions, it is another to let them work unfettered. The way things are, none of the bodies can "… outgrow partisan practices …" as expressed by Metuh. They are at best more like extensions of the Federal Government, and whatever degrees of successes they have achieved can hardly be sustained. Perhaps the only time when the EFCC seemed to be serious was in the Obasanjo era; even then, it soon spoilt its record when it abandoned its core duties to begin chasing the perceived enemies of the then president.
The earlier the PDP came out of its shell of delusion, the better. Corruption is not a peculiar Nigerian phenomenon; it is a global challenge. The difference between those other countries and Nigeria is that they punish corruption whereas we hardly do here, especially if it involves fat cows. Indeed, Nigeria is like a haven to corrupt elements. It is true, as Metuh asserted, that the present administration signed the Freedom of Information (FOI Bill) into law. Again, that alone cannot bring sanity to bear unless public officials understand its essence or are forced to do so.
The PDP should stop playing politics with serious issues of governance. It is better to admit that a problem is there and to take concrete measures to solve it than to keep living in self-denial as the president and the PDP have done on the twin issues of security and anti-corruption. Even if the party is incapable of solving the problems, it should be honest enough to so admit. Nigerians would probably understand that than accept to be fooled by the president and his party.


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New England Ropes' Flight Line is a low stretch, high-strength Dyneema blended double braid with a polypropylene cover and Dyneema core. Flight Line comes in a variety of color-coded jackets and matching cores to make line identifying easy. It floats, will not absorb water and will remain lightweight when wet.
Flight Line works as well light air spinnaker sheets on larger one designs like Lightings and Thistles or as a mainsheet on performance dinghies. The line should be kept covered and not stripped for mainsheets or jib sheets.
Common Applications:
- Common applications for Flight Line include mainsheets and jib sheets on dinghies and small keelboats. It can also be stripped for super lightweight spin sheets on dinghies.
- Flight Line is fairly flexible while maintaining its shape under load. The polypropylene cover feels soft in the hands.
Cover Material: Polypropylene
- Flight Line's 24 carrier polypropylene jacket will not absorb water. Polypropylene covers have a shorter life in high friction applications, but the weight savings can be worth it. Stripping the thick cover works well with Flight Line's thinner coated cores, which provides aggressive downsizing.
Core Material: Dyneema SK-78
- The 100% Dyneema core of Flight Line allows the cover to be stripped for extra weight savings. The core is coated for durability when stripped. Dyneema creates a super strong core with very low stretch.
End Termination: Melted
- Flight Line can be melted. End whips are recommended for durability and to keep the core and cover from separating over time.
Spliceable: Yes
- Can be spliced for a high tech double braid eye. This can be a little harder than normal due to oversized cover and small core.
Strippable: Yes
- Easily stripped and tapered to produce weight savings.
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This is Kyle from APS and I'm here to share with you some of the characteristics of Flight Line by New England Ropes.
This line is available in two diameters, ¼" and 5/16". It's a double braid construction. The outside is 100% polyester and the inside is 100% Dyneema DSK78.
This line is very light. None of the materials absorb water. The pure polypropylene is not as UV stable or as abrasion resistant as some other blended or other fibers altogether. Straight off the spool, very light weight, won't absorb water, actually floats. It's very low stretch. Great for small keel boat and dinghy spinnaker sheets or main sheets. Know that if you're cleating it in one spot on the main sheet all the time, it could wear the polypropylene a little bit more prematurely.
For spinnaker sheets, I'll show you with this, the ¼", you have the ability to strip the jacket back and bury it into this DSK78, leaving the ends very light. If you wanted to do an eye splice with the jacket on, you could do a high tech eye splice. Note that it's a little work to get that through, but it can be done, just because of the tightness of the jacket and the core in their construction. If you strip the jacket back, it would just be a simple 12 strand eye splice in the end.
The ¼", nice and flexible, good feel in the hand and this, the 5/16" and the core of the 5/16".
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International StudentsCarnegie Mellon University's global presence is reflected not only in the world-wide locations in which programs are being developed and delivered but also in the representation of the international community in each of these programs. Because of our global diversity, Carnegie Mellon understands from the "inside out" even as it provides opportunities and experiences from the "outside in" what it means to be a global university, and the importance of working together by learning to listen, to communicate, and to understand and respect one another, and one another's cultures. To assist you from the time you consider applying to Carnegie Mellon until you become one of our alumni, we have resources specifically for our international students.
The Office of International Education (OIE) is here to help answer your questions and advise you on many issues including application procedures, financial support, housing, obtaining a driver's license, employment, social security card, passport, and visa status, to name just a few.
Contact: 412-268-5231
The Intercultural Communication Center (ICC) offers language support and cross-cultural training to help all students who are non-native English speakers succeed in their academic programs. The ICC also helps teaching assistants who are non-native English speakers develop the fluency and cultural understanding to teach successfully at Carnegie Mellon.
Contact: 412-268-4979
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In an exclusive 'Day In The Life' video, Martin Garrix offers up a candid insight into his life behind the scenes, shot whilst out in New York ahead of his debut at Pacha on January 31st. Featuring footage of Garrix in New York and at various radio appearances, including a coveted slot on 92.3 NOW, as well as words and thoughts with the man himself, the video casts light onto the everyday life of one of dance music's hottest new stars. Bright, bubbly and articulate, Garrix also explains the story behind chart-topping smash 'Animals' and lays out his plans to focus on 'club tracks' in 2014.
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It's the dress, the shoes, the bridesmaids, the venue, the flowers, the food and the list goes on…but there's one less thing you need to worry about and that's your official Wedding dance.
Wedding dances can be the highlight of the evening – for both you and your guests. Yes delicious food is important but people will remember your dance far more than your plate of food and chances are so will you.
And yes, we know you're asking yourself whether you have the time, whether you will be any good or whether it's really necessary – times have changed and wedding dances are certainly necessary.
Leave making YOU look good to our coaches. After a consultation on precisely what you want and after gauging your personality, like and dislikes, we will put together a customised and unique wedding dance that will bring out the best in you and your groom / bride. And if it's important enough, you will find the time.
Dance Culture Studios will ensure that you effortlessly glide across the floor – and yes brides, we guarantee the groom will look fantastic at your side. Should you opt for a funky modern aspect for your wedding dance, then you will be delighted by our contemporary and trendy coaches who will bring your vision to life. We will help you select your music if you require the assistance; we also provide a music editing services; we take your dress style (we won't breathe a word to your groom) and your dance floor into account when choreographing.
Here are our tips to ensure that you will not only dance well, but have fun (make even more memories together at your dance lessons):
- A good idea is to do one of our dance courses together or even enjoy a couple of private before you decide on what you think you would like to have. This way you can make an informed decision together about your dance.
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Phone #: 507-373-2202
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Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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Josh and Sarah Orchard, along with their four kids, relocated to Clear Lake, Ia from Pine Island, MN seven years ago. During the many trips back and forth, they would often stop in Albert Lea to have a picnic along the Fountain Lake in Albert Lea. They were patrons of their local Cabin Coffee in Clear Lake, IA. Josh would often step in daily if not twice a day for coffee(thank goodness for Club Cards!) He was most impressed with how happy the baristas were and the diversity of people enjoying this central meeting place. In casual conversation with one of the baristas, Molly; she mentioned to Josh he should open a store. Josh and Sarah met with Brad and Angie a few times while looking for locations in Albert Lea. They came upon a location overlooking Fountain Lake and knew this would be their new spot to enjoy coffee. What Josh and Sarah look forward to the most is being able to invite others in to enjoy the warm and inviting atmosphere of Cabin Coffee!


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Coaching You to Be a Better Writer
With 20+ years of experience, Sharon has decided enough is enough. It's time to get out from behind her laptop and help other people to be better writers, especially since they're not learning writing skills in college. She offers help in three ways:
- Sharon started BetterFasterWriter with blog posts, email advice and in-person workshops.
- She teaches online classes via Skillshare, in both business writing and marketing writing.
- She's available for one-on-one coaching. Contact her to talk about it.
Even though technology has dramatically changed how we live, work, write and communicate, words still matter…a lot. So be a better writer.


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Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the Italian Tradition
Certified Origins produces extra virgin olive oil from fruit grown on our small family farms. Within hours of harvest, we press the olives in our state-of-the-art facilities to make the rich, flavorful oil that is the heart and soul of delicious food.
Inspired by our commitment to authenticity, we empower consumers with innovative technology to trace the journey of each bottle back to the groves of its origin. We invite everyone to meet us in the farms that are our homes.
Our Principles
From traditional cultivation to innovations that guarantee authenticity, all our efforts converge in making extra virgin olive oil with extraordinary flavor.
We honor tradition with new technology that keeps track of every drop in every bottle. Consumers have access to the origin of their extra virgin olive oil and we share with them who we are.
As soon as we pick the olives, we take them to our mill where they are immediately cold pressed and the extra virgin olive oil extracted. Allowing only a few hours between harvest and crushing is how we capture the highest quality, freshest taste and the most vibrant color.
Global Industry Leaders
We are the largest community of grower-based producers in Italy.
- Our commitment is preserving the path for authentic extra virgin olive oil throughout the world.
- Transparent operations honor the contributions of each farm for unprecedented integrity and the highest food safety standards in the industry.
