Essays Tagged: "bicycles"

Driving in India, the 12 rules of the Indian road code.

jeeps, ox-carts, private cars, motorcycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, pigs, pedal rickshaws, goats, bicycles carrying goods, handcarts, bicycles carrying passenger(s), dogs, pedestrians.ARTICLE IIIAll ... oinches should be allowed between your vehicle and the one you are passing; one inch in the case of bicycles or pedestrians.ARTICLE XNirvana may be obtained through the head-on crash.ARTICLE XIReversi ...

(2 pages) 62 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

A Street's Life

A Street's LifeThe life of a street is very agonizing. It comes from people driving, riding bicycles, walking, and trying to maintain my flaws. And the weather is just so awful down here, too. ... ing a needle on your arm in the same place about five times a second. It hurts!Then there are those bicycles. They would not be so terrible except for all that weight on those thin tires. That is anyw ...

(2 pages) 220 5 4.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Mass Customization.

so in-grained that National Bicycle had to build a 2 week delay into the delivery of its customized bicycles because the perception was that a "quality" customized product could not possibly be built ...

(7 pages) 183 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Quantative Methods for Business. Managerial and scientific report Best Bike Ltd. Simulation with Excel Cristal Ball.

tents.Managerial Report1.IntroductionBestBikes Ltd. designs, produces and markets a wide variety of bicycles. Currently it is evaluating two new product proposals that have reached the final planning ...

(9 pages) 229 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Gateway to heaven"

own. I tread toward the edge of the curb and am taken into a world of raging machine's, streetcars, bicycles, and automobiles, racing down the street carrying even more people to some important place. ...

(18 pages) 79 0 3.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

BRIEF biography of Jack Johnson and history of the wrench

today by putting together many of our belongings. Things like cars are repaired using a wrench and bicycles are made using wrenches. Things like chairs, beds, tables, and shelves are usually either c ...

(1 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Functional Equivalences

nited States, and compare substantial differences in individual interpretations of products such as bicycles.Not that it's unknown in other countries, but the Netherlands is the country where almost e ... ry where almost everybody bikes. Virtually every mile of road is paralleled with its own bike lane. Bicycles are extended the same respect as cars, even having their own designated traffic lights. In ...

(4 pages) 32 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Summary and respose "The Bicycle Thief" by Vittorio de Sica

und without any luck, he and his son end up outside of a packed soccer stadium with a sea of parked bicycles. In what becomes an agonizing decision he attempts to steal a bicycle but his caught while ...

(1 pages) 29 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

You need to present a list of PC security measures that deal with some of these other possible security concerns. Give at least three security measures of the following areas:

ea.Also, using cable locks is another solution. Laptop cable locks are similar to the locks used on bicycles. A steel clip provided by the manufacturer is installed on a security slot, either on the b ...

(4 pages) 173 1 4.4 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Article Review-On Obesity in Children

ricans increasingly moved from city neighborhoods to suburbs. Kids stopped walking and riding their bicycles and got into cars. Routine forms of exercise were lost. Fear. Children who were inclined to ...

(1 pages) 60 0 2.4 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Written for my creative writing class, this essay describes a personal experience. it is about bicycling.

ing experience I had. My bicycling adventure began in mid-summer when some friends and I loaded our bicycles into a truck and headed to Red Wing, Minnesota, for the town celebration honoring the city' ... bluff?!" He asked, astounded. He told us that Barn Bluff was a very intense trail for hikers only. Bicycles were disallowed when the caretakers received reports of hikers receiving serious injuries, ...

(5 pages) 95 1 4.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A world without friction.

topped by friction. A way to stop would be by just going into a wall!Buses, cars, trams, trains and bicycles wouldn't work because their wheels rely on friction to move. Magnetic transport would have ...

(3 pages) 25224 0 4.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Cycling in Ireland- Does Irish society support it, and will it do so in the future?

r, I must point out one thing that I wish the appropriate authorities would consider:We brought our bicycles with which to truly take in all the island could offer, from the Shankill to the Dingle, fr ...

(3 pages) 26 0 1.4 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Big Retailer

ut from the other small towns. Small towns embrace tradition, creating images of little ones riding bicycles down the wide, tree-filled street, or young girls with two bouncy pigtails in their hair wh ...

(3 pages) 28 0 4.5 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Baldwin Bicycle Company Case Study

e income statement for 1992 and the information in item 5 of exhibit 2 that the company sold 98,791 bicycles for 1992, how much was the average per unit sales price, average per unit cost of sales, an ... per unit of selling costs are variable?5. What is the current breakeven point (pre-tax) for Baldwin Bicycles given its existing cost structure assuming that $1.5 million of manufacturing overhead is f ...

(6 pages) 339 0 3.4 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

A manager's job

uctionAsiaFLy Ltd, which is located in a Northeast city of China--ChangChun, is a small independent bicycles and motorcycles retailer owning 5 retail outlets. The company has been in operation for fif ... tments. For example, in the third season of 2006, the MD set a goal of three-hundred eighteen-speed bicycles for sale in every outlet, and to achieve that goal, he decided to give a 5%-off discount fo ...

(8 pages) 121 1 4.3 Sep/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Hunt That Started it All

Growing up I was a typical child playing with Tonka trucks, bicycles, Legos and BB guns. My parents told me never to shoot animals with my gun unless I was goin ...

(3 pages) 31 1 2.7 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Policing study notes

ars or on foot. Police also patrol on motorcycles, scooters, boats, planes, helicopters, horses and bicycles. Officers also patrol in golf carts, in all terrain vehicles, and on roller skates. In 1997 ... rability and acceleration make it ideal for traffic enforcement, escort details, and crowd control. Bicycles are quiet and efficient and provide a bridge between motorized vehicles and foot patrol. Th ...

(40 pages) 390 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Memorandum for Case Analysis

s of two toilette stalls and two wash basins.Several of Acme's employees have taken to riding their bicycles to work. Male employees have no problem; they use the men's locker room and can have a show ...

(5 pages) 57 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Sonny's Blues

ing vacations; others commune with nature; some even pedal themselves away from suffering by riding bicycles. The more desolate souls try alcohol or drugs to temporarily tame their suffering. It would ...

(11 pages) 43 0 0.0 Mar/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers