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    my coffee, flashbacks ran through my head. The old, yellow school bus rocked back and forth over the worn, dirt path on its way to the orphanage that would be my home for the next week. The scolding Central American sun beat down on the bus as I began to question why I chose to spend my service requirement here. I tried to imagine the following week which would be internet-less, family-less, and aircondition-less. After a two-hour bus ride, my team of 20 people and I arrived at Orphanage Emmanuel.

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    truth: they are the one who is being changed. I realised this truth on August 5, 2016 when I was on my way to a children’s hospital in Port-Au-Prince. The bus slowed to a stop and we were given instructions on how to act while we were inside. Then once that was done we all sat up from our sticky seats and all lined up to exit the sweltering bus. The door slid open and together we entered the hospital. When I first looked around I couldn’t see any kids but then a woman who worked there led me to a

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    perform a crucial role in transporting people from one destination to the next. Since opening in 1954, Toronto’s Transit Commission, also known as the TTC, has a system that just about cover every part of Toronto, with 4 subway/rapid transit lines, 143 bus and 11 streetcar routes in 2015, (TTC, 2015). Unfortunately, the TTC is still plagued with many problems, such as: unexplained delay and overcrowding, which decline the riderships and revenues (Curry, 2016; Hume, 2016). Furthermore the population of

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    system to serve the campus communities. The most of the respondents agreed that the headway was less than 10 minutes for these transit stations in the college. The report showed that 29 transit systems charged no bus fare for students and 26 transit systems charged $1.00 to $1.50 per local bus ride. However, majority of shuttle services for on-campus circulation were offered free to ride. Another interesting fact mentioned in the report was that around 60% of the universities utilized remote park and

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    AGE FRIENDLY DANVILLE: TRANSPORTATION Affordable public transportation has been made available for the residents of Danville as there is a county local bus, that runs through the San Ramon Valley, called “ County Connection” and route 21 services Danville while transporting residents to nearby cities such as Walnut Creek’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit System) as well as San Ramon’s transit center. It also drops off at a park and ride in Danville as well as a nearby city called Alamo. One of

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    article focused solely on the changes the shutdown of just the NCC shuttle will have on some students like Jesse Lawrence and faculty as well. Norwalk transit District/ Wheels hub The Norwalk Transit is responsible for the changes they make to the bus schedules which is not limited to the NCC shuttle. This is only a proposal

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    He inched his way over to the second guard and bent down, taking his firearm as well. After he stood back up, he let two more rounds go in the ceiling as he yelled for everyone to be quiet and stay down. He took a deep breath and swallowed hard as the hair on the back of his neck began to stand up. If he made one false move, one mistake could ruin this entire mission so he had to be careful, keep his eyes open, and be quick. He ran up to the counter, yelling for the bank tellers to get on the

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    440,000 school buses carry 24 million kids each and every day during the school year, which can be dangerous if the bus gets in a crash. Undoubtedly, school buses should be required to have seat belts if 24 million kids ride school buses each day. Furthermore, another reason is “it will get students to stay seated on the school buses”. “When students do not stay seated on the bus and they are in awkward positions and in the aisle they are more prone to facing severe injuries, maybe even, death”

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    “About 440,000 school buses carry 24 million kids each and every day during the school year, which can be dangerous if the bus gets in a crash. Obviously, school buses should be required to have seatbelts if 24 million kids ride school buses each day. Furthermore, another reason is “it will get students to stay seated on the school buses”. “When students do not stay seated on the bus and they are in awkward positions and in the aisle they are more prone to facing severe injuries, maybe even, death”.

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    Wolf Tracks and the Náñez-Woodard Collection of Panamanian Popular Art In chapter 3 of Wolf Tracks, Peter Szok argues that popular art is heavily influenced by the United States diaspora and the expansion of the city during the mid-twentieth century. During World War II, the United States opened an airfield near the Canal Zone to protect the canal from attacks by the Axis Powers. As a result, thousands of U.S. soldiers entered the Canal Zone, and the incorporation of soldiers into the city caused

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