Our History
Honoring the Land
Our parents and grandparents understood that the essential, unique flavors of extra virgin olive oil come from the ground beneath our trees, and they taught us traditional cultivation methods to nurture and protect the land. The countryside where our groves have been thriving for generations is the source of our passion and pride. Its stewardship is the center point of our lives.


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Assessed the market potential for green growth among businesses in developing countries, including for the World Bank Group's Lighting Global programme (in Uganda and Pakistan).
Designed a market assessment guide for Royal Dutch Shell to identify clean energy needs, supply and landscape conditions in developing country markets.
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Kerrville is blessed with great public parks for citizen enjoyment. Visit the many local parks, walk or bike a trail, go fishing, fly a kite, join a league, sign up for summer swim lessons, and much more. While access is free to most of the facilities within the Kerrville parks system, some facilities are available for reservation and rental. Reservations require 24 hour notice. Reservations for Sunday must be made before 2:00 p.m. on the preceding Friday. All fees plus applicable deposit are required in order to secure the reservation. To reserve a park facility click here or select the facility using the park map below. Please contact the Parks & Recreation Department at (830) 257-7300 for more information.
City Parks Map
The park map below allows you to search for parks and places for various recreational activities. You can search using an address, your current location, by clicking on the map, by a park name, or by a park amenity. Clicking the will bring up the Park Facility Window from where you may get further information about the park and/or reserve a park facility. You may zoom in or zoom out by clicking the (+) or (-) buttons on the right corner. You may also drag the map by clicking and dragging the map to get a better view.


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Need a dessert? Need a dessert for a BBQ without having to use plates or utensils? This is the dessert for you!
I made these this weekend for a BBQ, and they were a big hit.
The night before the BBQ I made a batch of my mint oreo cookie ice cream, but instead of crushed Oreos I used 1 cup of chopped bittersweet chocolate. I buy Bakers since I can find it at my grocery store, but use any sort of bar chocolate you like as long as you can chop it. This isn't too expensive, and the bittersweet works very well for this ice cream.
Mint chocolate chip ice cream fabulousity. When you chop the chocolate you get little shards of chocolate throughout the ice cream that lends a nice texture, without having to use chocolate chips. Obviously you can use chips if you want to, but I really prefer the chopped chocolate.
I made this the night before so it could freeze to a solid enough consistency to assemble the ice cream cookie sandwiches the next day.
The next morning I made chocolate chocolate chunk cookies and chocolate chip cookies with walnuts. You want to make the cookies far enough in advance so that you can assemble the cookie sandwiches and have them set up hard before you serve them.
Cool the cookies completely before assembling your cookie sandwiches, or you will have a soupy mess!
If your ice cream is extremely hard set (if you use store bought for instance (gasp!)) you might want to let it sit out just for a few minutes to slightly soften, but not too much, otherwise you won't be able to make the sandwiches.
I chose to use homemade ice cream and made the cookies from a mix (I know, sometimes you have to choose your battles). If you're short on time, make homemade cookies and use store bought ice cream.
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Sista Afia Opens Up On Sudden Weight Loss
Singer, Francesca Duncan Williams, popularly known as Sister Afia has opened up on her seeming weight loss.
According to her, the diabetic condition prevalent in her family gets triggered when one puts on excessive weight so she is trying to avoid being in that position.
'Honestly, we have a history of diabetic 'condition' in my family and I want to see my grandkids so, it was all in the favour of my health,' she told Joy News' Becky Tweneboah.
The musician also hinted at her big collaboration which is set to hit the music scene soon.
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With so many different appliances able to perform a range of specialized tasks, now more than ever it's important for new products to be designed with some versatility. Without it, your countertop would be forever cluttered. The Tefal Mini Toaster is a hybrid bread crisper and a press, executed by Ugras Akpinar as a compact package with efficiency and space conservation on the brain.
Easily toast slices, bagels and sandwiches on the bumpy heated surface, also offering the option to pour in batter for waffles. The clever device can be tipped upwards when it's not in use, minimizing its footprint significantly. A generous handle on top also makes it easy to pick up the Tefal Mini Toaster and move it into a cupboard.
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Guru Nanak, our first Guru was
born in 1469 and began
preaching about his vision
of the Sikh way of life in 1498.
About Langar
Basic Principles of a Langar.
The purpose of Langar is to share the Blessings of Waheguru with all people.
It was started by our Gurus to promote equality, to feed travelers and the
sangat, and to promote the concept of sewa (service).
The guiding principles for langar are:
- It is always free.
- All are treated equally (the reason we sit on the floor).
- Food should be simple (to promote humility).
- Food should be treated as from the Guru and should not be wasted.
