most human beings, I have a dream. I dream of the Olympics, multicolored rings, aggressive flag bearing patriotism, and of course, the fabled medals. I dream of being an Olympic race walker. My fascination with the Olympics began two years ago, when Brazil lit the torch in her city of Rio de Janeiro. There, I saw my destiny, the men’s 20 kilometer race walk- I began dreaming of gold. Like Michael Phelps, I dived headfirst into the pools of the Olympics, researching their history from every last minute
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Asset Management involves the corresponding of costs, opportunities and risks against the desired performance of assets, to achieve the organizational objectives. This harmonizing power need to be considered over different time frames. Asset also enables an organization to examine the need for, and performance of, assets and asset systems at various levels. Additionally, it enable the application of analytical approaches towards managing an asset over the
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin