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Iron.
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It makes up the majority
of the core of the earth
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and it's in our blood.
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It's also the reason we are
here, for the most part.
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In 1844 the deposits of
Marquette were discovered.
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And soon after, the northern iron of
Michigan was building the country,
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shipped from the Port of Marquette
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and across the Great Lakes for
be transformed into steel for...
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railways, skyscrapers, ships and bridges.
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So, if you like it
this railway bridge,
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you have iron to thank.
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Hello.
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My name is Joe Pera,
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and unlike previous generations
of the family, I'm not a miner,
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but a choir teacher from
soft hands that is in awe
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for the geological splendor of Michigan.
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Simply put,
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the Upper Peninsula is a paradise
for rock hunters.
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And I would like to introduce you to some of the
our most special rocks and minerals.
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Joe Pera Shows You the Iron
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The history of an area can be
told by its rocks.
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Geologically speaking, the P.S.
It's very old and has been through a lot.
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Two billion years...
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Two billion years ago,
geologists say...
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Excuse me for a moment.
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Greetings. I'm Sue Melsky.
Is now a good time?
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- Yes, it's a good time.
- Okay, great.
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Oh, do you want to come in?
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Yes, we are looking for a house and we have
saw your sign out front.
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Don't touch it. Don't touch it.
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FOR SALE
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Someone else put the
sign on my lawn but...
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I think I have to honor it.
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Should we take off our shoes?
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- Yes, please.
- Okay. Force.
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I'm Mike.
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This is Nicole, Josh and Kelsey.
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Oh, nice to meet you.
This is, uh, Gus.
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We are united as a band,
we share everything.
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That's where Gus sits.
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That's where I sit.
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What are those rocks for?
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I'm making a presentation.
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- Are you a teacher?
- Yes.
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This is my music room,
but it also has tech stuff.
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Oh! His!
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What a beautiful yard and garden.
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I don't know how it happened,
but this year I have a green thumb.
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- What are you doing?
- I'm looking at the appliances.
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Don't they look really well maintained?
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Yes.
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Thank you. I clean them
every time I use them.
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Hey, how about if
Let's make some turkey, huh?
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Huh?! Do you want to get in the oven?! Let's go!
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Come on, in the oven!
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This is one of the top 10 cuisines in
I've ever been in my life, okay?
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Do you host a lot of people?
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Sometimes Gene comes here and
let's watch "Phenomenon".
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This room is mine.
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Okay.
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I know it sounds crazy,
but I love this bedspread.
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Here you are. Mike and I wrote
a figure. Let's hope it goes well.
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Our contact details are there too.
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Let us know when you can, okay?
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All right.
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Can I have this copper?
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Yes, certainly.
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Thank you so much for doing this
take a look around.
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Hematite.
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Azurite.
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Pyrite.
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And Lake Superior agate.
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These are some of mine
favorite regional minerals.
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Wow.
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My friend Gene is a
true rock hunter
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and agreed to share what
it tastes like Lake Superior agate.
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I was going to ask you about minerals, Gene,
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but can I ask you something else first?
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Okay.
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Your house is for sale if someone else
Does he put a "For Sale" sign on his lawn?
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I think they're onto me again
mocking the local kids.
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Once, I was at a flea market
of the second hand with Lulu.
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One stuck to me
blue sticker on my shirt.
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Someone offered me
three dollars for it.
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What happened, Gene?
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I thought about selling it,
but I couldn't.
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It's a shirt that my children
they made for me.
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- Yes.
- And furthermore,
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I didn't want anyone
he could see my nipples.
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I understand it. I was a chubby boy.
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Yes.
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The family was so kind, though,
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and I don't think I can
allow you to disappoint them.
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At the same time,
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I can't imagine
move away from Marquette.
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Remember when we talked about how much
our lives would have been different
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if we had lived in
Thunder Bay, Ontario?
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Throwing stones into the lake
Higher from the other direction.
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It's only eight hours away.
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Oh. Can you give this to grandma?
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I must be a magician...
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because I made it disappear
all those biscuits.
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I'll miss you, Gene.
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Walking along quinine peridotite
four billion years...
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and worried about mine
imminent move to Canada,
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I remembered...
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that if there's anything I have
learned from the rocks...
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is that change is a good thing.
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That without underwater volcanic activity
along the mid-continental rift
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there would have been no copper in the P.S....
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What if the
Laurentide glacier, and then retreated,
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there would have been no Great Lakes,
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and when Lake Superior was
only a shallow seabed,
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if iron sediments
had not accumulated
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and had not become part of the
Huronian rock formation,
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there would be no Marquette,
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There wouldbe no walking
at the Lower Pier,
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or the load view of
ships at the Upper Pier.
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No football at the Superior Dome,
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the largest dome of
wood from North America.
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No "Haberdashery BINGO",
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no books,
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smoked white fish,
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fried white fish...
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and no great views from
Range Bank parking lot,
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where you can just stay
near the car and look.
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I don't want to move to Ontario.
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But I can't have another cause
in my life right now.
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I need some ice cream.
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Can I taste your ice cream?
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Can I?
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Thank you. That's very kind of you.
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Hi, Mike. Hi, Sue. Hello, children.
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Hello, Joe. We are
celebrating with...
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Can I tell you something?
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...ice-cream.
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I'm not a rock.
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I'm a person,
and I can choose where to live,
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and I decided that, in this
moment, I have to be here.
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It's my fourth year
of teaching and I know
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what good things for me and for the
my choir are on the horizon,
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but also, it's my home.
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It's where I grew up.
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It belonged to my grandparents,
but now, in the garden,
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I will plant my vegetables,
if you know what I mean.
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And it has my points
better meditation...
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the piano bench,
the chair overlooking the courtyard,
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and my side of the bed where I can watch
out the window and think about things like:
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“What is the future of casual dining?”
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Because it's cold in m--
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Because I'm a single man in a place where
it's cold most of the year,
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I have a lot of time to think.
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I know I'm not Einstein, but I try
to think about interesting things like:
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"How come some birds
do they live at the airport?" And...
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"What is China's number one lake?"
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Plus, Gus lives there too,
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and once, seven wild turkeys
they passed through my courtyard
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and I fed him gods
cereal and I hope they return.
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Please don't buy my house.
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Certain.
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We called the number on
sign to inform us and discovered
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which was the Johnsons' home on the other
side of the road and we bought it.
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Sorry we didn't inform you.
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We just thought that
it was a little strange.
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Well, since you live here now,
you should have some iron.
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Here you are.
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Lake Superior Agate.
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Hi, grandma. I have good news.
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I'm not moving to Thunder Bay.
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What do you say, darling?
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Plus, Gene gave you
an agate from Lake Superior.
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But I gave it to the Melskys because
they didn't buy my house.
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I also gave them iron and copper.
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All right sweetie. I think so
have enough paperweights.
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I should be honest about the
cause I am involved in.
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Gene and I are suing each other
affair to learn about the legal system,
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also to determine if there are
Racial bias in the courts.
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