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is for is for for all right it's working it looks like uh the mic lost connection with the uh computer because I was trying to mute and unmute it today and it's obvious that that was the problem yesterday is at some point software said and I was uh in a discombobulated State having just come back after a procedure on Monday so I didn't really notice it so I apologize um for being muted whatever I had to say wasn't very important except that I uh did say that I enjoyed uh seeing you and seeing your comments and doing in this live so thank you for that uh anyways I'm skip Alzheimer welcome to the a geks lunchtime streaming show where we watch old 16 mm films if technology lets us so what do I got what do we got um let's check this okay uh let me change this real quick um we've seen this like four years ago so uh but we're going to watch it again because it's really good and it's about volleyball or is [Music] it conversation talking with others is one of the most important things you do when you know how to carry on a good conversation you can have new interests you'll find that conversation will lead you to new friends and a good conversation is the key to a greater feeling of ease knowledge and fun like a good game a good conversation can be pleasant for everyone someone gets an idea someone else comments on it another disagrees still another adds his share and so it goes everyone keeping his eye on the ball following the topic joining in and passing it around let's listen to a conversation see if you can tell what's good about it I'm sorry if I sound can but I don't like it but Jane the community club that selected this plan for the summer camp I think it looks pretty Keen why don't you like it Jane well for one thing I think the cabins are too far from the water it's inconvenient he has to go all this way down to the lake to go swimming and then all the way back again to change I see your point Jane and I agree I don't think anyone will like walking all that way back and forth listen everybody that walk will give you body good conditioning sort of a warm-up for your swim but seriously you know I can see where it wouldn't look very good for the cabin to be down here on the beach maybe you're right they do make a nice grouping up there on the hill don't they now what was good about this conversation some of its qualities you can find in any good game first it's inclusive everyone participates second it's spontaneous Lively and free third it's Pleasant interesting and enjoyable and fourth it's profitable something can be learned from it and a good conversation like a good game can mean more friends new interests a greater feeling of ease and fun what what about a conversation like this that's a funny looking thing isn't it well it looks like it'll be great swimming say did I ever tell you about hatler if you think you can swim you ought to see me I wonder what's on with the show I don't know now now listen to this you don't know what you're talking about why I always know what I'm talking about why there was one time when my folks and I were coming back from New York in the car you see and U uh they didn't see the the road sign that pointed toward the city so but I told them you see and if it wasn't there everything wrong with this conversation isn't there when you don't know how to talk with others you miss out on fun friends and a chance to learn something a good conversation like a good game depends on skill you have to know how to keep the ball going how to handle it let's see what each person must do to make a good conversation first be courteous remember how polite and friendly each member of this group was courtesy was expressed in phrases such as I'm sorry I don't you like it Jane but seriously and all spoke in a pleasant tone on a pleasant topic showed interest in one another's remarks and kept a cheerful attitude you can feel at ease in a conversation where everyone is courteous second include everyone each of the persons in this conversation addressed his remarks to the whole group or to different members at different times instead of always to the same person they do make a nice grouping on the here don't they I agree with Jane listen everybody third respect others opinion be ready to consider another point of view instead of ridiculing or flatly contradicting here are some handy phrases to remember I see your point I can see how it might maybe you're right fourth contribute remember how each member of this conversation spoke up and contributed something to the discussion for one thing I think the cabin's are too far from the water it's inconvenient I don't think anyone will like walking all that way back and forth why that walk will give your body good conditioning fifth stick to the subject remember how from the beginning of the conversation I just don't like it to the end it might not look very good to have the building down here on the beach each person stayed with a subject finally be a good listener don't try to do more than your share of the talking remember how the members of this group were all interested listeners being a good listener is an important part of knowing how to converse now let's look back at that other conversation you think they practice the rules well it looks like it'll be great swimming say did I ever tell you about the time I swim my new hair oh look if you think that you can swim you ought to see me well uh no