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Those people are screwed. We will not take that money. That money is federal money. That money came from the income taxes paid by people in louisiana. Rhetoric andagans hate these people over the head with it. Democratic politicians should be saying to bobby jindal and rick scott, why dont you want to let us have our money . We sent the money to washington dc. We should be getting it back in the form of health care. Why dont you want us to have our own money . [applause] and we have to end on that note. Thank you. Hartmanu for tom visiting us to discuss his new book. nn1111 1 1 1 1puua xxc [birds chirping] [speaking native language] for about a couple of years, we only focused on adult women and literacy for them. And i noticed many of the girls who came to the class were very, very young girls with a mangalsutra, which is a gold and black beaded necklace around their necks, which in india is a symbol of matrimony. And they had babies on their hips and i started to ask whats going on, and why are such young girls married off already. And theres a famous indian sayingwhy water a plant thats going to grow in a neighbors garden . [speaking native language] what i find so particular about it is that its so simple. Its measurable. Something that we take for granted, and in other areas of the world is something that changes lives. One bike. Its 134 per bike. And i know that that bike is going to go somewhere. Its going to makeits going to change the life of not only one person, but probably of a whole family. [speaking native language] in many villages, there were only schools till seventh grade. There were no high schools. So we worked in ten villages at that point of time, and there were only three high schools. So then i asked, you know, i asked the parents, the mothers, well, what happens to the boys . How do you send the boys to school . And they said, well, we give them bicycles. And i said, well, what about the girls . And they said, oh, no, its a waste of money to give a bicycle to a girl if shes going to turn around and get married. So i thought, my god, if its only a bicycle thats keeping girls from going to school, lets go ahead and, you know, give it to them. The first day, there was one young woman named miriam oduro that came up to me and said, david, i want to be a part of this project. And i said, ok, thats great, you want to learn how to fix bikes. And she said, yes. She said, david, im serious. I want to learn how to fix bikes. Its a Pretty Amazing thing to have this aggressive male come with his bike and say, hey, my bike needs to be repaired. My wheel is going like ts. Right. And then everyone looks at him, they say, ok, well fix it for you. And then they take the wheel off and give it to miriam. And the guys expression is like, what . This woman, this disabled woman is going to true my wheel . And what ends up happening is that she trues his wheel for him. You know, and sometimes there are men sitting there just watching as miriam is repairing their wheel, something that they cant do themself. And theres this female, physically disabled mechanic fixing their wheel for this person. I know that her life has changed by it. I know that she now sees herself in the world as an influential person. She sees herself as having skills that other people dont have that are valuable to her community and even to the world. She sees herself as now representing other physically disabled people who were in her position before without work, and in a position now to advocate for them and, you know, for recognition of the enormous amount of unemployed physically disabled people in ghana. Shes a Woman Working in a field that is generally dominated by men. And so shes even expanding the boundaries of women, and other women who are ablebodied look up to her as an example of how women can be in the world. [speaking native language] byebye. Byebye. You have recreational road riders who can generally afford bikes up to 2, 3,000 more. Right. You have recreational mouain bike. Same dl. And those folks will tend to replace bikes every few years. And you have the die hard enviro bike commuters. But that group is not just the classic image that we have of the bicycle commuter. You know, the white, welleducated cyclist whos decided to simplify their life and to live environmentally and thus theyre going to bike. Santa barbara, at least half of that five percent of people getting around by bike are working class folks who rely on that bike probably not necessarily out of choice. Because people ride whatever they can, you know . And again, thats half of our active bike commuting population. And so, our feeling at bico centro as kind of the group of founders was that that group wasnt being served. I feel a lot of sympathy for people in sharks position, because out ofout of high school, the possibilities are really bleak. What do you do . Continue kind of hanging out with the gang. He probably has some hard job prospects. This is just the same story over and over. People with enormous potential that are overlooked throughout the world. But we need our solutions that are intermediate. We have all these like overpowering solutions. We want to have electricity. Well, lets dig up that mountai an just like make eltricity. And well just run Railroad Cars and trucks. And like all we do is overpower things or neglect things. [speaking native language] the majority of trips that people need to take in their lives, if youre in guatemala or ghana or in boston, are bikeable. If we have a problem with transportation, its when we wake up in the morning, you look at the sky and we say, if its cloudy, do we go by car or we take the bike . The transportation story or transportation problem in africa is totally different. They dont have the choice. They either have to walk the kids have to walk 2 to 3 hours to school and from school, or caregivers have to walk all day long. In the best circumstances, they can see maybe two or three patients. Its a completely different view on what a bike can do. We dont see the use of a bike other than. We have the choice. Having a bicycle and being able to access education can have such a huge impact on, you know, aspirational levels, on educational levels, on quality of life. That bicycle is increasing their mobility. Its increasing their ability to go places. Its broadening their scope of their life, of whatesources ey can cess. And bikes have been part of my Life Naturally for always. And ive never thought about not having a bike. What a bike can do. To me it just makes too much sense. And i couldnt afford myself to say im not part of this. It is a comprehensive development tool. Development happens for an entire country starts with one person. And if every Single Person in that country begins to become empowered and begins to have access to resources, the entire countrys going to develop. [speaking native language] its a wednesday night. Welcome to nhk newsline. Here are some of the stories were following this hour. A welcome announcement. Many in japan, including atomic bomb survivors are encouraged by news of the first u. S. President ial visit to hugh row