WEBVTT
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COMING UP TONIGHT
ON KENTUCKY LIFE
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CREATING WOOD SO THAT
THE BLIND CAN READ
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RIDING THE RAILS THROUGH
FULTON'S OLD SOUTH HERITAGE
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AND THE ALLURE OF THE CYPRESS
AT THE METROPOLIS LAKE
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(Music playing)
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(Music playing)
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HI, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT
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AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE
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OUR PROGRAM THIS EVENING
PRESENTS TWO IMAGES FOR YOU
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ONE IS THE BEAUTY WE FIND
ALL AROUND US IN THIS STATE
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TONIGHT YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE
VISIT THE QUAINT TOWN OF FULTON
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AND THE MYSTERIOUS
CYPRESS LINED REACHES
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OF METROPOLIS LAKE
STATE NATURE PRESERVE
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THE OTHER IMAGE IS THAT
OF A PLACE WHICH BRINGS LIGHT
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TO THE OTHERWISE DARK WORLD OF
THOSE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
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THE AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR
THE BLIND LOCATED IN LOUISVILLE
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PRODUCES MATERIALS TO EDUCATE
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AND ENLIGHTEN THOSE
WHO CAN NOT SEE
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THIS EXTENSIVE INSTITUTION IS
THE LARGEST NON-PROFIT COMPANY
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DEVOTED SOLELY TO
CREATING PRODUCTS FOR
VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
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PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND
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WERE NOT CONSIDERED EDUCABLE
UNTIL PROBABLY THE 1780s ROUGHLY
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AND IN THE 1830s IS
WHEN THE UNITED STATES
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BEGAN AN ORGANIZED EFFORT
TO TEACH BLIND PEOPLE
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IN KENTUCKY, WE OPENED
OUR FIRST SCHOOL
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WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIES
UH, IN 1842
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WE'RE THE OLDEST AND LARGEST
IN THE WORLD, ACTUALLY
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THAT ACTUALLY... THAT RESEARCH
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DEVELOP, MANUFACTURE,
DISTRIBUTE BRAILLE
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LARGE TYPE AND EDUCATIONAL AIDS
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FOR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY
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LAST YEAR THERE WERE 58,205
STUDENTS NATIONWIDE
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THAT WE DISTRIBUTE
OUR PRODUCTS TO
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MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT BRAILLE
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HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE
SYSTEM OF READING
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THAT BLIND PEOPLE USE
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BUT ACTUALLY THE LATTER
HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY
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THERE WAS A PERIOD CALLED
THE BATTLE OF THE DOTS
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MOST OF THE REST OF THE COUNTRY
DIDN'T ADOPT BRAILLE
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TO BE THE, THE ONE SYSTEM
UNTIL ABOUT 18--, 1920s
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19-- EARLY 1930s
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DURING THAT TIME THE SYSTEMS
JUST KIND OF BATTLED EACH OTHER
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AND UH, HOPEFULLY TO COME OUT
WITH ONE SYSTEM THAT WORKED BEST
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AND BRAILLE ACTUALLY WAS
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BRAILLE WAS EASIER TO WRITE
AND THEN GO BACK AND READ
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THAN MOST OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS
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UH, A LOT OF THEM WERE
BASED ON PRINT LETTERS
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THAT WERE RAISED
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UH, THAT IS OKAY
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BUT YOU CAN'T WRITE
IT VERY EASILY
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IT'S UH... FOR A
BLIND PERSON, ANY WAY
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BRAILLE WAS VERY EASILY
WRITTEN A SLATE STYLUS
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AND YOU COULD... ALL YOU HAD
TO DO WAS TURN IT OVER AND
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AND READ IT
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OUR MUSEUM, IT'S AN
INTERACTIVE MUSEUM
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WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES
TO ACCESS THE MATERIALS
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YOU COULD TOUCH IT HERE
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FAR AS I KNOW, THAT'S
THE LARGEST BRAILLE
PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN
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AND IT WAS, WE DID THAT IN 1960
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IT'S THE 1960 ENCYCLOPEDIA
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I USED THAT IN HIGH SCHOOL
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MOST TEXTBOOKS WERE EMBOSSED
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AT THE AMERICAN PRINTING
HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
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THEY WERE FAIRLY IMPORTANT
TO HELEN KELLER'S EDUCATION
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'CAUSE MOST OF THEM
WERE MADE HERE
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WE HAVE A VOLUME OF HER BIBLE
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ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT
STEPS OF TAKING A PRINT BOOK
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INTO UH, BRAILLE
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IS THAT WE HAVE TO TRANSLATE
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WHAT IS IN PRINT
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OVER TO BRAILLE
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YOU DON'T HAVE
UNDERLINES IN BRAILLE
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YOU DON'T HAVE BOLD
PRINT IN BRAILLE
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SO WE HAVE TO GO IN AND
PUT THE INFORMATION...
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UH, FORMAT THE INFORMATION
FOR A BRAILLE BOOK
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THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE TIME,
MOST OF THE EXPENSE IS
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IN TURNING PRINT INTO BRAILLE
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SO OUR TRANSLATORS ARE SKILLED
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UH, TRAINED TRANSLATORS
WILL TAKE THIS TEXT
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ON THE COMPUTER DISK
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TRANSLATE IT INTO A BRAILLE FILE
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AND TAKE IT TO A
BRAILLE EMBOSSER
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WHICH IS BASICALLY A
PRINTER THAT DOES BRAILLE
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A PAPER COPY THEN IS
TAKEN OUR PROOFREADERS
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THE PROOFREADERS ARE TEAMS
OF A PERSON WHO READS PRINT
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AND A PERSON WHO READS BRAILLE
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THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME BOOK
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THE PERSON WHO READS
BRAILLE READS ALOUD
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ALL THE PUNCTUATION,
THE CAPITALIZATION
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FORMATTING AND THE WORDS
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AND THEN THE PRINT PERSON
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FOLLOWS ALONG
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AND CHECKS AND COMPARES THE BOOK
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TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO ERRORS
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AFTER IT'S PROOFREAD
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WE HAVE MADE THE CORRECTIONS
THAT ARE NECESSARY
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MANY TIMES IT GOES
TO A PLATE EMBOSSING DEVICE
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AND THAT'S COMPUTER DRIVEN ALSO
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AND IT, IT PUTS THE BRAILLE
ONTO METAL PLATES
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NOW WE DO THAT WHENEVER WE
WANT MANY COPIES OF ONE TITLE
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TACTILE GRAPHICS ARE
IMPORTANT IN ANY TEXTBOOK
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UH, AND ONE OF THE
JOBS OF THE EDITOR
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WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST
COMPLICATED PORTIONS
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OF TAKING A PRINT BOOK
INTO A BRAILLE BOOK
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IS DECIDING WHAT NEEDS
TO BE REPRESENTED TACTUALLY
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WHAT CAN BE DESCRIBED WITH WORDS
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RATHER THAN USING A PICTURE
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SO THE EDITOR BREAKS
DOWN THAT BOOK
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AND UH, RECOMMENDS
CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE
DO WITH THE PICTURES
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TO REPRE- TO TEACH
THE SAME CONCEPT THAT
YOU WOULD GET VISUALLY
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IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 80 %
TO 90 % OF LEARNING IS VISUAL
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AND ROUGHLY WHAT WE DO
AT THE PRINTING HOUSE
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IS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS
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TO REPRESENT THE
SAME THINGS TACTUALLY
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SO THAT THE SAME CONCEPTS CAN
BE TAUGHT TO A BLIND CHILD
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AS TO A SIGHTED
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THERE'S A MACHINE
CALLED THE "PEARL" MACHINE
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WHICH IS, WAS DESIGNED HERE BY
A PERSON AT THE PRINTING HOUSE
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"PEARL" STANDS FOR PLATE
EMBOSSING APPARATUS
FOR RAISED LINE
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AND THAT'S ONE
OF THE KEY COMPONENTS
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INTO MAKING A TACTILE GRAPHIC
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THE PLATES ARE THEN
TAKEN TO PRESSES
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WE HAVE TWO PRESSES
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ONE IS A CLAM SHELL PRESS
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THE OTHER IS CALLED
A ROTARY PRESS
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THEY'RE VERY OLD,
ANCIENT PRESSES
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SOME OF THEM AS MUCH
AS 50 YEARS OLD
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THAT WE PUT THESE
METAL PLATES ON
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AND THEY EMBOSS THE
PAPER ON BOTH SIDES
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INTERPOINT IT'S CALLED
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THAT'S HAVING BRAILLE
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER
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FOR A LONG TIME WE COULD
ONLY PUT BRAILLE ON ONE SIDE
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BUT DISCOVERED THAT IF YOU
ADJUST THE PLATES A LITTLE
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TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN
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THAT YOU COULD PUT
DOTS ON BOTH SIDES
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WHICH MADE IT A WHOLE
LOT LESS EXPENSIVE
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AFTER THE BOOKS
HAVE BEEN PRESSED
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WE ASSEMBLE THE BOOKS
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OR COLLATE THE BOOKS
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AND PUT THEM TOGETHER
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WITH UH, YOU CLAMP
THE PAGES TOGETHER
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THEN RIVET THEM
INTO THE BINDING
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AND THE BINDING IS
OBVIOUSLY A HARD COVER
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WHICH PROTECTS THE BRAILLE
AND MAKES IT LAST MUCH LONGER
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THIS YEAR WE HAVE
ABOUT 500 TITLES
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THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES
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TO RECORD
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THE RECORDING PROCESS STARTS
WITH UH, THE NARRATOR
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OR THE READER GETTING THE BOOK
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AND THEY'LL LOOK AT
IT, DO SOME RESEARCH
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UNDERSTAND HOW TO PRONOUNCE
THIS WORD, THAT WORD
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KNOW WHERE THERE'S A PAUSE
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UH, THEY WILL BASICALLY
DO THEIR HOMEWORK
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TO UNDERSTAND THE BOOK
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AND PRONOUNCE THINGS
AT THE BEGINNING
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THAT THEY SHOULD PRONOUNCE
THE SAME WAY TOWARD THE END
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SO AFTER THAT, THEY'VE
DONE THEIR RESEARCH
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THEY GO INTO THE
RECORDING STUDIO
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AND THEN THERE'S A MONITOR
SITTING IN ANOTHER ROOM
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SEPARATE, UH, WHO IS BASICALLY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE RECORDING
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THEY WILL RUN THE TAPE RECORDER
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THEY HAVE A PRINT COPY
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THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING
ALONG WITH THE NARRATOR
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TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY SAY EVERY WORD
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UH, AND LISTEN FOR ERRORS
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AND THEN THE DIRECTOR
OR THE MONITOR
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WILL, WILL MAKE ANY
CORRECTIONS THAT ARE
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THAT ARE OBVIOUS RIGHT
THERE ON THE SPOT
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THE AVERAGE BOOK IS
ABOUT TEN CASSETTE OR
TEN SIDES OF CASSETTE
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UH, ABOUT 88 MINUTES,
88 MINUTES PER SIDE
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SO WE'RE TALKING ROUGHLY
880, MAYBE 900 MINUTES LONG
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THE AVERAGE BOOK THAT WE RECORD
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AFTER IT IS PUT ONTO THE REEL
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IT GOES TO PROOFREADING
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THE PROOFREADERS
HAVE A PRINT COPY
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AND THE REEL TO REEL TAPE COPY
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THAT THEY WILL LISTEN
TO AND FOLLOW ALONG
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TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
NARRATOR AND PROOFREADER
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OR NARRATOR AND MONITOR, I'M
SORRY, HAVE HAVE DONE THEIR JOB
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THEY MARK AND SEND
BACK ANY ERRORS
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SO THAT BACK TO THE STUDIO
10:41.666 --> 10:44.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
SO THE NARRATOR WILL
TAKE THE BOOK
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AND THE MONITOR
WILL TAKE THE TAPE
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AND THEY'LL MAKE THE CORRECTIONS
10:47.866 --> 10:49.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AFTER THE CORRECTIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE
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IT'S SENT TO MASTERING
10:52.333 --> 10:54.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
WHERE THEY MAKE A MASTER COPY
10:54.733 --> 10:59.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
OF THE FINAL APPROVED
UH, VERSION OF THE BOOK
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AT THAT POINT WE SEND A COPY
OF THE BOOK TO WASHINGTON
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TO BE APPROVED
11:07.800 --> 11:10.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
I THINK THE ROLE THAT
THE PRINTING HOUSE PLAYS
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IS THAT WE HAVE AN
IMPACT ON EDUCATION
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WE MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
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TO KIDS TO LEARN
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AND WHEN WE DO THAT AND
DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT
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THEN THEY CAN TAKE
THAT INFORMATION
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GO TO COLLEGE
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GET A JOB
11:27.400 --> 11:31.500 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
HAVE A LIFE LIKE ANYONE WANTS
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AND THAT'S BASICALLY
TO BE A CONTRIBUTING
MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY
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(Music playing)
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NOT LONG AGO, THE AMERICAN
PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
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PAID TRIBUTE TO TALKING BOOK
NARRATOR MITZI FRIEDLANDER
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WHO HAS RECORDED 1,000 TITLES
DURING HER 35 YEARS OF READING
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FOR HER AUDIENCE, SHE IS
THE VOICE OF SUCH CLASSICS
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AS GONE WITH THE WIND
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AND CHARLOTTE'S WEB
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A VOICE AS FAMILIAR
TO THE LISTENER
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AS OUR INNER VOICE
IS TO THE READER
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU
TO TRAVEL WITH ME NOW
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TO THE FAR WESTERN
CORNER OF OUR STATE
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HERE IN THE COUNTY OF FULTON
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THE CITY OF FULTON BOASTS
A RICH AND TEXTURED PAST
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IF YOU LIKE RAILROADS
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IF YOU'RE A SUCKER
FOR A SOUTHERN DRAWL
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OR IF THE PACE OF LIFE
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MEASURED BY THE CLACKS
OF THE TRACKS APPEALS TO YOU
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I THINK FULTON'S JUST THE
PLACE FOR A WHISTLE STOP
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(Music playing)
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FULTON IS A PICTURE
OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH
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FROM IT'S OLD SOUTHERN MANSIONS
AND SCREENED IN PORCHES
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TO THE CYPRESS TREES
AT NEARBY REELFOOT LAKE
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FULTON IS ABOUT AS FAR
SOUTH AS YOU CAN GET
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IN THE BLUEGRASS STATE
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JUST A HUNDRED YARDS
IN THIS SCENE IN DOWNTOWN
FULTON, KENTUCKY
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LIES THE CITY
OF SOUTH FULTON, TENNESSEE
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IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO
SEE THE TWO MAYORS AND
THEIR CITY MANAGERS
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CONDUCTING MUNICIPAL
BUSINESS TOGETHER
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AND THEY VOW THEY NEVER ARGUE
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NO!
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NEVER, EVER
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WE REALLY DON'T
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YOU DON'T?
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HUH UH
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KENT AND I HAVE BEEN
FRIENDS FOR A LONG...
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COME ON
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NO, WE DON'T
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WHEN IT COMES TO
SPORTS OR ANYTHING?
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WELL, NOW WHEN OUR, WHEN
OUR LOCAL TEAMS, YOU KNOW
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WE MIGHT ARGUE A
LITTLE BIT, BUT...
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IT'S NOTHING...
YOU KNOW
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JUST A LITTLE
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(Laughing)
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WHO'S GOT
THE BEST TEAM?
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OH, I DO
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(Greer laughing)
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(Forrester laughing)
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I THINK THE RECORD
WOULDN'T STAND...
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Shuffett:
BUT THESE TWO MAYORS AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIZENS
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ARE ALL FULTONIANS AS
THEY LIKE TO SAY AROUND HERE
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AND THEY HAVE SOMETHING
ELSE IN COMMON
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THE RAILROAD
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THROUGH MUCH OF THE 20th CENTURY
13:58.400 --> 14:00.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
PASSENGER LINE
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BROUGHT SCORES OF TRAVELERS
TO FULTON ON A DAILY BASIS
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THEY WERE BOUND FOR NEW ORLEANS
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CHICAGO
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LITTLE TOWNS IN BETWEEN
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THE FREIGHT TRAINS BROUGHT
EVERYTHING ELSE
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FROM AUTOMOBILES
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TO BANANAS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA
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WELL, THE, THE BANANAS
CAME TO NEW ORLEANS
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WERE SHIPPED TO NEW ORLEANS
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AND THEY WERE PUT
ON THE TRAINS THERE
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AND THEY WAS ALL BILLED
TO FULTON, KENTUCKY
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AND UH, THEY WERE RE-ICED HERE