off the show oh let play you don't know what you're talking about anyway now you just listen to me is that courtesy one time do they stick to the subject is there respect for others opinions road sign that pointed toward the city they were going to miss the city entirely but I told them oh yeah because if if I didn't tell him you know why are they good listeners do all contribute does the conversation include everyone yes you get along better if you practice the rules of good conversation make following these rules whenever you speak with others can you recognize these rules in action look for examples of being courteous including everyone respecting others contributing sticking to the subject and being good listeners what do you think of the plans for the new campsite oh I like it what's good about it Archie and I didn't like it at first but what he convinced us it's pretty good yeah there see well you haven't told us your opinion yet Diane well I don't know I just don't like it of course we can't always agree say did you see the picture of the new motorboats in the paper this morning where they beautiful but just why don't you like the camp plan four of us or for it well I don't know I I just don't like the picnic tables over here and maybe there could be a road coming along this way on into the back of the cabin how much would a road cost I don't think the community could afford one and I can just see us out there now with pcks and shovels when you follow the rules when you practice the skills you can have a good conversation one that is spontaneous inclusive Pleasant and profitable say say when do they expect to have the camp completed next summer I hope boy I'll say and we'll have to have a picnic the very first day the grounds are open yeah [Music] fish [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Runners look at their hobby or whatever you want to call it as a way of life and they just keep running and they you know whether or not they're competitively at their best or not want to keep running I run because deep down inside I love to run you know you you are what you do and I choose to run so I am a [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] runner well now that a lot of us have been running for a while I guess we're pretty much thinking the same thing how can we improve how do we learn to run faster and does it ever get easier yeah I think that you can really improve tremendously by Leaps and Bounds after you've gotten this uh initial base of let's say a year or two of running once a day ways to do that are to do more Hill work to do speed work on the track which is what they call interval trainings you run a certain distance at a faster Pace then jog very slowly do several sets of that or else you can do what they call fart lick you go out on the roads and change your pace and Vary your pace slow fast maybe walk a little that sort of thing um those are all different methods or you can always try working out twice a day if you got the time that'll really bring uh fantastic improvements the body has to learn to adjust to this stress but then you also need some recovery in between and I think if you tax your system in some way whether it be through Hill workouts whether it be through track workouts intervals um even even endurance uh doing long distances your body is going to adjust it's going to be able to take the new loads as long as you give yourself recovery in between to rest it will get better and I think after you've been running for a while maybe a year or two then start experimenting with different terrains trying to integrate some not too steep a hill but something with a moderate grade and something that's not too stressful that you can adapt to pretty easily in your training workout bartlick is a Swedish word it means Speed play it's a very effective workout for example Gail Baron and her husband often practice it and she's one of the top marathoners in the country hates any kind of track work so what they do is they'll go out on a run which most of the time they take they're taking a very steady pace and they'll put bursts in bursts of speed where for maybe 400 U yards 440 yards they'll run towards an object at a a specific Pace that they want to do whether be race Pace whether it be above Race pace and then get to this object and then you rest again you do an easy Pace jog you then might want to do a Sprint they'll pick up and do maybe a a 100 yard Sprint or 200 yard Sprint and it's a constant speed play it's a lot of fun if you hate tracks it's especially fun on Cross Country Trails to do something like this and Hill running can be very very effective a good workout might be to run up a moderate incline fairly hard and then when you get to the top turn right around and Jog back down again repeat this 8 to 10 times and then finish the session off with an easy jog down you have to be careful going downhill always um there's always a risk of turning an ankle or pulling something okay here's a slow motion shot of Bill Rogers running uphill bill is one of the world's finest distance Runners notice his exaggerated arm motion and notice how hard he's pushing off with his legs also he's leaning nicely into the hill if you want to get involved in competition that sort of thing you can always um join what they call fun runs which are not so competitive they're more for fun but they'll be about 2 miles long 3 miles long and I wouldn't recommend people to begin their racing program with a marathon begin with two three five mile runs and I would do that for a year or a couple of years uh I didn't run my first marathon until I've been running for 10 years so I would say that you have plenty of time always ahead of you to experiment with the long ones one important thing which sometimes is overlooked is running style um a smoother flow uh less uh excess energy being put out will make you run smoother and go faster you want to concentrate on rhythm with the arms a rhythm in your in your running they say that running starts with the arms and um you want to think of Landing this is basers now not for beginners but more up on on your foot rather than just the heel and you want it go smoothly not up and down not choppy and I think that um the better your style the more efficient you'll be all around probably uh one of the better things to do is to actually just sit down and watch some of your better Runners watch How They Run watch their body motion um go to a track where you know maybe a a coach is going to be coaching a college team and just watch some of the better [Music] Runners tomorrow the these women will be running in a championship race they're the finalists from the Bonnie Bell 10K road race series 10K or 10 km is a distance of just over 6 miles and some of these top competitors will be completing the course in 32 or 33 minutes some of these women have had track and cross country experience in high school and college yet others are marathoners and rarely compete on the track depending on which events they're training for they'll run between 60 and 110 m a week about 10% of that will be all out speed workor fast running and then the other will be moderately paced runs of various lengths 5 10 18 Mi before running they always do some stretching exercises this is helpful keeping the body in balance and also most important prevent [Music] injury then after stretching they do some jogging warmup maybe 10 or 20 minutes of that before they begin their workout what we're going to do this morning is do some slow motion film studies of these Runners and then we'll have John bavington coach of the Liberty Athletic Club critique some of the styles this is Chris lavali she's a very versatile Runner she runs the 1500 MERS well the 800 3,000 she's good at 10,000 M and she holds the Canadian women's marathon record her style is easy and relaxed nice low loose arm motion she swings those hands just past the hips smooth efficient stride not too bouncy keeps herself nicely in Balance but good runners don't always have perfect style Here Comes Mary Shay her form is quite unconventional her head has a tendency to tilt over to one side as you can see Mary's form isn't that smooth you'd have to say that she's asymmetrical but somehow all those motions fit together in such a way that she gets great great results if I were coaching her i' I'd be very hesitant to tamper with her form this is Marty Cooks she's not very big but but there's a lot of power in that stride notice her typical distance Runner stride not a very long stride but she takes more steps per minute it's a very compact style Marty is relatively new to running but she's one of the finest American women Road Racers ever she's the national Marathon champion and does extremely well in the shorter distances also but though this is interesting look at what her feet do as she runs toward us look at that little flip in her foot just before before it strikes the ground I couldn't begin to say exactly what effect that has on a running but it certainly is interesting also no notice that her left leg tilts in slightly the leg is not completely vertical at the moment it strikes the ground and that foot wiggle could be a compensation for that in fact it probably is uh Here Comes Ruth Caldwell Ruth is the national 800 meter Champion she specializes in short fast racing is she's running here in her training flats and at a 10,000 M Pace she's landing on about the middle of her foot and her stride is not particularly long at this pace now Ruth is running in her Spike shoes her Racing shoes and closer to her 800 met race Pace notice the difference here her feet kick back much higher her arms are much more active and her stride is much longer yet she's not really in the air that that much see how smoothly she's running she's Landing more in her toes yet not bouncing she's almost skimming along now this type of stride would be inefficient in a very longdistance run this type of stride tires out the muscles very quickly but it's definitely the fastest way to get from the start to the finish in a shorter race this is Mary Rodriguez whose first race was a year and a half ago the Bonnie Bell race in New York she's lost a lot of weight and she's gotten a lot faster in her running but let's look at her style she's very hardworking Runner but perhaps she's trying a little too hard look at those clenched fists actually her legs are quite relaxed but from the waist up there's a little too much tension relaxation is often a problem for a beginning Runner it's something that sprinters have to learn as well as marathoners but there are little tricks you can play on yourself as you're running along you can ask yourself are my facial muscles relaxed do my shoulders and neck muscles feel Nic and relaxed are my arms loose you can shake your arms out just for a second just to give yourself a feeling of relaxation you can check your hands to make sure that they're not flopping around but that your fists aren't clenched too tight either just try to maintain an overall feeling of relaxation and smoothness as you run along actually your running style though will pretty much take care of itself just keep at it and enjoy it it's important to have a well-rounded training program to do stretching exercises after you run some some before would help be helpful also um to have a good pair of shoes with good cushioning to run on grass or dirt surfaces like we see here around the pond stay away from concrete and don't increase your mileage too soon you have to build up very slowly which is the major thing I'm emphasizing if you want to improve the only way to really do it is through consistency and moderation you can't do it through an intense program really quick no one's ever done it that way your body will just won't take it it'll quit on [Applause] you I think that races are the reward and I don't think anyone should deprive themselves of that pleasure you put in all that training and what is it for what is it about it's to prepare to go out and take the test you know run the race see how good you are see where you stand on race day Jacqueline Hansen one of America's great distance runners was on hand we asked her to tell us something about the race and if she could pass along a few tips about racing technique and strategy when thinking about getting into the actual race it's important to plan it out exactly what you want to do 6 5 4 3 2 1 are running you have to think about what's a conceivable Pace to run what kind of a time are you capable of doing at any given time in your training pick a goal and you plot it out how many minutes of mile does that require and then you listen to the mile marks in the race and you try to see if you're on Pace it's very important to not go out too fast as much as it's you know not to go out too slow but it's something you have to think about before you get to the starting line 4524 Runners everybody let them know what you think this race was definitely a major event it was a major thing in several different senses you know one that we had 4,500 women out there running that is a social phenomenon perhaps but we also had the very high highest quality number of Runners that I've seen in one given race this is why I think it's really exciting to see a woman's only race because they get the due recognition it is their event they're on the front line they get the good positions they get first grab at the a stations they get all their splits they get to break the tape first it appeared to me to be maybe the youngest fastest field going a lot of them have come up from track uh track background and I think that's why we're seeing you records dropping in the 10 km cuz we're seeing MERS and cross country Runners running 10,000 M and I think that now we're beginning to see the product of collegiate running programs High School running programs we're beginning to see some results the race started in the Boston Common and went down Charles Street and over the Long Fellow Bridge 28 27 by the first mile there was a a good healthy pack of including like Elizabeth Barry Marty cookie Chris Laval Karen Bridges Joe Beno and Betty Springs so at the first mile Mark we've got a time of 5 minutes 14 seconds which is right on the money that's going out pretty fast but the first mile out the first and most important thing that these Runners want to do is get out clean and have some Free Running Room it's critical to get out fast at the start to go with the leaders if that's your intention to run with a lead pack because they'll slow down as much as you will everyone will get tired at the same time but if you're 50 or 100 yards back you may never catch up it's difficult to catch up it's easy to stay with a pack but it's difficult to catch a pack it seems to me that this is a big Progressive step in women's running this was one of the first times I have actually seen a race with this quantity of women and this caliber of women at this distance where there was some real strategic running going on there was some very intelligent running going on usually in the past we've seen races where a few people go out too fast and then burn out of the mile they don't really know what they're doing it seems like the Runners sort of string out in Hopeless abandon and they finish in that order and this race was not like that at all the women's running has really moved into another whole plane and it's really exciting to see it was like watching a competitive men's race but theyve you know they've had a lot more experience with this there they were at four miles all together you know eight of them it could have been anyone's race but they were all working off each other they all had this mutual respect for one another and they were all running intelligent races nobody was going to take it out too fast and yet they were all looking for their best times they weren't dogging it either now let's take a look at the Four Mile Mark in the lead we've got number four and that's Karen Bridges from Oklahoma he was third the making a move in the latter stages of a race can really work to your benefit you know if you're capable of doing it and if you're confident you don't waver at all if it needs passing somebody you pass them quickly and you put enough distance so that they don't go with you they don't draft off you Joe Benoy said she knew at 5 1/2 miles she had to make a move she had to break away