- Observe Gurdwara protocol (no shoes in the hall, cover your head).
- Preparation of langar should be done with the attitude of service and reverence.
- The preparation and distribution of langar is to be considered a form of Sewa.
- Langar is to be served to ALL without regard to race, status, religion or need.


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Our vision is a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs
Please leave a message with your full name, telephone number and brief reason for your call and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We are a team of unpaid volunteers, many in full or part-time employment, so we may not be able to get in contact straight away however please be assured that we aim to respond to all messages within 24 hours or less.
For emergencies contact your local vet. Please only contact the vet rather than the Cats Protection in a genuine emergency such as an ill or injured stray cat that requires urgent medical attention.
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St. Patrick's Day often tends to be overlooked in our home. Usually the extent of our St. Patrick's Day celebration comes in the form of mint recipes like our Mint Chocolate chip Ice Cream Cupcakes and Triple Chocolate Mint Brownies.
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- 6 cups Lucky Charms cereal
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Night At The Museum 2
Night At The Museum 2 – Movie Review
Ben Stiller returns to the role of night watchman Larry Daly in this sequel to the 2006 family film NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. This adventure takes the action to Washington D.C, where things at the Smithsonian aren't quite as quiet as one might think…
"Night at the Museum" is Ben Stiller's latest. This one takes place at the Smithsonian. I basically think the first one was a lot more fun, it was a lot more interesting, a lot more exciting, but if you're looking for family fair, or looking for an opportunity to get your kids involved in going to a museum, this may be exactly what Ben had in mind. There's nothing to object! It just kind of feels very re-run at this moment. You've seen it all before. You've seen the characters before. It's not a whole lot of fun.


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In other news;
A rash of new flu cases were reported in the Clinton area of New Jersey this week.Some suspect it started in a local bowling alley where some folks were observed suffering sniffles and mild coughing fits upon leaving the lanes.
No kidding. Guess where I caught it from last week? Bob was telling everyone how frightfully sick he'd been for a week, and Glenn's wife Tami came right up to me to tell me how she hadn't been able to keep anything down for 5 days. Gee thanks ... as i backed away ASAP.
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Compost in your Yard or Apartment
Don't throw your orange peel away! Turn it into a natural fertilizer.
Composting is a great way to integrate environmental solutions into our day-to-day lives by decreasing the amount of garbage we send to landfills, and putting biodegradable waste to good use. By composting at home, school or work, you can educate those around you on the issues related to food security and the impact our food has on the environment.
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Big City Insulation of Idaho is a part of the Installed Building Products family of companies. IBP is the second largest insulation installer in the U.S. residential new construction market. We provide a variety of products and installation services, all with one goal in mind: making your life easier.
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Piaggio and Vespa dealers' partnership with TRACKER UK will provide free vehicle trackers to Beverly 300/350 and Vespa GTS 300 customers
Piaggio & C. S.p.A. (Piaggio Group) and Vespa retailers across the UK have joined forces with TRACKER Network UK, the UK's leading stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) experts, to provide free TRACKER devices with all brand-new Vespa GTS 300, Piaggio Beverly 300 and Beverly 350 scooters purchased from authorised Piaggio and Vespa dealerships between 1st August and 31st October 2018.
Customers who buy a new Vespa GTS 300, Piaggio Beverly 300 and Beverly 350 between 1st August and 31st October 2018 will get their new scooter equipped with one of TRACKER's industry-leading SVR units for free and will also receive their first year's subscription to TRACKER's monitoring service completely free of charge.
Piaggio Group is also pleased to announce that it is working with Lexham Insurance to support this promotion and customers will receive a 10% discount for fitting and activating TRACKER Monitor. This discount is irrespective of postcode area and will be applied upon confirmation that the vehicle is equipped with one of TRACKER's devices. Terms and conditions will apply.
By working in conjunction with TRACKER, Piaggio Group customers will benefit from the peace of mind that comes with its proven VHF technology. In combination with traditional security precautions, TRACKER contributes significantly to a robust defence against theft and ensures a greater chance of recovery should an owner become the victim of unscrupulous criminal activity. TRACKER's unique smart technology allows a signal to be transmitted, received and tracked regardless of location.
In addressing the problems of vehicle theft and insurance costs, Piaggio Group is pleased to be supporting consumers and the efforts of the police. Customer faith is immensely important to Piaggio Group and we are keen to help keep customers protected should they become a victim of theft.For more information, customers should visit their nearest Piaggio or Vespa dealership.
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Qureshi, Salman
Prof. Qureshi is a senior Project Management professional with diversified 26 years of experience in managing large & complex technology programs/projects for many corporations. He has worked in many Fortune 500 companies, including Unilever in the capacity of CIO and CTO roles. Currently, he is working in the mortgage industry and affiliated with local universities in Virginia, where he is teaching IT & Project Management courses to MIS/MBA program students.
