>> i was trying to find something that express the sense of a reckless gamble that i felt brazil was entering into, and rio in particular when it tried to these three mega events and overall. something great could have come out of it, certainly when the limpets did most brazilians felt that way. this was great, a time when we were arriving. i could i could also see because of the history of the olympics, they traditionally go over budget and in cases in the past they are facilities underused and very

expensive to maintain. i felt like it was a gamble the government was entering into by taking on these games. in the city it doesn't refer to the community of the same name that exists in rio. it was first talked about and one of the most iconic images of real is the christ statue. from anywhere in the city you see it. you feel like it is watching you and it different times of crisis are unbelievable situations you with the cup and the christ is there. i would start to ask myself what are you looking at? what you have to say about this? depending on what the situation was. so hence, the title. [applause].

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and so many different people. harrison grew up in a political family. a family he knew, his father knew, and he knew as a child thomas jefferson, james madison, and all the people the founders of the country. william country. william henry harrison came to cincinnati as an infant, and the first infantry heat was sent by president george washington, became commander of the ford and was here in 1791 when cincinnati was mostly mud streets and a few log cabins on the riverfront. his time in cincinnati, parallels the lives of cincinnati as a grand city which it became. when he left in 1841 to be president, it was was the

fastest growing city in the united states. it was a city of fine churches, beautiful mansions, flowers, very prosperous and had grown significantly in a time that harrison didn't just observe what happens, which is the story of american progress. he participated in it. i maintained that he really had a major hand in building the institutions, the political political and cultural institutions that made cincinnati a mecca for subsequent immigration. what harrison did as a delegate to the u.s. congress was to write the harrison land act of 1800. this made purchasing land available to people of limited means. it was broken up into smaller plots, you could buy land on credit. it literally open, indiana's

northwest territory to millions of people. people started talking about harrison to become a candidate for president. he did not volunteer or go around saying he would not, or not go around and organize and take delegates. he was sought out. he did not refuse in fact he said if they want this clod hopper farmer for president, then i am available. part of his charm was he was humble and he wasn't being aggressive and pursued. he had lots of old friends who came to his assistance. harrison's opponents tried to characterize him as a feeble old

man. for that reason, if none other he felt obliged to campaign strenuously. it was the canals which he had a major part of developing in ohio when he was in the legislature. he allowed one to journey rather easily from cincinnati to toledo. from there the railroads were coming into play, he took his first railroad trip, or second on a trip to harrisburg to the port there. he returned to to some of the sites of his military victory because that was part of what was talked about in the campaign. the log cabin campaign transformed political tactics in

the united states. previous to that, candidates had refused to campaign. i thought it was undignified and beneath them. the adams did not go into that kind of behavior. harrison enjoyed the rally, the festivities, he invited some of the old friends, the indians who helped him defeat the british to come to the rallies and dance. african-americans were welcome, lots of women came, even none of these people could vote but they enjoyed being part of it and wanted to show their support for harrison. at any rate, it captured the imagination of the people. it became a spontaneous kind of thing. it boosts the turnout of the election.

1 million votes were cast for each candidate. this was huge. almost 1 million more than had been cast in the 1936 election. it was the first presidential election where people really became involved. harrison was elected in 1840. in. in 1841 he took the steamer to cincinnati, he went to washington and he was received by pres. van buren cordially. people greeted him and he went back to virginia to his childhood home where he still had a lot of his history books and classics. he wrote a very long speech for his inaugural, his friend daniel webster edited it and reportedly cut out many parts but it was

still two hours long to read. it was a cold and rainy day for the inaugural and harrison to the dissatisfaction of his supporters stood bareheaded, without a coat on the steps and read his long address. he got a cold than and went back, but he seemed to have recovered, at least my sources say he was well enough to go to the farmers market several weeks later. there he was caught in a drenching thunderstorm, he came home and got a bad cold which went into pneumonia. this was one month after his inaugural. from what i have been able to piece together he might have made it except the doctors were called in whose treatment at t