just you know to get that distance between them when Jo bero made her move I think she did take the three of them with her and they pulled away but maybe because Joan was making the intentional move it became her game and they were going to have to try to play it the first three runners were all from North Carolina they knew each other they knew how each other ran and they would each say the same thing Janes said I knew I had to stay on Mary because if she's anywhere near me at the end she can outs Sprint me Mary was saying I know I have to stick with Joan Benoy she's so strong I know I had to sit with her you know and Ellison Goodall knew who she was up against they all knew and I decided if you're going to run you got to get up with them now and I made a move and got up with them and then just stuck tight and then from there on it was Joanie Mary and me pretty much fighting it out it seemed like the three of us I think Marty was pretty close behind us but the three of us were just going strong really felt great it was great fun I just felt really good but joaning was tough and she put in a really strong lift down Commonwealth and really blew me off I couldn't keep up with it if I hadn't let that distance separate it could have been a closer finish because I never really gained it in the lead and she stayed really strong she wasn't going to let me game Goodall is in second place 3255 is the time right now this is very very fast time everybody Joe Beno Cape Elizabeth m is going to win the national body BT 10 km Championship Joe Berard everybody Ellison Goodall second place her time 33 minutes and 20 seconds look how close this is let these Runners know you're round everybody Mary Shay is in third place from North Carolina number 11 Mary Shay in third place Marty cookie in fourth place number six Marty cookie number Forest carry Bridges from Stillwater Oklahoma winner of the Denver bnny Bell 10k race I thought the race as a whole just went Splendid it was just a beautiful production the whole race went so smoothly you the only thing that went wrong of course was that funny little incident where the car drove over the Finish Line in 15th Place and everybody was baffled as to how it even got there but you know it was no big [Applause] tragedy were there a lot of people on the car it is true the camaraderie is great it's just I mean if I take anything away from running it's the friends I've made just make it so worthwhile and they're all warm I think Runners are really you know warm neat stable people other as we would pass we would come this way and most of the runners go that way you know they all go I don't know about you guys but I was going want to go when the pack came although when when the gun goes off it's not Crush kill destroy but competitive Spirit comes forth and you go to it you're your own man then and you [Applause] run [Applause] now the oldest competitor in today's race 77 years old ruce roar I began my racing at the age of 75 no 76 76 years old and since then I really enjoyed running it did something to my way of life that I've never had before never experienced it I'm hoping to do more and better in time to come and I think I will I really do I am a [Applause] runner uh so Mary Shay uh and she had a sister who's also a runner Julie or Julia um the uh they both went to Cardinal Gibbons High School which was a Catholic School in Raleigh and they both went to NC State so my all water all right uh what are we looking at um it's hard sometimes but uh here's a film that tries to define democracy enjoy defined in many ways we would all agree that democracy includes government by a majority each of us sharpen up our ideas of democracy we know that Democratic words and forms have been written into laws but it is the way people practice democracy that really counts let's ask this man about def he is a specialist who studies communities and the way people live in them he goes about his job scientifically observing recording analyzing and Reporting well I'll tell you one thing students of society have been reporting their observations and analyses for a good many centuries and as yet there is not one single definition of democracy that they would all accept there is one point however they would all agree on and this is it in thinking seriously of democracy one must Define his words carefully and use them consistently when you have your own definitions clear you know exactly what to look for in a community you can roughly locate any country in the world somewhere along a scale running all the way from democracy to despotism one community may be near the Democracy end another somewhere in the middle and a third may be near the despotism end the question is what makes one Community Democratic is it the form of government well for one thing avoid the comfortable idea that the mere form of government can of itself Safeguard a nation against despotism Germany under President Hindenberg was a republic and yet in this Republic an aggressive despotism took root and and flourished under Adolf Hitler when a competent observer looks for signs of despotism in the community he looks beyond fine words and Noble phrases it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all many observers have found that two workable yard sticks help in discovering how near a community is to despotism the respect scale and the power scale let's take respect first a careful Observer can measure on this scale how many citizens