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THEY, THEY'D STOP OUT
THERE AT THE NEW YARDS
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AS THEY CALLED IT
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AND THEY WERE, HAD ICE PUT
INTO THESE INSULATED BOX CARS
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AND THEN THEY'D SHIP
THEM ON FROM THERE
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WHEREVER THEY WERE
DESTINED TO GO
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NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST
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FULTON IS STILL A RAILROAD TOWN
14:54.400 --> 14:57.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
THE FREIGHT TRAINS
STILL PASS THIS WAY
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AND IT'S THE ONLY
PLACE IN KENTUCKY
14:59.133 --> 15:01.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
YOU CAN CATCH A PASSENGER TRAIN
15:01.600 --> 15:05.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
AMTRAK'S CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
STOPS IN TOWN TWICE DAILY
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(Bell ringing)
15:10.466 --> 15:14.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
FULTON'S RAILROAD HERITAGE
CAN BE SEEN ALL OVER TOWN
15:14.533 --> 15:17.433 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
FROM MURAL'S PAINTED
ON BUILDINGS
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TO WELCOME SIGNS
15:21.800 --> 15:24.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
AND IT'S NOT HARD
TO FIND FULTONIANS
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WHO'VE SPENT LIFETIMES
WORKING FOR THE RAILROAD
15:28.000 --> 15:30.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
ROMANTIC STORIES
OF FAR OFF PLACES
15:30.866 --> 15:33.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
AND TRAINS IN MOTION ABOUND HERE
15:33.133 --> 15:38.766 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40%
(Music playing)
15:38.866 --> 15:42.900 align:start position:20% line:10% size:50%
IF, IF YOU UH, HIRE
INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS
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YOU JUST HAVE TO GO
WHERE THEY SEND YOU
15:44.533 --> 15:48.366 align:start position:10% line:10% size:70%
IN THE EARLY YEARS, WHEN YOU
DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SENIORITY
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THEY SENT YOU ANYWHERE
THEY WANTED TO
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UH, I, I BORROWED OUT
IN THE KENTUCKY COALFIELDS
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FOR TWO OR THREE WINTERS
15:56.733 --> 16:00.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
UH, FREEZE TO DEATH, JUST
LITERALLY FREEZE TO DEATH
16:00.600 --> 16:03.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND NOT BEING WITH MY
CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY
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IN THE GROWING UP YEARS
16:08.133 --> 16:11.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
PERCY LEE SPENT HALF HIS
LIFE AS A DINING CAR CHEF
16:12.400 --> 16:15.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45%
I SPENT 38 YEARS
ON THE RAILROAD
16:15.866 --> 16:19.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60%
I STARTED OUT WITH THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
16:19.466 --> 16:20.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50%
IN FULTON, KENTUCKY
16:20.733 --> 16:22.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:65%
I SEEN SOME OF EVERYTHING
16:23.133 --> 16:24.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45%
IT'S A EDUCATION
16:24.666 --> 16:26.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:45%
TO SEE ALL OF THE
THINGS WHEN I SEEN
16:28.333 --> 16:29.500 align:start position:60% line:79.33% size:30%
ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY
16:29.600 --> 16:32.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65%
OH, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI,
GEORGIA, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
16:32.433 --> 16:35.233 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:50%
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
16:35.333 --> 16:36.300 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
INDIANA
16:36.400 --> 16:37.033 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:25%
MICHIGAN
16:37.133 --> 16:38.833 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15%
IOWA
16:38.933 --> 16:40.300 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:15%
OHIO
16:40.400 --> 16:42.033 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:30%
MISSISSIPPI
16:42.133 --> 16:43.900 align:start position:40% line:84.67% size:20%
ALABAMA
16:44.000 --> 16:45.233 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:25%
EVERWHERE
16:45.333 --> 16:47.433 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:70%
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST
16:47.533 --> 16:48.900 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:25%
I SEEN IT
16:49.000 --> 16:51.000 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:25%
Shuffett:
BUT HE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
16:51.100 --> 16:54.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:45%
HE BARELY SURVIVED
A DERAILMENT BACK IN '79
16:55.200 --> 16:58.900 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:10%
Lee:
ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1979
16:59.000 --> 17:00.566 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
THE TRAIN DERAILED
17:00.666 --> 17:02.033 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS
17:03.066 --> 17:06.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
AND THE TRAIN SOUND,
WHEN THEY HAD A ACCIDENT
17:06.866 --> 17:09.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
LIKE A BOMB EXPLODES
17:09.900 --> 17:10.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER
17:11.066 --> 17:12.633 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
THE NEXT TIME I KNOW I WAS OUT
17:13.200 --> 17:16.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80%
IT WOULD SOMETIMES MAKE THE HAIR
RISE ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK
17:16.333 --> 17:18.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES
WENT THROUGH AND
17:18.933 --> 17:19.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:50%
IT WAS NOT ALL FUN
17:20.066 --> 17:22.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
IT WAS VERY PHYSICAL
AND HARD WORK
17:22.266 --> 17:25.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
BUT IT WAS THE TYPE
OF THING THAT GREW ON YOU
17:25.466 --> 17:27.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
WHAT HOURS YOU DIDN'T
WORK ON A RAILROAD
17:27.333 --> 17:29.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
YOU WERE USUALLY IN A
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY
17:29.200 --> 17:31.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
ABOUT THE TIME YOU
SPENT IN YOUR DAY'S WORK
17:33.466 --> 17:35.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
FULTON, A SOUTHERN
RAILROAD TOWN
17:35.800 --> 17:37.566 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80%
THAT LOOKS OUT UPON THE NATION
17:38.600 --> 17:42.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75%
WHENEVER I GROW TIRED OF BEING
IN THE SAME PLACE TOO LONG
17:42.600 --> 17:44.366 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
I KNOW I CAN GO TO FULTON
17:44.466 --> 17:45.833 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:35%
CATCH A TRAIN
17:45.933 --> 17:48.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
HEAD OUT SOMEWHERE
ACROSS AMERICA
17:48.466 --> 17:51.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
AND TELL MY OWN STORIES
OF FAR OFF PLACES
17:51.600 --> 17:53.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:55%
AND TRAINS IN MOTION
17:54.200 --> 17:58.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE
DINING CAR IS NOW OPEN
17:58.133 --> 18:01.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:75%
WE ARE MAKING OUR FIRST CALL
18:01.400 --> 18:04.566 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE
Y'ALL TO COME IN
18:04.666 --> 18:06.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:65%
THIS IS OUR DUTY TO SERVE
18:06.200 --> 18:09.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:50%
AND MAKE EVERYTHING
PLEASANT FOR YOU
18:09.466 --> 18:12.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60%
WE THANK YOU FOR RIDING
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
18:12.866 --> 18:13.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:52.5%
♪ RIDING ON THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS ♪
18:16.200 --> 18:20.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:47.5%
♪ ILLINOIS CENTRAL,
MONDAY MORNING RAIL ♪
18:22.600 --> 18:26.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5%
♪ FIFTEEN CARS AND FIFTEEN
RESTLESS RIDERS ♪
18:28.933 --> 18:33.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5%
♪ THREE CONDUCTORS AND
TWENTY-FIVE SACKS OF MAIL... ♪
18:34.266 --> 18:37.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
FOR MANY YEARS, FULTON
CELEBRATED ITS STATUS
18:37.200 --> 18:39.966 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:65%
AS THE BANANA CROSSROADS
OF THE NATION
18:40.066 --> 18:42.900 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:55%
BY HOSTING AN ANNUAL
BANANA FESTIVAL
18:43.000 --> 18:46.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70%
A HIGHLIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL
WAS THE ONE-TON BANANA PUDDING
18:48.000 --> 18:50.233 align:start position:20% line:10% size:45%
WELL, A FEW MILES
WEST OF PADUCAH
18:50.333 --> 18:52.900 align:start position:10% line:10% size:75%
ONE OF KENTUCKY'S BREATHTAKING
NATURE PRESERVES
18:53.000 --> 18:56.100 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:45%
LIES TUCKED AWAY
ON SOME 123 ACRES
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IT'S THE METROPOLIS LAKE
STATE NATURE PRESERVE
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AND WE CAN BE GRATEFUL
IT'S SO HIDDEN
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IT'S BEAUTY IS DARN
NEAR PRISTINE
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HERE ON THE PRESERVE, YOU'LL
FIND NATURE AT HER MOST VARIED
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SHE BECKONS US TO CREEP
ALONG GREEN SHADED PATHS
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WHERE BIRDS AND REPTILES
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AND WETLANDS' PLANTS CAN
BE FOUND IN ABUNDANCE
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SO, IF IT'S SERENITY
YOU'RE CRAVING
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TAKE A TRIP WITH US TO AN
OXBOW LAKE CALLED METROPOLIS
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METROPOLIS STATE
NATURE PRESERVE
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IS A 123-ACRE DEDICATED
STATE NATURE PRESERVE
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UH, THE LAKE ITSELF
IS ABOUT 50 ACRES OR SO
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AND THE REMAINING PORTION
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IS UH, LIKE A BOTTOM
AND HARDWOOD FOREST
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AND SOME UPLAND FOREST
ABOVE THE LAKE
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UH, THE COMMISSION ACQUIRED
AND DEDICATED THIS PROPERTY
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BACK IN 1984
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FOR A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT REASONS
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UH, ONE OF WHICH
IS THE FACT THAT, UH
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A NATURALLY FORMED BODY
OF WATER HERE IN KENTUCKY
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THAT REMAINS IN A NATURAL STATE
