The city doubled. There were horses and horse and buggy was was the travel there are street cars and elevatedres no subways but the cycle came along. Has been something that special specialized riders but safety bicycles came along and the mass started to ride. The bicycle became the most popular form of conveyance. People who had just relied on the slow moving horse and buggy world had a way to get around cleanly, fast, very efficient, and for a lot of people this was their own form of independence, around this time, for example, a woman who has writing about suffrage, wrote a biograph called how i learn to ride the biffle. So gives you a sense of the new world of the bicycle and the most popular sport at this time was cycling. Much more so than baseball, for example. If you wants to see fastmoving sport you went to one of the men bell dreams and there were white races and black dominated race but to the main races were dominated by white riders. Major taylor had been born in indianap
A good way. But to make sure that we have adequate time for everyone. So when you get to five minutes left, i have a fiveminute card and i will lay it up so you can see it and then three minutes and one minute so you can see where you are. So we have time for everyone. Im going to introduce each panelist as they come forward, because i found if you introduce them all at once people forget who they are. So i will begin with our first panelist who is john f. Polk. He received his ph. D. In mathematics from the the university of delaware in 1979. He served three years in the army, including a tour in vietnam. He is retired from a 45year career as a scientist and Senior Adviser of International Research collaboration at the u. S. Army research laboratory, aberdeen proving ground, maryland. He is currently the clan historian for clan pollock international and publishes short articles on Family History in the clan news letter. He has published two backs on historical topics, beyond damned qu
Hello. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme the British Council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. So wed like to hear from you on this. How important is it to learn another language . Are brits lazier because we can get by . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Members of the European Parliament are due to select a president for the Assembly Later today. Theyll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the German Defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the blocs powerful executive arm. Eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliaments own candidate. Adam fleming reports from strasbourg. The Brexit Party Meps dont want to be here, and they didnt want to hear this. Music ode to joy. Its unlikely theyll get into trouble, and it sounds like theres more to come
A secure board and into migraines in a subject and discriminatory also coming up. Massive airstrikes have russia ordering evacuations in belgrade region near ukraine. President thornton is threatening retaliation. It was loud. The glass was ringing. All the doors were shaking after the last and the loudest bang. We understood that it was somewhere nearby. And of course we kind of respond in the same way. But regarding civilian infrastructure and all the other objects that the, and the me a text with what im giving you can always do this. Well do our viewers watching on tv as in the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin today with a legal showdown between the state of texas and the us federal government. Whose job is it to patrol to protect americans. Southern border on tuesday, a high noon on the us supreme court. Its texas police for now can continue arresting people called entering the border from mexico illegally and just hours later and appeals. Court
A total fix also coming up, europe says that it cannot replace American Military aid for ukraine. Today, the leaders of germany, france, and poland made clear europe can do more. These in, as you can say, all 3 of those are serious amounts of support for ukraine is in all. You can also see that solidarity enjoined tax and are essential in order to defend peace and freedom in europe for tied to our viewers watching on tv as in the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome. We begin today with an election that has much to do with board and fees. Some say very little to do with being fair in free looters in russia have until sunday to cast their ballad in the countries president ial election. Why they may approach it and is asking for another term of 6 years. Now, those who may have asked for something different. Well, theyre not around and theyre not on the ballot. The weekend that some wanted to be an exercise in democracy has been carefully choreographed the means to an