get an even break in a community as a community moves away from democracy respect is restricted to fewer people a community is low on respect scale if common courtesy is withheld from large groups of people on account of their political attitudes if people are rude to others because they think their wealth gives them that right or because they don't like a man's race or his religion in a democracy respect must be shared sharing respect means that each shares the respect of all not because of his wealth or his religion or his color but because each is a human being and makes his own contribution to the community from healing its sick or managing its railroads to running its trains one sign of shared respect in a community is that everybody is given a fair chance to develop useful skills and the chance to put these skills to effective use and there is shared respect if various groups in the community recognize each other's right to hold different faiths and opinions a power scale is another important yard stick of democracy it gauges the citizen share in making the community's decisions communities which concentrate decision making in a few hands rate low on a power scale and are moving away from democracy like France under the bourbon Kings one of whom said the state I am the state today democracy can eway in communities whose citizens allow power to become concentrated in the hands of political bosses because true democracy can flourish in a community only if there is shared power that is to say only if many people have a share in making decisions that the community will support with Force if necessary more specifically you can say that power is shared wherever regular popular elections are authorized and are actually held there is shared power wherever people actually get out voluntarily and vote and if they vote without interference or pressure from anybody look beyond the legal formalities of an election in measuring a community on a power scale to see if the ballot is really free if the citizens can vote only the way they're told a community approaches despotism there is shared power if office holders are drawn from representative groups in society if they include men from the Farms men from the Law Courts men from the stores men from the factories in a democratic legislature shared power power shows itself in a strong opposition listen and that is why I'm confident the governor will have the support of the house on this bill Mr Speaker as usual The Honorable gentleman is quite wrong he and the governor he serves so dutifully can expect no support for their policy from this house a strong opposition is made possible by an effective political party system when legis Lors become ceremonial assemblies only and have no real control over lawmaking their Community rates low on a power [Applause] stale in a downright despotism opposition is dangerous whether the despotism is official or whether it is unofficial the two most important signs of democracy then are shared respect and and shared power they in turn depend upon certain conditions the spread of respect and Power in a community is influenced by certain conditions which many observers measure by means of the economic distribution and information scales if a community's economic distribution becomes slanted its middle- inome groups grow smaller and despotism stands a better chance to gain a foothold where land is privately owned one sign of a poorly balanced economy is the concentration of land ownership in the hands of a very small number of people when Farmers lose their Farms they lose their independence this one can stay on but no longer as his own boss to the extent that this condition exists throughout a nation the likelihood of despotism is increased in past centuries economic balance was improved when large feudal Estates were gradually reorganized into independent Farms as one part of the development of democracy this creation of better economic balance aided the further growth of democracy it is also a sign of poor economic balance in a community if it depends almost entirely on a single company a factory or a mine if this condition exists over the nation as a whole so that the control of jobs and business opportunities is in a few hands despotism stands a better chance another sign of a poorly balanced economy is a taxation system that presses heaviest on those least a able to pay a larger part of a small income is spent on Necessities such as food sales taxes on such Necessities hit the small income harder in the days of the salt tax feudal despotisms were partly sustained by this and other forms of sales tax a relationship between economic balance and democracy has been noted and reported for Centuries by students of society Aristotle said that a government made up of middle- inome people has the best chance to be Democratic that was 2,000 years ago in Greece and well over a century ago in America James Madison warned that extremes of riches and poverty set group against group the social observers of our time have also noted that the development of democracy usually goes hand in hand with the growth of large middle inome groups in today's world of giant technology one of democracy's serious problems is how to maintain flourishing middle inome groups economic distribution therefore is an essential condition of democracy another information a community rates low on an information scale when the Press radio teaching and schools and other channels of Enlightenment are controlled by only a few people and when citizens have to accept what they are told in communities of this kind democracy weakens see how such a community trains its teachers bear this in mind young people cannot be trusted to form their own opinion this business about open-mindedness is nonsense it's a waste of time trying to teach students who think for themselves it's our job to tell them and when teachers put such training into practice despotism grows rapidly these children are being taught to accept uncritically whatever they are told questions are not encouraged how can you ask such a question have you got a textbook yes ma'am does it say here that our Law Courts are always just yes ma'am then how dare you question the fact to doubt and so we aren't surprised when but it must be true I saw it in this book right here and if books and newspapers and the radio are effectively controlled the people will read and accept exactly what the few in control want them to government censorship is one form of control a newspaper which breaks a government censorship rule can be suspended therefore Enlightenment is an important condition for democracy as public education increases democracy grows in checking a community for democracy we must find out whether it provides schools adjusted to the needs of its young people but just being able to get books and newspapers is no guarantee of democracy the newspapers of a real democracy meet these tests balanced presentation of news disclosure of source competence of the staff in applying these tests to newspapers we find out first of all if they report both sides if the news Pages contain news only and if opinion is kept for the editorial page next we see if the paper says plainly who publishes and edits it so we know which side they're on newspapers in a real democracy meet a third test competence of Staff this test requires newspapermen to Value accuracy and impartiality and to interpret the news skillfully for the public the competence test also requires newspapermen to use the services of experts I want 500 words on freedom of the press for our anniversary edition how about it but Professor you know more about the history of freedom of the press than probably any other man in the country yes that's right I mean the responsibility of a free press and other forms of communication like the radio and the movies to Enlighten the people into democracy as George Washington said in his farewell address in proportion as the structure of government gives Force to public opinion it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened it is no less true today that Enlightenment is an essential condition for democracy what sort of community do you live in where would you place it on a democracy despotism scale to find out whether citizens get an even break you can rate it on a respect scale and to find out whether they share in the making of decisions you rate it on a power scale if you want to know what way it is likely to go in the future rate it on scales for economic distribution and information the lower your community rates on economic balance and Enlightenment the lower it is likely to rate on the respect and power scales to make sure that democracy is safe in your community first see whether you can find in it two distinct signs of democracy shared respect and shared power then turn your attention to two important conditions on which they depend economic balance and Enlightenment there is no standing still the more economic balance and Enlightenment the more shared respect and shared power democracy is something that's never finished if a community Works to balance its economy and if it works to Enlighten its citizens such a community can achieve shared respect and it can achieve shared power by working hard at it the citizens of any community can achieve [Music] democracy all right well that is basically a uh repackaging of the film uh deism which we've shown a couple of times here um and yeah uh that's that sliding scale we don't do well on that sliding scale um we haven't done well on that for a while um so it requires constant work constant vigilance um so that's all I'll say about that um I am probably tomorrow going to do my show at 2 uh because I have a lunch meeting um but I will be here Live 2 o'clock um maybe I'll put a little reminder um but thank you for tuning in today thank you William for the uh the donation he donated via ko-fi.com avgeeks uh you can also go via patreon.com avgeeks or uh using the super thanks button or at the very least hit the thumbs up hit the like button um you know tell the world that um you kind of like what we show even if you don't like specifically what we show today in general you like the gist of what we're doing um that's what we like uh I should say that I didn't mention it but the uh the running film reminded me of last weekend when we had the crispy K cream challenge uh where everybody races to Crispy Cream from NC State they eat a dozen donuts and then they race back um I have not participating in this there are quite a few people that barf when they do it um but it is it's kind of a wacky thing but um yeah that's something something to know about North Carolina and specifically about Raleigh is uh people are healthy and then they're not healthy at the same time um anyways everybody have a great rest of your day and we will see you tomorrow just an hour later all right take care we love you bye