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AND IS RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED
AND UNDEVELOPED
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IS UH, INCREASINGLY
UNCOMMON NOWADAYS
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UH, THE PRESERVE IS ALSO HOME
TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES
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OF WHICH WE CONSIDER
TO BE THREATENED
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OR ENDANGERED IN THIS STATE
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UH, WE MAINTAIN ABOUT A
THREE-QUARTER-MILE TRAIL
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HERE ON THE PRESERVE
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THAT HAS UH, SEVERAL
INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ON IT
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AND IT KIND OF WINDS
ITS WAY ALONG THE
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ALONG THE CYPRESS THAT
RING THE LAKE HERE
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AND THEN GOES ON
INTO THE UPLANDS
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AND COMES BACK HERE
TO THE PARKING AREA
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UH, THE PRESERVE IS
OPEN SUNRISE TO SUNSET
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UH, YEAR AROUND
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AND HAVE A RELATIVELY
DEVELOPED BOAT LANDING HERE
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WHICH UH, GETS QUITE A BIT
OF USE EARLY IN THE SPRING
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AND IN MIDSUMMER
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TWO TREES THAT YOU
UH, OFTEN FIND
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GROWING ALONG AND
NEAR THE LAKE SHORE
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HERE AT METROPOLIS LAKE ARE,
ARE OF COURSE THE CYPRESS TREE
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WITH ITS UH, CYPRESS
KNEES GROWING AROUND IT
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AND UH, AND ALSO THE
TUPELO OR WATER TUPELO TREE
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WHICH WE HAVE HERE
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UH, THE TUPELO DOESN'T
HAVE THESE KNEES LIKE
THE CYPRESS TREE DOES
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UH, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE
SIMILAR UH, BUTTRESSED BASE
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YOU SEE ON THE CYPRESS
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WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER MEANS OF,
OF THAT TREE ATTACHING ITSELF
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TO THESE SATURATED UH, GROUNDS
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ALL THESE UH, CYPRESS
KNEES YOU SEE
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SURROUNDING THE BASES OF
THESE BIG OLD CYPRESS TREES
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UH, TELL US THAT THESE TREES ARE
GROWING RIGHT AT THE WATER TABLE
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UH, BIG CYPRESS TREES
WILL PUT OUT THESE KNEES
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AS KIND OF AN EXTERNAL ROOT
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WHICH UH, TEND TO
GIVE IT SUPPORT
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AS THESE GROUNDS ARE
USUALLY SATURATED
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OR SEASONALLY SATURATED FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR
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UH, I JUST THINK
THEY'RE NEAT TO LOOK AT
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UH, I CAN SEE ALL
KINDS OF THINGS
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AS I LOOK AT THE CYPRESS KNEES
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THERE'S QUITE A
FEW THEORIES THAT, UH
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GO INTO WHY THE
TREE PUTS THEM OUT
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BUT I THINK IT JUST
HELPS GIVE THEM SUPPORT
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I FEEL IT'S UH, VERY IMPORTANT
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TO TRY TO SET ASIDE OR PRESERVE
AREAS LIKE THIS ACROSS KENTUCKY
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WHILE WE STILL CAN...
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
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UH, IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT
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JUST TO GET OUT AND
ENJOY THESE AREAS
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AND I FEEL REAL FORTUNATE
THAT I GET TO DO BOTH
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IN THE COURSE
OF THE DAY, SOMETIMES
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THE WILDLIFE YOU'LL FIND
AT METROPOLIS LAKE
STATE NATURE PRESERVE
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IS RICH AND VARIED
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AMONG THE CRITTERS
ARE WILD TURKEYS
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BEAVERS, MUSKRATS, RACCOONS,
DEER AND RIVER OTTERS
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MIGRATING BIRDS MAKE
FREQUENT STOPS HERE AS WELL
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WELL, THANKS FOR
COMING ALONG WITH US
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ON THIS WEEK'S
KENTUCKY LIFE JOURNEY
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THROUGH THE HEART
OF THE COMMONWEALTH
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AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
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of Kentucky Colonels]
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[and in part by a grant from
The Lexington Lions Club]
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