Mr. Qureshi has been running Boot Camps for PMP & ITIL certification courses from his Project Management Consultancy based in Virginia for the last couple of years. Certified individuals are working as Project Managers in many places like Freddie Mac and several other renowned organizations. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) & Six Sigma Professional.


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The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
Finding The Mine Part 2
By Mr X
In Part I of this article, the author told the story of how he learned of the mysterious Peralta Stones, which appear to offer significant clues, in fact, a map, to the location of the fabled Lost Dutchmans Mine of Arizonas Superstition Mountains. He tells how he spent years attempting to follow those clues, searching through rugged canyons, ledges and peaks in the mountain range, until he finally came upon a location a high ledge near the junction of two canyons which seemed to hold the answer to the puzzle.
Over the next few months, I made several trips onto the ledge, searching for evidence of anything revealing. The Peralta Stone map (second map hidden on the stones.) indicated that I should use a compass and draw a diagram with two starting places, but it gave no measurements, and I couldnt find even one starting place.
I did take home some rock samples from a lava flow, and I asked a neighbor, a geologist, to analyze them. Two weeks later, he got back to me, full of excitement. The lava flow, he said, had come from parts of the magma "hydrothermal deposits," he called them that could contain all the metals, including gold. If there were volcanic vents in the area, we should be able to find hydrothermal deposits. I remembered a small ledge halfway down the canyon wall. It kept catching my eye. I would have to find a way to investigate it.
Perilous Climbs and Rattlesnakes
On the next trip, my neighbor came with me, and we planned to reach the small ledge. It was fifty feet nearly straight down from the top of the canyon. We didn't have rappelling equipment, but did have a safety harness. Since my neighbor was young and hardy, he would do the climbing. We tied a rope to the harness, wrapped it around a rock so I could feed him slack while he climbed. It would be safe.
He climbed down, then back up, finding nothing, but the experience left him enthralled. "I don't believe I did that," he said. That afternoon he wanted to explore the floor of the smaller canyon, but I could see that it was too rough for me. I headed back for camp. When he returned, he said, "It was a lot rougher than we thought, but I found a cave that went about 30 feet back, with a roof blackened by smoke from past campfires." I asked if he had climbed inside. He said, "It looked like a place for the rattlesnakes to hibernate, and all the gold in the world couldn't get me into that cave."
A Period of Disappointment and Frustration
As things now stood, I had identified eight major landmarks suggested by the legends about the Lost Dutchman and five more major landmarks revealed by the maps on stone. At this time I was almost certain I was looking for the Lost Dutchman, I had located all 13 landmarks on the ground. I knew that there are two separate trails which led to the same site. I had reduced the target area to a 100-yard-diameter circle on the ledge near the junction on the canyons, but I still didn't know precisely where to dig. I could see from the maps that there was supposed to be a crescent on the canyon wall just above the site, but I simply couldn't find the crescent or anything else of any use for that matter.
My clues took me only to the ledge, no farther. It had been drastically modified, its appearance changed, by an earthquake in 1887. Using the map from the Peralta Stones over the next year, I made an inch-by-inch search of the ledge. I tried, unsuccessfully, to apply my diagrams to every landmark. Once, I thought I had found the site because I found a heart which was a natural rock formation. Then I found another heart. And another one. And another one. That just confused issues. This became a period of disappointment and frustration. I couldn't even find the stone eyes which my wife had photographed earlier, unwittingly, and which had tipped us off to the approximate location of the mine. The only thing I could see now was a vague face with possible squinting eyes.
Meanwhile, my neighbor, the geologist, had found another teasing clueseveral fragments of a broken old historic jar, but not enough pieces to account for the entire vessel. It had apparently been placed in a small bend in the canyon wall, well protected beneath an overhang. How did it get broken? What happened to the missing fragments? Could it have contained one of the old Dutchman Jacob Waltz's caches of the gold? Could someone have found it beneath the overhang, broken the jar, and taken the gold?
New Hope
An unusual cool front came to the Superstition Mountains in September. I went back to the ledge. This time, to my surprise, I could see the stone eyes and face, perfectly clear when lit by sunlight falling from the right angle.
I made camp, encouraged. One morning, just as I left to camp to make my way to the ledge, helicopters flew directly toward me. My first thought was, "Why are they after me?" To my relief, I realized that the choppers were all of different sizes and colors. None was black. They passed over me and began circling something about five hundred yards away. More helicopters arrived, bringing the total to twelve, four from local TV stations, several from rescue agencies, and the rest from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. One circled above me and hovered, checking me out, then ignored me. I learned later that a stake bed truck carrying 31 illegal aliens had overturned, killing one and injuring several more. Uninjured passengers had scattered and hidden in ravines. They must have thought the entire U. S. Army was after them. I hiked on toward the ledge.
I intended to investigate a small cave 30 feet up the canyon wall, just above a lava flow. It looked like an easy climb, but there were no safe places to hook a safety device. I attached metal rings for 30 feet along one end of a rope and tied it off at the top of the canyon wall, then dropped the ringed end over. When I got to the place where the rope came down, it was 10 feet off to one side. I had to climb back to the top to move the rope over to the correct position. The rings worked fine, and the climb went well. It was, in fact, exciting, but the cave only went back four feet and it contained nothing.
During this time, I would get a jittery feeling when on the ledge. My metal detector went crazy. My compass wouldn't work properly. My electric watch stopped three times. My calculator failed. On returning to camp, everything worked properly. I thought it was a strong electromagnetic field. I mentioned it to my wife. She and a friend said later that, "The Indians had put a curse on the place." I told them if one Indian could do that, then another Indian could remove it and that I had Indian blood and would make the attempt. On the next trip, I half heartily did a chant to some unknown god and from that day forward, I never had another problem with my equipment.
One cloudy day, I walked out to the center of the ledge to take a break from my intense search. For some reason, I looked up, and there about 20 feet above me, up on the canyon wall, I saw the crescent for which I had been searching. I could only see it from a certain angle and while out away from the wall. It ran through a place where a large piece of the wall had broken loose, leaving an overhang that shaded a large space below, making it difficult to see on sunny days. It was directly below where I thought the missing trail marker should have been. The curved arrow on the map pointed directly at it. Had I seen it sooner, I would have saved a lot of time and effort, but at last, I had found the starting place for a diagram which should take me to the Lost Dutchman's Mine.
More Disappointment and Frustration and a Concession
Using the information and instructions from the stone map, I drew a diagram on the ground. For some reason, I had a nagging doubt in the back of my mind. Something felt wrong, but I disregarded it and proceeded. The diagram, I thought, indicated the exact site where I should dig, and I went to work. Within 30 minutes, I had hit a boulder that must have weighed three hundred pounds.
Frustrated, I headed back toward camp. While crossing a rock slide, I paused. The next thing I remember is being in the rocks four feet below. I still don't know what happened. Checking myself over, I found two small bruises on my body and a large one to my ego.
Boulders, rock slides and a fall made me realize that I couldn't go on alone. I had to have help and some heavier equipment. Over the next few months, I recruited four honest men for my crew. I could not have made a better selection. Each one was a character. None would flunk an IQ test. They got along. They worked hard. They made good conversation. They told good yarns. One was even a chef with a love for cooking over a campfire, a major asset in any treasure hunt.
One of the four, my nephew, was the only one not acquainted with the rest. His name, like mine, is Louis. When I introduced him to the others, I said his name is Louis, too. Our compadres started calling him "Louis 2," and when he said something to me about it, I told him he was lucky. I could have done it properly, and he would have been forever more known as "Louis Also."
Digging for Gold
The best time in a long search for a lost mine is when a hard day's work is finished, and you have just eaten a great meal. Dark has fallen, and you are sitting by the campfire with good friends. You make good conversation. You listen to the coyotes yipping. You look up at the stars, which seem so low you believe you can reach up and touch them. It is at that moment when you know gold, fame and fortune are just incidentals. What you are experiencing right now is what it is all about. This scenario happened many times over the next few years.
As time passed, we assembled come-a-longs, six-foot pry bars, chains and cables. We dug in earnest, with high expectations. It was hard and slow going. Small rocks were everywhere. We had to use picks to break up hardpan before we could shovel it out. Since we were working on a steep slope, we had to cut a trench from the hole out to the downside of the ledge and keep the trench level with the bottom of the hole. This allowed us to roll the boulders down the trench and out of the way. We removed many boulders up to eight hundred pounds.
Anytime I could get two or more men together, we went out and worked. A year passed. We had excavated a hole 18 feet deep, 15 feet wide and 18 feet long. Finally, we could go no deeper. We hit a lava flow. There was no mine shaft. Something was wrong. Reluctantly, I conceded that it had to be my diagram.
The Search Renewed
Over the next few months, I tried everything I could think of to re-do the diagram. Nothing worked. One weekend, one of my crew and I went out just to see if we could find anything anything! I had missed. There was nothing we could see, but we did find a site which just might better fit the description the old Dutchman was supposed to have given of the mine entrance. The two of us began to dig, and the more we dug, the better the new site seemed fit the description, raising new doubts about our original location. This underlined my uncertainty.
After returning home, I recalled the doubt that had nagged me the day I laid out the original diagram. It was simply too loose. It left too much room for error. I had counted on the mapmaker as a perfectionist. I decided to redo my diagram from the beginning. Originally, while working with the photographs and drawings of the stone maps, I had enlarged some parts of the images to make them easier to use. I used tracing paper and a copying machine. Now, I just enlarged the picture of the entire map. Checking the data, I found that I had gotten the direction of one line off by three degrees. This should have prevented the diagram from fitting together, but unfortunately, that line fell on a compass reading listed on the map, obscuring the misfit.
After I made the corrections, I realized another piece was missing. After much searching, I found it disguised as something else. It was hidden so well in plain sight that it was almost invisible. When I inserted the piece, the diagram fit together so well that not a single measurement was necessary. Everything was done with a compass. There was no room for error. Not one of the crew has ever mentioned my mistake.
Laid out on the ground, the diagram pointed to a spot at the base of a room-size boulder on the downhill side. Fifteen feet away, on the uphill side of that boulder, lay a place which fit the Jacob Waltz's description of the mine entrance. I am now convinced that this is the location of the mine. All we had to do was dig...
Mexican miners were supposed to have started a horizontal shaft which led to the vertical shaft of the mine, and this was where I had come to believe that the map leads. In any treasure story, I mused, someone inevitably leaves something valuable behind, and this one would surely prove to be no exception. I thought that anything the Mexicans left, such as tools and equipment, would have been placed in the unfinished mine shaft and the shaft sealed. Something on the map led me to believe that there are other mines in the area, and a map leading to those may even have been left in the shaft. As for the gold that was supposed to have been left, who knows?
Digging Again
One morning in the spring of 2001 when we rounded a point on the ledge, I was captivated by wildflowers such as we had never seen before. There was a cornucopia of colors, mostly orange poppies, interspersed with every shade of blue and white. One of the crew counted 28 different species. I asked if he could name all of them. He said that just counting them was hard enough.
We had read and heard about rattlesnakes being all over the Superstitions, but it was six years before we saw a single rattler. It was about 30 feet from where we were working. All of us agreed it was light green. None of us had ever seen or heard of a green rattlesnake. After some research we learned they do exist but are uncommon.
Generally, there is very little wildlife on the ledge. We saw some tarantulas, scorpions and lizards, but mostly we saw birds (they didn't have to walk to get there). Hawks and turkey vultures were always with us, using the air currents in the canyons to soar. Sometimes they would be above us and sometimes far below. I never saw one of them flap a wing.
In camp, it was different. We saw deer, rabbits and the coyotes. They would come within yards of the camp. Once, I saw a ringtail cat, another time, a Gila monster. One night I was awakened by something rattling our gear. I got up and could not see anything, so I made sure the food was secure and I went back to sleep. A few minutes later, it happened again. This time, I saw what it wasa skunk! When awakened in the middle of the night I tend to have an attitude, but I am of the opinion that threatening a skunk is a losing proposition. I let the skunk leave with its dignity, and I went back to bed with my attitude.
We used a rope to raise and lower the heavier tools up and down the canyon wall. We managed to land them 30 feet from where we were working. This saved us carrying them the half mile out and around the point and onto the ledge. Once, we needed to take a 40-pound chain home, so we tied it to the rope and ascended to the top. One of the crew pulled it up the 120-foot wall. When he got the chain up, he was exhausted. He plopped down on a rock. Immediately he was back up and hopping around. What had happened was apparent. There was a limb of a bush extending out over the rock. Underneath the limb was a small prickly pear cactus, sticking straight up into the limb. This was what he had sat on. Around the campfire that evening, we held a serious discussion about whether a cactus can laugh. The opinions were divided. Some said they heard giggling coming from under the bush. Others said that with all the commotion the victim was making and us laughing so hard, it was impossible for anything else to be heard. The victim abstained with a lame excuse. He thought he had been bitten by a green rattlesnake.
We had two places to dig, one on the uphill side and one on the downhill side of the room-sized boulder. We dug first on the downhill side. Underneath it was the logical place for a horizontal shaft, and the map indicated that we should dig there. This place was 10 feet uphill from the large hole we had dug earlier, and our new tailings would fill in the old hole. A few feet down, we encountered a ribbon of hard, plaster-like stuff. It was only three feet long, three feet deep, and six inches wide. We had no trouble breaking it up, but at about six feet, we found large stone slabs broken from the room-sized boulder during an earthquake. Just the slabs alone weighed at least three tons. They had dropped four feet when they broke loose. We were able to work around them until we reached a depth of 10 feet. There we discovered a really large slab, wedged between the huge boulder at the top and the large slabs underneath. It blocked up everything.
We decided to move to the top hole. When we dug down 10 feet, we encountered the hard plaster-like stuff again only this time it occurred in mass, not in a ribbon. The further down we dug the larger plaster deposit got, closing the hole enough that we had no more room to work. It would take power tools to get through that stuff. (Subsequently, I checked with experts who told me that the deposit could have formed over the last 100 years.) We moved back to the lower hole, and we managed to dig down another four feet, around the locked jumble of boulders but we couldn't find a way to break the lock. That is, unfortunately, where we stand today.
I believe there is a 95 percent chance of the mine being located at this spot, but it may take core drilling and explosives to find it. Due to age and health problems, I am no longer able to participate in the arduous work required to continue this task. I have asked the crew if anyone want to replace me as the leader. None wants the job.
Perhaps we'll never know if the room-size boulder and the crescent mark the site of the Lost Dutchman's Mine.
The Peralta Stones
The history of the Peralta Stones is somewhat blurred. We know they were found sometime between 1949 and 1960 near Florence Junction, Arizona, and on June 12, 1964, Life Magazine published pictures of portions of them. They remained in private hands for several years, possibly changing hands on more than one occasion. Sometime later, the ownership came into dispute. After a court battle, the stones were awarded to A. L. Flagg Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to minerals and rocks. The stones reappeared in a museum in Mesa, Arizona, where they remained for several years. Stickers with the word "Secret" typed on them were placed over parts of the stones to hide certain information from public view. At some point, a replica set of stones was made. It replaced the original set in the museum. The original set was then placed in a back room at Arizona Mining and Mineral, where, as far as I know, they remain today.
When a person spends as much time and comes to know as much as I do about this map on stone, he learns a lot about its creator, clearly a man who was highly intelligent and well educated. Moreover, he had an inordinate amount of common sense. He apparently also had training in military tactics, ship navigation and astronomy. He was an experienced mapmaker. Of all the people alive in the world at any given time, I believe that the ones with the ability to create such a map could be counted on one hand. The ones who would be able to read it would number less than 200. Less one in fifty could understand it even it were explained.
This has very little to do with intelligence. It requires the proper training and talent, but most of all, it requires a person with the proper mindset. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 10, this map ranks as a 10. After studying many published attempts to solve the map's puzzle, I have seen none which has had more than two things correct. It requires a full understanding of everything on it. This is a detailed map with everything needed to solve the puzzle. The map has been carved onto the stones at two different times, using different symbols and methods that give the same information. The first carving has largely been ground off, leaving only traces of information.
The side of the stone with the word "DON" on it and the reverse side of the heart stone have not been redone. The only thing from the old map that applies to the new map is the word "DON," the Spanish word for "gift," in this instance. The map was created in a way that would preclude anyone other than an intended person or persons from following it to the destination.
The map was designed to be used with a compass, but every compass reading in the map requires an interpretation, mostly through mathematical formulas. Some of these formulas are fairly evident. For instance, 8 - N means north minus 8 degrees. Others, for instance, a big letter "F" on the first map stone stands for the word "Fahrenheit." It means that the interpreter should use "degrees." There are four formulas which are so cleverly hidden that they are almost impossible to find. The heart stone was intentionally broken to hide a cross that was carved on reverse side. The long part of the staff pointed at three small man-made depressions that formed a triangle. This was part of the old map. It cannot be used to solve the new one. The only thing on the back side of this stone that applies to the map is the six zeros. When the stone is reversed and reinserted, the figure one million appears, meaning "very rich." The misspelling is cryptic. At the end of the trail, the map is a sketch of the outlying country with the landmarks detailed. Since this is an ongoing operation, I will record the balance of the map's puzzle on a computer disk which I will make public at a later date.
I have made clearly evident those instances in which I have offered my opinion in this article. Otherwise, I have made the story perfectly objective. Nothing is added. The Lost Dutchman landmarks I have discussed are those most frequently mentioned in books and articles. Longtime searchers for the mine refer to them as "traditional clues." Throughout our operations, we have adhered strictly to the laws and regulatory polices governing the area.
The Lost Dutchman is believed to be a lode gold deposit. Lode gold occurs within the solid rock in which it was deposited. Even with a map, prospecting for lode deposits of gold is not a relatively simple task. Today's prospector must examine not only rocks, but also broken rock on mine dumps and exposures of mineralized rock in accessible mine workings. Gold, if present, may not be visible in the rock, and detection will depend on the results of laboratory analyses.
Editor's Note 2010
Mr. X has died, and did not finish his work. There were lots of questions - 176 pages of them and many were answered by Mr. X. Here is a link to the questions and answers compiled together; this is a PDF file.
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Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine Found Part 1 of 2
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